The Cat Who Disappeared

“…Because Rocky liked being on his own so much, the cat came to know hidden parts of our house that we didn’t. Sometimes he’d be missing for the whole day inside, and we had no idea where he went. He’d just magically reappear. One day we heard Rocky’s cries from the den but couldn’t find him. Finally, after looking everywhere, we realized his meows were coming from inside the ceiling. We couldn’t figure out how he got there.

Randy stood, looking up, perplexed. “Did he stray into another dimension?”

I shrugged. I had no idea how Rocky got trapped in the ceiling. For the rest of the day, we kept hearing his disembodied meows. Finally, we figured out what happened. Upstairs, a small utility closet had a narrow crack in a wall that led to air conditioning ducts throughout the house. Rocky had gotten into the ducts and couldn’t find his way back. We finally helped him navigate by shaking his food bag and letting him follow his nose. Rocky emerged after a day, dusty and hungry but otherwise fine.

“I’ve never seen a cat like him,” Randy said, shaking his head. “Maybe he does come from another dimension.”

I wiped off the kitty still dirty from the air ducts. I couldn’t disagree. Rocky was a different kind of feline…”

(Excerpt from my book, “Tail Wags and Whiskers”).

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