I have a secret fantasy about reuniting lost pets with their owners. I think I’ve daydreamed about starting a sort of private detective agency for lost pets many, many times in my life. I’m obsessed with lost pet posters, I have a huge collection of them.
So today, when I heard a screaming kitten in our backyard, I rushed out to rescue her. I had seen a heartbreakingly cute poster of a similar lost kitten a couple weeks back and I thought this might be the same kitten. So I brought her home, gave her some water and started looking around. She hadn’t been reported to the SPCA so I walked down to the local pet store and asked if anyone had reported a missing kitten. No reports so I picked up a little bit of cat food and headed home to start my poster campaign. I posted a few fliers around the block and went home to calm the kitty. She is so damn cute. Just minutes later my phone rang and a frantic woman called about the cat. Turns out they had only had her for about a week and last night she had slipped out the bathroom window of their 3rd floor apartment. She’s been missing since last night and they have been worried sick. She is none the worse for wear, with a little goose and green pea kitty food in her. I get to be a little hero for the day and everybody’s happy. Yay for kitten rescue! Her name is Rena and she is edible.
