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Pumpkin and mother cat showed up at my door the day after Auggie died. Thanksgiving Day. We walked and the cat seemed to know where my Scottie had roamed in our...
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Pumpkin and mother cat showed up at my door the day after Auggie died. Thanksgiving Day. We walked and the cat seemed to know where my Scottie had roamed in our woods as he explored with his nose to the ground, on the run. He brought odds and ends to lay at my feet, seemingly pleased when I started patting his head. Like an energetic puppy he explored Auggie’s previously dug holes. Like Auggie, he went in coming out caked in black dirt. For three months we were inseparable, like Auggie and me. It seemed this yellow cat, named Pumpkin filled a very empty place in my heart. You should know that my Scottie, Augustus MacDougal, VIll was raised by my cat, Dottie, who has a great story. Then one day, Pumpkin was gone.
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