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My husband and I were really not into cats, but our son brought home a kitten from college that lived with us for a while and we fell in love. After our son moved out and took MJ with him, I wanted to rescue one like him... a black/white tuxedo.

KITTEN. PHOTO: PIXABAY / IVABALK

At the shelter there was one, a runt in a litter of five kittens. She was scrawny with sparse fur, but she was black/white so I wanted her.

The shelter placed her in a separate cage from her littermates to fatten her up, as she was under two pounds, so we would go visit her. During those visits, one of her littermates in a cage beneath her would jump up and hang on the cross bar of its cage.

KITTEN. PHOTO: PIXABAY / BEN SCHERJON

It was gray and white and had a little white mustache and little white paws. It looked like a little mouse. Each time we went, we began to wonder, "Could we handle two kittens?" We decided on both.

The gray kitten we decided to name Mickey, as it looked like a little mouse, and the black/white kitten was so tiny, we named her Minnie. A few weeks later, we realized our Mickey was really a girl, so we changed the spelling to Mikki.

PHOTO: KANDY FROM PHOENIX, AZ

Both Mikki and Minnie had the same markings and have brought us so much joy. Sadly, we lost Minnie to chylothorax in September. Mikki definitely grieved for her as we did, but she is now loving all the extra attention.

Story submitted by Kandy from Phoenix, Arizona.

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