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Last winter, I set up a makeshift shelter on the porch for my cats. I soon realized, though, that a stray cat started using it instead. The first time I saw her, she ran out of the shelter and hid under the porch.
Cat. Photo: Pixabay / Karsten Paulick
My mom didn’t want me to let her in the house because we already had five cats. I decided to put food and water out for her anyway. One night after I had already gone to bed, I woke up to meowing; it was the stray cat. We had just entered a cold snap and the temperature had dipped to 20 below. I flipped on the porch light, and there she was with her big green eyes staring back at me through the window, meowing at me to let her in from the frigid cold. As soon as I opened the door, though, she hid in the shelter.
I grabbed some food to encourage her to let me bring her in. She came out of the shelter and started devouring the food. I held my hand out to her; she sniffed it and rubbed her face against it. Then she started purring, rubbing up against me, and letting me pet her. Suddenly, out of nowhere, she bit my hand.
Cat. Photo: Pixabay / Charles Leslie
She was a little hesitant to follow me into the house but decided it was better than being out in the cold. I washed my hand and made sure she hadn’t done any real damage, but she hadn’t even broken the skin. I knew from the moment she bit me that her name was going to be Drusilla. I may have been on a bit of a Buffy the Vampire Slayer kick at the time…
Drusilla, Dru for short, has found her forever home with our family. She is now a happy, healthy, spayed kitty with five feline siblings: Mr. Hankey, Phoenix, Daryl, Neika, and Opie. She has a crush on Mr. Hankey and possibly Daryl, too. She gets along with her gal pals. She seems to tolerate Opie, who just barely turned one.
Photo: Samantha from Champlain, NY
Story submitted by Samantha from Champlain, New York.
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