And then there were four...

Last Friday one of the 2 kittens didn't come home. It was Speed Racer, who we just called Speedy.

She was the better behaved of the 2 and was my wifes favorite. As you can imagine she has taken it pretty hard and refuses to accept that something got her.

She was a great mouser and was always bringing stuff up from the woods for her mom and sister to then play with. She brought up everything from mice half her size to big lizards and snakes.

I spent part of Friday evening searching the back woods, and there was no sign of her. It is possible she is still out there running around hunting and eating what she catches, but with the number of coyotes, bobcats and feral cats in that area of the woods, my guess is, she was the hunted and not the hunter Friday.

Tiger, her sister, and Suzy, her mom, seemed to just mope around all weekend. Suzy went out Friday night for a long time, and all I could think was that she was looking for her baby, and also her favorite of the 2 kittens. But came back after a couple hours, looking sad.

So this is my way of putting her behind me and moving on. I feel sorry for Tiger now, as she loved playing with her sister, but was never as adventurous as her, especially after one evening where something chased her up a very tall tree and she was up there for several hours, until we found her and helped her down.

I hope and pray Speedy is still out there catching her mice, or some little girl found her after she got lost and couldn't find her way home. Someone who will love her and take care of her.

She was a gray striped with a couple of soft yellow spots and no tail. And as soft a fur as any I have ever petted.

Sorry for a depressing post on Monday.

Until next time...