Our daughter, Jenni lives in Manteo. She has two cats, Mojo is a four or five year old grey tabby who's never set foot outdoors. Luke is a three months old buff kitten.
Jenni was out of town on business on this past Monday and Tuesday, so she had a friend come by to check on the cats, feed them, etc. Somehow, Luke managed to sneak out the door while the kitty sitter was there, and disappeared into the night. The friend call us about 9:00 Monday night distraught about the situation. She enlisted the aid of several neighbors, and they all searched for Luke, but of course he was nowhere to be found.
On Tuesday, Hilda went over to Jenni's house and tried to make things seem as normal as possible in the hopes that Luke would come home, with no luck. Jenni got home about 7:00 pm, well after dark and of course she was very upset about the situation. She walked all around the neighborhood calling and looking, to no avail. Just when she was about ready to give up for the night and just hope he'd get hungry and come home, I happened to look out the back door and there was Luke, sitting on the back deck looking for some food.
Jenni went around back and he bolted into the shadows, but with a little coaxing she was able to get him to come to her and had him back in the house in a few minutes. After eating his fill and using the litter box, he started playing with his toys, and everything was soon back to normal.
All's well that ends well, I guess.
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