Happy News

If I had written this post 24 hours ago, it would be called Sad News.

You see, Tippy was missing for over 24 hours. After several hours of not seeing her, and noticing that the food dishes hadn't been totally emptied on Saturday (all 3 of them) we got the flashlight and looked all over for her. We knew by Saturday night that she must have gotten out.

We were distraught. I thought I had seen her Saturday morning but couldn't remember for sure. Paul thought she must have gotten out late Friday night we he let Moses out.

I got up early Sunday morning after deciding at about 4 a.m. that she must be stuck in a tree.

I was standing in the laundry room and heard thumping on the back porch. I looked out and saw her. I put on my shoes and went out; by this time she was in the side yard looking panicky. I called to her but she ran away. I looked all around and went inside to get a dish of food. It was so early that I didn't want to shout her name, so I walked around shaking the food dish and calling quietly "Tippy. Here Tippy".

No luck. We spent the day incapacitated with sadness. Yes, we know that was kind of silly. Paul blamed himself which was not at all justified.

Late in the day we walked around looking for her; we told several neighbors to be on the lookout for her.

I dallied on going to bed since it would be so lonely in there without her. Since Moses came to stay, we do all of our playing in our bedroom. I turn the lights off and get under the covers. I stick my arm out and wave the feathers on a stick. Before long, I have 2 kittens colliding in mid-air and tussling on the floor. Great fun. We go on like this till my arm gets tired.

I played with Tux a little but it wasn't much fun.

After a while, I heard the deck door opening and the voices got louder. Paul came upstairs and said "Tippy's home."

Yay. She came upstairs and we had a nice reunion. Tux came too. Paul told me Tux was the one who noticed she was out on the deck.

So a sad story has a happy ending. I think I will never get attached to a pet like this again.

Never.