Hardy, my black and white cat.

by George Hastings.

Do black and white cats get included as being lucky? My Hardy, black with a white bib, has been very lucky for me in so many ways.

Hardy, a big boy you can tell from his name, used to come visit before he was my cat, I'll explain. He lived two floors up with an elderly lady, but made friends with me and often used to spend the entire evening in my apartment. The lady did not mind me pet siting her boy, when he was ready to leave he used to scratch at the door and I'd let him out.

Two years ago the lady got the opportunity to go live with her son and asked me if I'd like to take on Hardy, her son had two dogs and she feared that the pets would not mix. I jumped at the chance.

Since he has been my companion my luck has never been better. I don't mean that I have won a fortune, but have had three small lottery wins, but I seem to hit luck throughout my life. Got a promotion, not much more pay but a more interesting and cleaner job. Is it all down to Hardy? I like to think so.

But just having him here is a lucky thing in itself. He doesn't go out much, although all he has to do is go to the door and I'll let him out, he seems to prefer sitting with me watching TV. Cats are great stuff I can tell you that.