AND THEN THERE WERE NONE

WE HAD 2 CATS MUFFIN JORDANS CAT IS A GIRL AND MITSY RILEYS CAT IS A BOY. WELL ABOUT 10 WEEK AGO MUFFIN HAD 4 KITTENS. TWO WERE GRAY AND ONE CALICO AND ONE WAS A LIGHT YELLOW. WELL RILEY TOOK TO THE LIGHT YELLOW ONE RIGHT OFF THE BAT AND NAMED IT SHOCKS.(I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THAT CAME FROM) WELL ABOUT 3 WEEKS AGO EARLY ONE SATURDAY MORNING WHILE I WAS WORKING-MY HUSBAND GOT UP EARLY TO GET SOME THINGS DONE OUTSIDE WHILE THE KIDS WERE STILL ASLEEP. HE THEN DECIDED TO ROLL HIS MOTORCYCLE OUT OF THE SHELTER AND INTO THE YARD TO WASH IT. WELL SHOCKS WAS ON TOP OF THE BACK TIRE UNDER THE FENDER AND HE DID NOT KNOW IT AND YES HE ROLLED RIGHT OVER TOP OF IT. HE THEN BURIED THE CAT. HE DID NOT TELL RILEY WHAT HAPPENED TO IT BECAUSE IF YOU KNOW RILEY SHE NEVER FORGETS ANYTHING AND WOULD HAVE NEVER FORGAVE HIM FOR IT. HE TOLD ME HE HAS NEVER FELT SO BAD OVER A DEAD CAT BEFORE IN HIS LIFE. WELL IT WAS ONE OF THOSE BLAZING HOT DAYS THAT DAY AND HIM AND RILEY WALKED AROUND THE PASTURE LOOKING FOR SHOCKS FOR 3 HOURS. TO ME THATS A GREAT DAD TO DO THAT KNOWING WHAT REALLY HAPPENED. WELL THE OTHER 3 WERE STILL AROUND. YESTERDAY A FRIEND CAME OVER TO GET HER HAIR CUT. THEN HER SON CAME UP IN A DIFFERENT CAR. BY THE TIME THEY LEFT I GOT READY FOR WORK AND LEFT TOO. A STORM HAD ROLLED THROUGH AND I DID NOT THINK ANYTHING ABOUT NOT SEEING THE KITTENS. WELL WHEN I CAME IN LAST NIGHT I SAW WHAT AT THE TIME I THOUGHT WAS A DEAD RABBIT IN THE DRIVEWAY. FOUND OUT TODAY THAT IT WAS ONE OF THE KITTENS. THE OTHER 2 ARE ALSO MISSING. MY GUESS IS THAT THEY WERE ALL UNDER ONE OF OUR CARS. RILEY IS HEARTBROKEN. I TRIED TO EXPLAIN TO HER THAT THEY PROBABLY RODE OFF UNDER ANY OF OUR CARS AND HAVE A NEW HOME. IT HELPED TO TELL HER THAT MUFFIN WILL HAVE BABIES AGAIN SOMEDAY. SO NOW WE ARE BACK DOWN TO THE 2 CATS THAT WE STARTED WITH INSTEAD OF SIX. IN A WAY I FEEL GUILTY FOR LIKING IT JUST FINE THAT WAY BECAUSE WE REALLY ARE NOT CAT PEOPLE AND ONLY HAVE THE ONES WE DO BECAUSE OF THE GIRLS. BUT MY HEART BREAKS FOR THE KIDS. BUT JUST LIKE MOST THINGS THIS TO SHALL PASS.