Here is one about a real special kitty who is no longer with me, but one I could never forget. His name was Mataeo and I got him when he was 6 wks. old. I actually watched him be born and he was different from all the rest. He was the runt, but oh so cute. Any ways Mataeo was a prowler, he was fixed but he still liked to roam. Sometimes he would stay gone for a couple of days at a time which at first use to bother me but after awhile I got use to it because he always came home after a couple of days. Well one time those two days went by and he did not come home, I didn't worry at first, but after 3, then 4 days I was terrified. There are all kinds of bad things around her were I live, like big raccoons, coyotes, big skunks as well as lots of dogs. Of course we looked for him, called him constantly and asked around but no luck. Then 5, then 6 days went by and still no Mataeo. Oh I was so frantic and upset, I had never had a cat that stayed with me for more than a couple of years without dying or an evil stepdad to quietly made it disappear cause he didn't like it, so he was very special to me. Of course after being gone for that long I thought the worse.
Then came that 7th day, that morning when I got up I had this feeling, something told me to look outside, so of course I did and there next door on the neighbors porch was my Mataeo. I called him and slowly he came to me, which of course was when I noticed something wasn't right. He was a little beat up and his back leg was extremely swollen and bleeding. Something had attacked my baby, but he still made it home to me. It took hime awhile but he made it. 
I cleaned him up, whatever it was was big. We never knew what it was, but he heeled up just fine. I am including a picture of my baby who I will never forget.- Mataeo Feb. 1998- Sept. 2004
