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One day while driving, I spotted a black and white ball of fluff in the middle of the road. I drove past it, and saw that it was a small kitten that I was pretty sure must have been run over and killed. I just had to stop and check.

CAT. PHOTO: PIXABAY / MARC PASCUAL

While dodging cars and irate taxi drivers, I saw that the kitten was not dead. It looked up at me with large frightened pleading eyes! I scooped it up in my arms and ran back to my car. Fortunately, I was close to my vet and got there as fast as possible while still driving a manual car with one arm!

I was convinced that my vet would have to put the kitten to sleep. A few hours later, the doctor called to say that the kitten was alright and that she was a little girl of about 10-12-weeks-old. However, it looked like someone had tried to cut her tail off right at the base. She must have escaped, only to run across the road and be knocked by a passing car.

The tail had to be amputated very low down and some of the skin had to be re-grafted back onto the tail stump. It was quite a tricky operation but successful in the end. Anyway, four weeks, a serious case of the sniffles, and two operations on the tail later, the little girl came home with me. She now runs around like a Manx chasing my other four cats up and down trees. Considering what trauma she had been through, she is the sweetest and cuddliest little cat you can imagine.

PHOTO: CANDICE FROM JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA

Because this little girl had such a rough start and was really, really lucky that I was driving by and stopped to check on her, a friend suggested that I call her Flucky. Flippen Lucky. I think I am the lucky one in the end with this precious soul.

Story submitted by Candice from Johannesburg, South Africa.

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