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This is the story of our Lilly among the thorns. When I was younger, someone moved into a rental house down the street from our house. They brought with them two young cats, which they let outside. They were both bobtails, one brown and one silver. After a month or so, they disappeared and so did the renter.

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CAT. PHOTO: PIXABAY / MARTIN LAZAROV

We never gave them a second thought, until one day, we spotted a petite brown bobtail scarfing down some cat food we left outside for another stray we adopted. She was very hungry but very wary of us. We assume they took the silver cat but left her.

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For a couple of days, she came regularly, and each time, I laid on the ground quietly and would watch her eat. She soon became very comfortable around me. About two weeks later, she came by with her four kittens.

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CAT. PHOTO: PIXABAY / JOSE MANUEL DE LAA

We got Lilly spayed, and we worked with The Homeless Cat Network, SF Bay Area rescue group, to find the kittens new homes. We helped foster them in our home, spay/neuter, get shots, go to adoption fairs, the works! Each kitten was beautiful. Jack a grey male with a long tail, Gwennie a silver tabby female with a tail like mom’s, Sassy a black female with a nubby bunny tail, and Pippin a brown male tabby just like his mom, but he was not strong enough for this world.

Lilly has never wanted to be an indoor kitty as much as we still try. She is curious but very uncomfortable in the house. We figure she is between 10- and 11-years-old now. She is the SWEETEST cat! She befriends all the critters outside: skunks, raccoons, deer, friendly dogs. She head bumps and befriends all cats.

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PHOTO: KAT FROM SAN FRANCISCO, CA

She is our house ambassador and welcomes all to eat at our now “soup kitchen”. If she senses danger, she’s gone in a flash. She walks on tippy toes and has the cutest raspy meows. I don’t know why she was left behind, but I do know they did not deserve a cat as great as her!

Story submitted by Kat from San Francisco, California.

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