MY BLACK CAT "TINKERBELL"

by Diane Young
(FLORA, IL)

"TINK"

I'VE HAD TINKERBELL FOR ABOUT 5 YEARS. SHE IS MY LITTLE BUDDY. SHE ALWAYS WANT'S MY ATTENTION, SHE'S ALWAYS FOLLOWS ME AROUND THE HOUSE..

SHE GOT OUTSIDE ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO. I WAS TOTALLY DEVASTATED WHEN I COULDN'T FIND HER. THEN ONE NIGHT(ABOUT 2 WEEKS AFTER SHE WAS MISSING) I HAD JUST GOT HOME FROM WORK, AND SAW SOME EYES LOOKING @ ME UNDERNEATH A CAR THAT WAS PARKED UNDER MY CARPORT. I GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND LOOKED, THE CAT ACTED SCARED AND RAN OFF. I WASN'T SURE, BUT I WAS HOPING IT WAS HER. THEN ABOUT 20 MIN AFTER, I HAD TO LEAVE TO TAKE MY HUSBAND TO WORK, AND SAW A PAIR OF EYES UNDER THE CAR AGAIN. THIS TIME I HAD A FLASH LIGHT, AND SURE ENOUGH, IT WAS HER!! SHE WAS SCARED, AND UNCERTAIN ABOUT COMING TO ME, MY SON CAME OUTSIDE, AND WITH HIS HELP, WE WAS ABLE TO GET HER AND BRING HER INSIDE.. SHE HAD LOST SOME WEIGHT FROM NOT EATING, AND WAS UPSET FROM HER 2 WEEKS OUTSIDE.

SHE HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN INDOOR CAT, SO THIS WAS TRAUMATIZING FOR HER.. I'M HAPPY TO SAY SHE IS BACK TO HER HAPPY SELF, AND I WENT OUT AND GOT HER A PET ID TAG THE DAY AFTER I HAD FOUND HER..