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4507.0. "I'M NO FOOL!!!....I'M A SURVIVOR!!!" by NEWPRT::SZAFIRSKI_LO () Mon Apr 01 1991 19:01

    My name is Misty Rae and I am four years old today.
    
    I can remember what it was like four years ago as if it were yesterday.
    My brothers and sister and me were left underneath the basement border
    outside of this house.  We were so very tiny and had no one to keep us
    warm and feed us.  We cried and cried because we were so very hungry
    and cold, but nobody ever came.  One by one we went to kitty heaven and
    I was left alone in the cold with nothing to eat.
    
    I cried one day so loud I thought my voice would leave me, but then I
    heard this big voice say "Look a kitty and its still alive!".  Every-
    thing happened so fast.  I was picked up ever so gently and wrapped
    in a warm towel.  I couldn't see where I was going because my eyes
    hadn't even opened up yet.  But I had other senses and what they were
    taking in was very nice.  I got warm liquid thru a tiny dropper and
    then was put in this small box with lots of cushy blankets and some
    soft little animals.
    
    A couple days later my eyes opened and there was this big face looking
    at me, I knew its smell and touch, but now I could see it.  This big
    person held and fed me, loved me all over...I decided that this must be
    my "Mom".
    
    I was very sick the first year, lots of trips to that man with the
    needle growing out of his hand; but Mom always held me close and made
    the hurt go away.  He even took all my fur away three times and told
    Mom that she had to bathe me in this smelly stuff three times a day to
    make the boo-boo's better.  I guess my brothers and sister chewed on me
    cuz they were so hungry and I got sore spots in those places.
    
    But before I knew it my fur grew back better then ever before.  It came
    in a beautiful thick short hair gray with a little patch of white on my
    chest.  A few bald spots on my hind legs for souvenirs of the bad old
    days, but everywhere else wonderful soft shiny fur and it was mine to
    keep for good this time!
    
    I have an older sister who is almost 16, here name is Sausha and a
    younger sister who will be 3 this month, her name is Freeway; a mom
    and dad who love us all so very much; a warm cozy house in which we
    never get cold and plenty of chow so that our tummies neer get to
    hungry.  All this wonderful life grew out of a very cold and empty
    beginning.
    
    So as we all grow older before we know it, I thought since I am four
    years old today that it was time I shared with you my beginnings.  Mom
    always talks forever at night about this "Feline Notes File", so I
    asked her to write my story.
    
                              Meow Meow Meow (Thanks for Listening)
    
                                         Misty Rae
                            
                             

    sniff....
    

    
      That was really cute!!!

    Happy Birthday, Misty Rae, and thanks for sharing your story. I'm
    so glad it had such a happy ending. You're one lucky kitty!
    
    Linda, Misty, Cubby, Tweetie, Toby, Peanut, and foster kitty Sunny

    Misty Rae....may you live a very long and healthy life.  You
    are a very lucky kitty and you deserve the best.
    
    Mom....you best buy this little love button a very nice Birthday
    present!!    Loved your story....as tears roll down my eyes.
    
    Happy Birthday
    
    Sandy

    What a wonderful story!
    
    Lynne & crew

    what a wonderful story!  Misty Rae, you are one lucky kitty!
    
    Holly, Sweetie, Tabitha, Silver, Pita, Honey, Marni, and Lila
    
    

    That is great!!.. sniff ,
    Kate, Happy, Preschie

    Hi Misty:
    
    My name is Stitch and I came into the world just about the same way you
    did.  My mom left 4 of us behind a day after we were born and during
    the night, my dad, I guess, tried to do me in and my neck was badly
    cut.  But the next day these people came and saved us from the cold and
    took us to the doctor and fixed me up. 
    
    Sounds like we have a lot in common - when I got taken home I found a
    new brother and sister - and I'll be 4 this year too.
    
    I'm so glad you made it Misty - looks like you and I beat the odds!!!
    
    Love,
    
    Stitch (owner of Giudi)

    Sniff!  Misty Rae, your right, you are a survivor, and a beautiful one
    too, I've seen your picture!
    
    You've got one terrific mom & dad.  Make sure you told mom I said to
    give you a special B-day supper and a few extra snuggles.
    
    Love, hugs, kisses & rubs,
    
    
    Karen, Bebbies & Skitchie - your East Coast "cousins".

    
    
    	sniff....sniff....what a great story....
    
    	JJ, Brandi, Sasha, Chloe and Audrey
    

    me too.. sniff, sniff
    
    Your story hits home especially hard for me with 5 2 day old
    kittens and 2 8 day old kittens at home.
      Nancy DC and the Putiput kitties.

    From badness comes goodness...............
    
    I cried both tears of sadness and of gladness while reading this....
    
    God Bless you Mom (and Misty Rae too)
    
    Sandi and the Storm Troopers
    

    
    oh  my...i'm holding back the tears.....what a sad AND A HAPPY story...
    
    michele and precious and princy.....

    
    and why am i sitting here, blubbering like a fool?
    
    diane
    w/stella & stanley