***A Winter Cat Story, - with a happy ending*** This happened years ago... I had a little hobby farm. I raised dairy goats. I had snug barns for them, filled with fluffy straw and hay, and, I also had barn cats. The matriarch of the bunch was a beautiful, chunky black cat named Midnight. We had a terrible snow storm. Cat & animal lover that I am, I went out in it to make sure that all my cats and other animals were safe and secure. 4 of my 5 barn cats were in the barns, bedded down in soft straw, but no Midnight... I went out in the raging wind and swirling snow. I called and called and called her, yelling into the icy wind... NO Midnight!... Finally, very saddened, I gave up. The next morning,at sunrise I got up and went outside. The storm was over. My dog, a sweet, goofy Lab mix, Pepper, came out of her house to greet me. And, who should follow Pepper out of her house, stretching her back legs leisurely, but Midnight!... Smart little catgirl had bunked with the dog during that terrible storm! I could almost hear her thinking: That dog is stinky, but she's big and kind and nice and warm! 😃 ~ Copyright 2024, by Antoinette Beard.
