Woman Finds A Random Cat In Her Daughter’s Bed And Shares The Story Online
Cats are strange creatures, and it's hard to understand their actions. They are driven by much more than basic instincts; cats somehow sense when a person is kind, and they will approach such people on their own.
Lynn Farrell's young daughter has always loved animals, so she was delighted when the family bought a house near a large cat colony. Farrell's daughter is very friendly with all the animals she encounters, but since the cats from the colony are feral, she never thought one of them would come inside the house on its own. Well, as we said, cats are unpredictable...
A few nights ago, Farrell put her daughter to bed early, anticipating the usual protests. But instead, her daughter simply said, "OK, Mom."
"When she agreed to go to bed so easily, I was immediately suspicious, as any mom would be," Farrell says. "When I opened the door, they both popped their heads up, like, 'Oh crap, we've been caught.'"
Farrell saw a big orange cat cuddled up with her daughter in bed. She had snuck the cat inside while her mother was preparing dinner and had placed a litter box, food, and water in her closet.
Farrell later found out that this wasn’t the first sleepover. "I could tell right away they had a special connection," Farrell said. "He chose well in his new human. So after a bath and a brush, they both went to sleep warm, happy, and snuggled."
The family took the cat, whom they named Pumpkin Jr., to the vet, where he was treated for worms and fleas. After making some inquiries around the neighborhood, they discovered that the cat actually has an owner—the neighbor across the street, who keeps him as an outdoor cat. With the owner’s permission, Pumpkin Jr. visits his little girl every day and frequently sleeps over.
"He is so sweet and constantly purring—I don’t think I've heard him stop," Farrell says. "Her room is his domain, and he has let our other three cats know that they dare not enter his human’s room. I guess I have a fourth cat now."
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