Photo by Rocky Mountain Feline Rescue on Flickr
Here is the second part of my story “Molly to the Rescue” (Part 1 is here). At the end I’ll tell you about the big guy above who is standing in for the character of Red Boy!
Molly to the Rescue, continued
It wasn’t the two dozen cats swarming around the woman that made Molly pause, or the big bag of food she held.
It was the woman herself — Molly knew her! She was a friend of her person’s. A nice, older woman named Linnea.
Cautiously, Molly crept towards Linnea, keeping low. It was not Linnea she was afraid of, but the cats.
Linnea turned towards Molly but her welcoming smile turned to shock. “Molly!” she said. “What are you doing here!”
Molly sat up, but as soon as she did, a couple of the cats ran at her. They paused nearby, ears back, hissing.
Red Boy charged at the cats and blocked them, but Molly didn’t see. She had already run back through the fence.
Back under the bush, Molly watched Linnea feed the cats. Every so often, Linnea looked up, searching for Molly.
Molly saw Red Boy looking for her too. But she didn’t move. All those strange cats made her feel nervous.
But Molly heard something that neither Linnea nor Red Boy could — the two men she saw earlier were talking.
The men were behind her, nearby but out of sight. Their very presence made the fur stand up on Molly’s spine.
“As soon as that crazy cat lady is gone,” said one, “we’ll set out the traps. She won’t miss a few of ’em.”
“Yeah,” the other man agreed. “She’ll just think the coyotes or a dog got ’em. There are lots of coyotes around.”
His partner chuckled. “Heck, there are enough dangers out there to make a whole colony of cats disappear.”
“Meanwhile we’ll make a nice profit from the dealer,” the first man said. “A lab will put them to good use.”
Although Molly couldn’t understand everything the men said, she could tell it was very bad for the cats.
Linnea finished feeding the cats and gathered her things. She looked for Molly once more and called out to her.
Molly wanted to answer, but she was still too scared of the other cats. She stayed under the bush.
A few minutes after Linnea’s car drove off, the two men came out of the shadows, holding three wire cat traps.
Quickly, they set the traps down and tossed some fried chicken legs inside. Molly could smell the tempting aroma.
A few cats came over to the traps. The chicken was irresistible. The cat in the lead was Red Boy. Molly gasped.
Before she could do anything, Red Boy dashed into the trap to grab the chicken. The wire door slammed down.
The noise of the trap door scared the other cats away. The two men walked over to the trap, where Red Boy was.
“Well, one is better than none,” said the taller man. “Let’s get out of here.” But as he reached for the trap…
Molly charged at him and jumped on his back, all claws out. Nobody was going to take her friend away!
“Get it off me!” the man screamed as his friend tried to help. Molly held firm. Suddenly she heard her name.
“Molly? Molly!” It was her person, holding a bag of her favorite treats and staring at the men. Molly jumped down.
“Who ARE you?” she asked them. “We work for the owner,” one said. “He asked us to get rid of these cats.”
“Liar!” Molly’s person said. “I’m his daughter and he loves these cats. You will be fired when I tell him.”
The two men ran off and Molly’s human released the latch on Red Boy’s trap. He walked out and shook himself.
Molly ran up to Red Boy and touched noses with him. “Please come home with me,” she meowed.
“Sorry, Molly, but no,” said Red Boy. “I could never be happy indoors. You go home, where you belong.”
“I’m glad to have met you, though,” Red Boy continued. “You saved my life and I’ll always remember you.”
They touched noses and Red Boy walked into the shadows. “Come on, Molly,” said her person. “Dinner is waiting.”
THE END
Now about “Red Boy” — his real name is Citrus! He is at a shelter called Rocky Mountain Feline Rescue in Denver, CO… and he has been there since 2008! He is 9 years old and change, and he is a very laid back kind of guy! This gentle kitty is also FIV+, which may explain why he has been at the rescue for so long. Here is Citrus’ adoption page — can you please spread the word about him? He is much loved by the volunteers at Rocky Mountain Feline Rescue, but after 6 years, he really should have his own home!
