The right cat

by EmmaMae
(USA)

I got my fantastic feline from the Dakin Animal Shelter in Leverett, Massachusetts. As soon as I walked in the door, I was enchanted.

I immediately picked up a ginger and white tom named Buttons. He was cute, but not quite right. I went next to a Korat type she-cat named Old Blue. Again, not quite right. Next, a British Shorthair tom named Joe-Joe. Uh uh.

Finally, my mom called me over to one of the other cages. There, clinging to the wire mesh of the front of the cage, was a little black kitten, whose ears were bigger then her head. Her name was Maya. I ended up getting her, and we renamed her Jet Rosette in honor of her fur and her speed.

We've had her for about two and a half years, and we hope to have many happy more.