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We have a kid in our group home who has the attention span of a gnat crossed with a ferret, and he also functions at the level of a 5 year old even though he is about 12. He has had a VERY rough transition to living with us, as all the kids are older, and he's never had anyone around who didn't back down when he threw a tantrum, so it's been rough for him.
Last night, he got in trouble for refusing to go to bed, and lost his video privs (no TV, no games) and he was due to have a Very Bad Day.
As I went to my car this morning, half alseep and trying to think of something to keep him occupied so that he can earn his privledges back, I heard a pitful yowling under my car. It reminded me of the crying my cat did when she snuck out of the house and was found in a tree the next morning, and when I looked down, a scraggly little black kitten came out from under my car, and started rubbing her head on my shoes. She couldn't have been more than a couple of months old, and VERY tame.
I picked her up to move her away from the car, and she started purring and rubbing her head against me...and let's face it, I couldn't just take her to my yard and take off for work, as she was obviously a very tame kitten. I started to take her into the house, and when my cat saw her through the window, she started hissing.
Bad idea, I guess.
So I put Little Black Kitten in my car and brought her in to work, where she could live in the garage until I discovered if she had an owner.
The new resident came out and saw the kitten, and as I was explaining that she was staying with us, but might leave if I found her home, he said, "Just like me, right?"
Yeah. Just like him.
He went off to school, talking about the cat for the entire car ride there, and when he got home, rather than get mad about not being able to play video games and such, he made a little bed for the kitten, got a feeding dish and the like and spent the night playing with the kitten, who loved the attention.
The size and way the kitten acts lead me to believe that it was a kitten that wasn't wanted, and was dumped by the side of the road, but I'll put up a flier and such...but it was such nice that we had a new stray for our other stray to take care of.
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