Early evening...my wife and I heard a kitty meowing. Or so we thought, as the rain was very hard, and it was difficult to hear...
The night went by as usual...then we heard it again. Still not sure though...
A few hours ago, we heard it indefinitely. This time, the meowing was more frequent and even louder.
When there are heavy rains, I get a river in my backyard that flows rather rapidly...deepest point is almost 2' deep. So here it is, raining uh, "cats" and dogs. Wife and I start walking towards the "river"...now the meowing is crystal clear. I start shining the Mag Lite towards the kitten's "voice"...can't see it.
I start trudging down the river...I can hear it right next to me...****, I still cannot for the life of me see it. We shine the light up into the trees...nothing. I go into and further down the river a bit more...wife has the light, I cannot see a thing...
I ask for the light as I hear that meowing right in front of me...there it is.
A kitten clutching to some lava rocks in a pretty deep section of the river that forms during heavy rains. Sporting a "Billy Idol" hair-do, it's soaking wet. looks like a huge rat to me...I reach for that lil' guy and he put up no resistance. He stopped crying once I had him, and he was shivering to death! Bad enough it was pouring rain, but there was a nasty cold wind as well...I was amazed he held on as long as he did because we heard his faint meowing from the early evening!!! :eek:
Anyway, I was glad that we were able to save him. I told my wife, "Is this a Moses thing or what?" :rolleyes: "We should name him Moses!" she says. Nope. "Why?" she asks.
Okay, I just got through watching Episode III several times. At the ending of the movie...well, "a helpless one clutching to lava rock nearing death"?
His name is Anakin. :D Only problem now is telling my daughter we cannot keep him.
(Thank God she was asleep!) I gotta admit, I have grown a bit attached to this resilient little fellow...after he was towel dried and given some milk, the lil' guy crawled into my jacket and fell asleep...oh boy...now how do I tell *myself* we cannot keep him? :o God bless and thanks for reading! :cool:
