It’s a minor version of the famed “eye of the storm”.\u00c2\u00a0 The sky directly above me is… well, probably a light gray.\u00c2\u00a0 I can’t quite tell, because we’re in a prolonged twilight.\u00c2\u00a0 In every direction, coming and going, are dark and forboding rain clouds.\u00c2\u00a0 There was a heavy downpour just an hour ago, and there will be a heavy downpour in a hour or so.<\/p>\n
There is an eerie silence.\u00c2\u00a0 Traffic is logging past me, off to Thanksgiving Weekend.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s quite tranquil, and the only possible moment I’m going to be walking.<\/p>\n
I veered into an area without much traffic, and into a bus stop.\u00c2\u00a0 Somebody had abandoned an umbrella.\u00c2\u00a0 I inspect it to see if is in working order. \u00c2\u00a0 It was not.\u00c2\u00a0 I hear a loud, shrill “Meerow”, and look down to see.\u00c2\u00a0 Only a kitten can be as shrill as this.\u00c2\u00a0 I had destroyed the kitten’s refuge, under an umbrella, under the roof of this bus stop where the rain does not disturb.<\/p>\n
The kitten looked young enought that it may still be nursing from its mom.\u00c2\u00a0 It was possible it was lost in a quick shuffle and get-away the mom had to pull in an emergency.\u00c2\u00a0 If not, it was just barely past this stage.\u00c2\u00a0 At any rate, the kitten was as lost as could be.<\/p>\n
I walked on.\u00c2\u00a0 The kitten followed me, galloping as quickly as it could, shouting its shrill “Mee-row!”\u00c2\u00a0 I was its best chance at the moment, nevermind I was not going to adopt a stray kitten.\u00c2\u00a0 Even if I wanted to, I’m not in a position to care for a pet kitten.<\/p>\n
The kitten kept with me for about five blocks, a pretty good endurance.\u00c2\u00a0 At the sixth block, I looked back to see the kitten had stopped, and was now mee-rowing to somebody’s yard dog — a smallish muttish non-threatening creature.\u00c2\u00a0 The kitten had found its new best chance, as pathetic a chance as it may be.<\/p>\n
If anybody is missing a kitten, and this is that kitten, I can’t help you.\u00c2\u00a0 It is the proverbial needle in a hay-stack.\u00c2\u00a0 The kitten is lost to the wilderness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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