Now I don't expect a medal or anything but I felt pretty pleased with myself. It took me 45 minutes of scrambling, stretching, reaching, offering tuna, and choking on cobwebs, all the while balanced on a porch guard rail but I got the job done.
This litter of kittens and the mom were tucked away in the roof of this old house's porch. Apparently the mother and 3 of her kittens had recently abandoned their hiding place, but one scared little kitten refused to leave the nest... um, well you understand. I was walking down the street and heard the kitten crying. The neighbor lady already had the other cats in her backyard but was worried that she couldn't get the last little kitten down, and that it might fall. So we tried everything we could thing of to get the kitten down. I could see her. She was close enough to lick my finger tips but just out of reach above me. Just when I thought I had her she would crawl back into the shadows.
Eventually, however, I stood on the porch with this beautiful little kitten in the palm of my hand with my knees shaking. Her eyes were bright blue and she was just adorable. I kindly declined the offer of the neighbor lady to keep the kitten - my allergies would not allow it and my dog would not be pleased at all - and walked home partly wishing that I had said yes.
The rest of the day was pretty routine - applying for jobs, running errands, getting my computer back online, etc - but today I saved a kitten!
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