Have you ever felt a magical connection to one special
cat in your life?
From
the moment their dog, Jake, came into their lives he
had made his feelings about cats perfectly clear - they
were best served on a plate, with a side order of fries!
This was very disheartening to author Christine Davis
because she and her husband wanted to adopt a kitten
and bring some magical feline energy into their home.
Jake, however, wasn't going to make this easy.
Two years went by and Jake, content and secure, finally
realized he was a cherished member of the Davis family.
One day the author looked out her window and saw Jake
with his ears up and his head cocked sideways, staring
at the ground.
There
at his feet was a little kitten, sitting very still.
It had badly infected eyes and probably couldn't see
the big dog drooling above it. The author ran outside,
hoping to prevent the cat attack she felt sure was coming.
But Jake just stared at the helpless creature, then
looked up at Ms. Davis and then turned back to the kitten.
Perhaps it was because he remembered a time when he,
too, had needed a home. We will never know. But in that
one moment Jake opened his heart to the little tabby
kitten, and suddenly Pippen had become part of the family.
More
meowing told them that Pippen was not an only child.
Indeed, she had a brother who was hiding under the deck.
With a little bit of food as encouragement the black
kitten with the bent tail crawled out, and that is how
Dickens found his place in the household. Later that
night the mama cat who lived in the woods brought more
kittens and left them on the front porch. Molly, a black
and white tuxedo cat, and Star and Gracie, her sleek,
black sisters were brought in from the cold and Jake's
kittens were finally safe and the family was complete.
Jake
brooded over his feline family, licking the formula
off of their faces and nosing them back if they wandered
too far. He would lie down on the floor and the kittens
would swarm over him, snuggling into his thick, warm
fur.
Although Gracie was destined to make her home with
some good friends, Dickens, Pippen, Molly and Star immediately
settled in and took over the house. Jake's days became
very busy, what with four active charges to take care
of.
But
it was the author whose life was changed forever. She
hadn't realized there had been four empty places in
her heart that only these little furballs could fill.
She hadn't realized she had needed a feline fairy Godmother,
a role that Pippen was meant to fill. She hadn't realized
life could be so much more fun if you looked at the
world through the eyes of a kitten.
For Every Cat An Angel was written to welcome
Dickens, Pippen, Molly and Star into the Davis household
and to thank them for enchanting the author with their
cat magic! |