Heart Touching Story of A Boy and His Cat: A Cat to Remember

It was quite a shock to Yusuf one day when he returned from school to find that they would soon be given a flat. What would become of Puss? What about her kittens?

His parents had to speak firmly. Puss definitely had to go. They’d take her to the SPCA, where they’d look after her and find homes for her and the kittens when they were born.

Yusuf listened but couldn’t say a word. He felt like crying. He wanted to scream out that they couldn’t take Puss away from him.

That night he tossed and turned in bed. When he finally fell asleep, he dreamed that Puss was in a cage meowing to be let out. She cried so sadly that he put his hand out to pet her and felt something soft… . He awoke. Puss was in bed with him, meowing quietly. Yusuf thought she knew about having to go and was trying to say that she wanted to stay with him.

Puss had never got into his bed before. She had always stayed in her straw bed in the toolshed when she was not prowling around. His mother would be annoyed if she knew, for she did not like the cats sleeping on the beds.

Snores were coming from the other rooms. Quietly Yusuf got out of bed, picked Puss up, and tiptoed to the front door. He opened it slowly, not making any noise, and put Puss out, whispering: “You be good now, Puss, and go to your shed.”

Puss looked at him, hesitated, and then walked toward the toolshed.

On the way back to his room Yusuf glanced at the clock. It was a little past five. His mother would be up soon to cook breakfast. It was almost time for him to be up too, as he had to leave early for school. The school bus picked up him and his sister at seven.

He lay in bed thinking of his pet and wondering what he could do. Perhaps someone in his class at school would take Puss. All the children who had seen Puss had wanted her. But would they still feel the same when they knew she was going to have kittens? Well, he’d ask them, and if they said no, he’d have to think of something else. Puss must not be taken away to some place where he’d never see her again.

His eyelids began to droop. Just as he was dropping off to sleep the idea came to him. Of course, his grandmother’s old house! It had been vacant for more than two years. If nobody wanted Puss, that was where he would hide her. No one would ever think of going there.