One Lucky Cat

27 One Lucky Cat One day, we were going on vacation. We left our cat Oscar with my grandmother. It was a great vacation, but we got some bad news when we returned home. Grandma told us that Oscar had run away. Her dog Katie chased Oscar away and he never came back. We were all sad. This cat had been with us since he was seven days old. He was part of the family. What could we do? We posted signs around Grandma's neighbourhood. We even went door to door with pictures, but no one had seen Oscar. The winter came and went. Still no Oscar. A whole year passed, and winter came again. It was a winter even colder and longer than the last. Surely, no cat could survive two winters outside! By that time, we had stopped thinking about Oscar.

But one day, the phone rang. It was the animal hospital. They had a cat with a tag that showed our home phone number. Can you believe it? It was our Oscar! We could not believe Oscar was still alive. We rushed to the animal hospital. There he was-after being lost for one and a half years! He was skinny and nervous, but he was alive. We were overjoyed at our good luck. It turned out that after he ran away from Grandma's house, he hid in a storage area at the end of town. Some kids found Oscar and tried to catch him, but he was too fast and too scared. He wouldn't let them get close to him. Winter came, and these kids left a little food there for Oscar. They didn't want the cat to starve. Even on the coldest days, they didn't forget to leave some food for Oscar. At the very end, Oscar was not afraid of these kids anymore. The kids finally caught Oscar and took him to the animal hospital. These wonderful kids saved him. Our Oscar sure is one lucky cat!