by Lindsay
(Colorado)
I was at a local market in a small South Dakota town a few years back. It was a sweltering summer day, the store was busy and as I was walking back to the car with my items in hand, as I heard a pitiful wailing meow coming from somewhere nearby. My eyes darted until I saw a tiny black dot darting back and forth from car to car. I thought at first that maybe the kitten had gotten away from its owner when they exited their vehicle. But no, as I ran after the tiny kitten, I realized that every single person, man, women, and child just kept on walking, paying no attention to the desperate, screaming baby at their feet. It seemed like they didn't care. I realize that some farming communities are numb to stray animals, or animals in-need, but "come on", I screamed in my head! I finally caught the kitten by the loose skin on the back of his neck, afraid it may bite and scratch until I dropped it (which I didn't want to do until I got it in the car). I opened the passenger side door and sat the kitten down on the seat so I could run back into the store and get some cat food. I returned with a small bag and can of kitten chow and, keeping and eye on his whereabouts, I got into the drivers seat. He crawled under the seat for about 10min, then I was able to coax him out with baby voice talk and a handful of hard kitten food. He was clearly starving and very friendly. When he was done chowing down, he started to purr and fearlessly crawled onto my lap. He stared at me for the longest time, right into my eyes, (which I have never experienced from a cat before, it was like he was saying "thank you" and maybe even "I love you"), and then he fell asleep. I took him home that day and have had him ever since, its now been 4 years. Lucky sleeps on my pillow every night, gives me
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