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Sunday, March 13, 2011

A Wonderful Cat Story


Anyone know how to administer a pill to this wonderful creature?

A family of four, Mother and Father, son and 14 year-old daughter were in the process of relocating from one country to another. They were at the airport securing their dog and cat for the flight, when an accident happened in the airline office. A worker accidentally knocked the cat carrier to the floor, and that caused the carrier door to spring open, and the cat sprang out.

“Close all doors and windows!” went the cry. “Don’t let that cat out!” Just then, someone walked in and the cat was gone in a flash, which was the cat’s name. Given that this was in an airport there are “no-go” areas, and “absolutely no-go” areas. However, airport staff, Customs officers, Police, and travellers all ended up chasing the cat all over the building. “Dear God, please don’t let him get on the runway!”

The plane was ready to leave, so father and son left with the dog, and mother and daughter, whose cat it was, stayed to try and corral Flash. Fortunately, when the cat left the building he was on the public side and running for the sea, followed by mother and daughter. A man was passing in his car, having just collected his young son from a flight. He followed the women where they were peering down a very deep drop at the sea. They could hear the cat at the bottom in a crevice, with the sea lapping at the shore.

The man was an off-duty Customs Officer. “Wait here”, he commanded. A very short time later he reappeared with a very long rope. He said to the daughter that he would make her a harness and lower her down, and hopefully the cat would come to her. He was amazed how readily she agreed. So, carefully he lowered her where she got soaking wet, but a terrified Flash came shaking to her. Now that she was holding him and crying she couldn’t get back up because she didn’t dare let the cat go.

As there was more rope left, her mother said I will go down and together we will get the cat back. Unfortunately, the airport had gone back to business as usual and no-one else had come after them, because the man could have really used the help of several strong fellows. That notwithstanding, he somehow managed to pull both of the women up, and the cat, with the help of his young son.

A substitute cat carrier was found and they all left on the next flight. Their adventure had begun!

The world seems to be crumbling around our ears and we are besieged by bad news. In the midst of all that negative stuff this story happened. It was a chance for one very unassuming man to become a full fledged hero; a young girl’s heart was broken and very quickly mended; a lot of people got a chance to try to do something very positive; and the story ended happily.

It simply doesn’t get any better than that!


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