The first few days of May had Simona the Kitty missing. We had a total of ten days without the sweetest and the cutest cat of this area. It was just a few days after her five month anniversary at our home that she went missing. There was no trace of her when we looked for her on a morning. She was there at night for sure, but there was no clue in the morning. Nobody around the neighbourhood had seen her. People did wonder why there was no “meow music” around though.
So we waited for her return for three or four days, but there was no clue. People said that she had to some place which had better food, but that was a lie because we gave her the best. Some of them said that she was going to come back, but we doubted the same because she was still a kitten and not a cat. There were others who said that she would have gone because we were too possessive about her, but it was actually her who never wanted to leave us.
Then on the night of the tenth day, we were watching Ningalkum Aaakaam Kodeeswaran, the Malayalam version of Kaun Banega Crorepathi or Who Wants to be a Millionaire, and then a kitten darted into our living room in between the grills. It was Simona the Kitty making her return, and she directly went to hug the legs. She was afraid as her eyes said, and wouldn’t leave the legs. She was crying non-stop, and let all the neighbours know that she was back.
I wouldn’t believe that she went away from us though, as there are limits to the area which she wanders around.
Even if she was chased by a big cat or a dog which she came across while roaming around, she could have easily escaped by coming back home or at least returning after a day or two at least for food. But the ten day break doesn’t seem all right even for the wildest imaginations. She couldn’t have gone away by her own. I would guess that she was kidnapped by someone.
She might have been locked in someone’s house all these days, which should be why she didn’t return. Some random dirty guy might have taken her because she was so attached to the humans. She might have been taken and given to some family with kids where she was forced to stay. The same explains the loss of her collar because there is no other way by which she could have lost – it was locked, and therefore only a human could have removed it after abducting her.
The removal of the collar meant that people won’t identify her by the collar and they thought they could keep her there. But this is Simona and she had to return. She was small, but smart enough to make it back here. She had become so thin, and had gained fear, but had become smarter with the experience. Nowadays, she has become quicker and with better reflexes, and may be te journey might have changed her.
Let’s hope that cruel nature of humans won’t get to Simona the Kitty again and she remains with us throughout her life. The world is full of terrible humans and Simona has learnt it now, and from now on, she will surely be more careful about those creatures outside home. A cat’s heart should always be where the home is, and no matter what the evil humans do, hope that the members of the cat family always return or are always found and brought back home.
***The photos used in this blog post were taken on my Asus Zenfone 5.
TeNy
Owhh… so much tense the kitten looks. And the collar thing makes a confirmation that it is definitely done by some nearby contemptible person. But the return with more features is a blessing in disguise. Thanks to Simona for her abilities to return home. Well shared thought Teny.
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Thank you 🙂 Hope that it won’t make her too adventurous though 🙂
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Glad you got her back… 🙂
I cant imagine losing my pets..
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Yes, somehow she returned 🙂
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Vow! So sweet!
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Thanks 🙂 🙂
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I feel cats are not much loyal…..they usually run off.Good she came back. May be she found the love of her life 😉
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They are loyal to the houses where they get most of the food, and she is proving the same 😉
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so glad she made a comeback Teny…. can’t imagine losing pets… even that thought is so scary!!! 🙂
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Yes, and she is exploring too much these days – Simona gives the scares with her adventures! 🙂
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It’s great that she came back. Simona is a loyal kitty… 🙂
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Yes, I guess she knows her home clearly with a map 😉
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Mental map..maybe…like migratory birds…. 😀
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Or telepathy…I had the dreams about her returning 😀
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