Christina and Patrick Baker stood outside their empty house. They watched the moving company work, packing the last of the cardboard boxes into the large truck. They were ready to go, but their cat Nutty was nowhere to be found. Nutty had decided to withdraw and had hidden himself in the woods behind his owner's house. Now it was time to go, and his owners were beginning to wonder where he was. The removal company wasn't willing to wait any more, so Christina and Patrick got into the truck. Making a decision that would wrench their hearts, they left their cat behind.
Their new house, across the town from their old house, was a lot more beautiful. But, Christina and Patrick were not happy, Nutty was worth a lot to them, and they missed him greatly. Christina had given the cat as a present to Patrick on their first Christmas together. That day they laughed and laughed watching the small bundle of fur wrap himself up in a bit of wire that he had got from their Christmas wreath. He had wound himself up while wrestling with the wire, and was now unable to move. They gently set the cat free, and held him in their arms. They were unable to withhold their love, and were beginning to worship Nutty, and the joy he brought to them.
Unable to withstand a life without their favorite friend, the couple made a plan. They sat down to write a flyer. They wrote about their missing cat, and taped a photo of Nutty to the flyer. Then they went to xerox copies of the flyer. They drove back to their old neighborhood, and stuck the flyers up on telephone poles and in the local store.
Sadly, the flyer did not yield the results they had been looking for. Not one single witness stepped forward to offer a word of information about their cat.
However, a few days later they were outside of their new house when they heard a strange sound. They turned around and saw Nutty runing towards them meowing!
Somehow Nutty had followed their zigzag path, across every major zone of the city, and made it to their home. Of course the cat was a wreck due to the journey. Someone or something had wounded him, he looked wretched, but they loved every wrinkle
. They praised the cat for his bravery and wit. They hadn't found him, but he had found them!
Their new house, across the town from their old house, was a lot more beautiful. But, Christina and Patrick were not happy, Nutty was worth a lot to them, and they missed him greatly. Christina had given the cat as a present to Patrick on their first Christmas together. That day they laughed and laughed watching the small bundle of fur wrap himself up in a bit of wire that he had got from their Christmas wreath. He had wound himself up while wrestling with the wire, and was now unable to move. They gently set the cat free, and held him in their arms. They were unable to withhold their love, and were beginning to worship Nutty, and the joy he brought to them.
Unable to withstand a life without their favorite friend, the couple made a plan. They sat down to write a flyer. They wrote about their missing cat, and taped a photo of Nutty to the flyer. Then they went to xerox copies of the flyer. They drove back to their old neighborhood, and stuck the flyers up on telephone poles and in the local store.
Sadly, the flyer did not yield the results they had been looking for. Not one single witness stepped forward to offer a word of information about their cat.
However, a few days later they were outside of their new house when they heard a strange sound. They turned around and saw Nutty runing towards them meowing!
Somehow Nutty had followed their zigzag path, across every major zone of the city, and made it to their home. Of course the cat was a wreck due to the journey. Someone or something had wounded him, he looked wretched, but they loved every wrinkle
. They praised the cat for his bravery and wit. They hadn't found him, but he had found them!