Stray #1

About ten days ago, a mangy-looking cat showed up at Solscape.
It was pretty grotty and so large that we thought it might possibly be a possum/monster/cat.
Nobody really warmed to it.
All it did was just sit outside the door and watch us while we ate delicious food in the cosy warm kitchen.
After about five days, however, we began to admire him.
'Persistance' the cat.
He maintained his silent vigil throughout rain, gales and thunder.
We watched his fur blowing in the gusty weather, whiskers dripping, tail sodden.
He never tried to come inside or seek better shelter, he was just there.

Eventually, the owners ring up.
It's next-door again, the owners of the puppies.
Do we happen to know where 'Douglas' is?
Ah, yes. We do. He's outside the stationhouse. He's been here for days.

When the neighbours come that same evening, Douglas has vanished.
He's been tipped off.
Ben says that when he told him that his owners were coming, the cat simply got up and walked away.

We finally manage to trap him in a cabin and call Charlene. As she carrys him over the fence we are given a decidedly dirty look by Douglas.
We betrayed him.
Now he's got to put up with those kids who pull his tail again...