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I feed several feral cats in my neighborhood. Sometimes they come at odd hours looking for food because they missed out on the feeding from the night before.

One day early last September, I looked out the back window and saw a grey and white cat in the middle of a very hot day. I thought, "Oops, someone missed feeding time last night."

However, when I got some food and went to put it out, I found, to my surprise, that this was a very small kitten. Where it had come from, I had no idea. None of the feral cats had kittens. Actually, I have caught almost all of them and had them neutered or spayed. There wasn't any other cat around at that time, nor any time after. Just this tiny little thing all by itself.

I tried to coax the baby to me with some chicken, but it was having none of that. I put out my Havahart trap, and later that day, I had success. That was a Friday.

The following Monday, I took it to the local vet. I found out it was a she and only about 5-weeks-old. Vet said she couldn't have been out on her own for more than a couple of days, but she was already skin and bones. The vet also said if she had been out in the heat for much longer, she would have been dead.

Today, her name is Gracie, because by the grace of God she found her way to us, and she now has her forever home. She has two feline brothers, a feline sister and a canine brother to harass!

Story submitted by Mary Beth from Wellsburg, West Virginia.

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