Postscript My Gorgeous Cats

"Men, children, cats, I treat them all the same," an European woman once said. - When we first arrived a lot of cats came to our house, "introducing" themselves as possible community members. We decided to welcome Amira as our number one. Good at climbing on all sorts of roofs (not always easy for me to watch) this lovely gentle white, brown and orange coloured darling moved in with us. She got "engaged" several times before we had her sterilised. On 24th of May 2013 she gave birth to 1 male (black and brown streamed Tiger) and 3 female kittens (golden/white Sandy, mainly white with golden spots, Soleigh and Bijoux copy of her mum). It is quite common that kittens of different fathers are born on the same day and one of them resembles her mother. Amira remained the only cat living with us with her children, all others we had to have operated at an earlier stage in order to avoid overcrowding. As we discussed a little party (with sardines) to celebrate the forthcoming birthdays, Amira disappeared. We searched for her everywhere in the neighbourhood's, all in vain. I then decided to create a leaflet with her photo and point out that she is likely to be stuck somewhere in a room after walking through an open door. As an incentive to look for her we offered a reward. This worked before. We hardly started to distribute Amira's leaflet when she returned to our great delight. Did she see the leaflet, recognise her picture? A little girl discovered Amira underneath a car (I had checked there again and again....), where she stayed before we still don't know. Amira was very thirsty, a little bit hungry, had lost some weight but otherwise looked as neat as ever. Having our lovely little treasure back surely made our day! We are so happy to hear her purring, stroke her soft fur. Life isn't always easy, but it is important to appreciate what one has got.