We really enjoyed the story and so did our Mom. She loves all things “cat”. Maybe you and your human could make “Short Story Time” a monthly feature!!! Hope Citrus gets his own human. Purrs, Serafina and Arya
What a excellent story! Me was so scared when Orange Boy was stuck in the trap, and what a brave thing for Molly to do. Me is a little sad the Citrus is still in a shelter though. Thanks for the wonderful story and telling us about Citrus!
Kisses
Nellie
Lovely story! We are sharing Citrus and we hope he finds his forever home very very soon!
Purrs xx
Athena and Marie
Oh Sparkle, your story got me all teary. Thank you for the reminder about the dangers to outdoor cats. And thank you to all those who help take care of the ferals that won’t live anywhere but outside. Well done.
My human and I loved this story and we are crossing our paws and sending good vibes to Citrus that he may find his furr-ever home very soon!
Meow and Namaste! Pippy the Feline Yogini
That is a good ending. I hope Citrus finds a home
Nice story and we knew cats that actually chose outdoor living over have a nice inside home so understands Red Boy’s choice completely in the story. We liked this story and so glad Molly was able to rescue her friend and get back home safely. We feel bad for Citrus though and wonder if after living that long at a shelter if he would even like a regular home. It would be a huge adjustment for an older cat to make.
sweet story. thank you for writing this one. you are very talented.
We just read part 1 and 2! What a wonderful story…. loved it so much.
What a clever concept too, the whole twitter fiction thing.
I hope that nasty man finds himself in a trap someday.
But more than anything, I hope that Citrus will one day have is own forever home.
(((purrs)))
That is a wonderful story and I hope those guys met a horrible death. I also Hope Citrus will find a home. I’m going to pin his page. Thanks for caring.
Yup, we enjoyed that story 🙂
We purr Citrus will get to have his own ,loving home too.
He is handsome 🙂
Purrs Georgia and Julie,
Treasure, JJ
and Angels Tiger and Tillie
Yay for Molly and her Human helping Red Boy and sending prayers to Citrus for him to find a safe, loving forever home where he is truly cherished. Great ending to a great story, Sparkle!
what a marvelous story! I will share for sure and certainly I will do what I can to help Citrus…how awful to be waiting for so long for someone to realize he is ‘their special cat’…
Really loved your story. Hope Citrus finds a forever home. Shared him.
How did I miss this? HOW DID I MISS THIS???
Oh, Sparkle… this was SO good. No, it was EXCELLENT!
I was almost in tears when I read ’bout what the evil men were planning ’cause I know that there is EVIL in this world like that. But then I was so happy when Molly and her mum came to the rescue.
Oohhh… I must share this. I MUST SHARE!
Purrs,
Nissy
great story Sparkle,I sure hope he gets a nice home soon,xx Speedy
Mum say’s thanks for the advice too,xx
We are glad that it had a happy ending. We were worried there for a moment.
Enjoyed reading this, thanks for sharing.
Oh I so enjoyed the story! I got really worried about the part that Red Boy got trapped. Glad it was happy ending 🙂
I hope Curtis will find his forever home soon!
We LOVED this story (and it’s message) and how it was posted on Twitter….as we love Twitter! Hope you do another one soon!
What a great story. Glad it had such a happy ending. We also hope that Citrus finds a home soon. It sometimes is amazing how some feral cats can get used to living inside but it really depends on their age.The older ones cannot get used to it. BUT, if you feed the feral cats, they will stay around. And they are NOT mean. Good story.
That was so good and we sure hope Citrus gets to go home soon.
Yay! Molly saveded the day!..Citrus is such a big handsome fellow..I wisheded him luck to get a furever home! 😉
Oh that made my mom smile and have a tiny start of tears…
Awwww, I loved the story ♥ pawesome stuff ♥
Citrus is a very handsome kitty, I can’t believe no one has given him a home yet – even though he has FIV+
My sisfur Amber is FIV+ – the P.A. adopted her at 7 months old and she’s 13 this year, and lives a happy content life just like the rest of us…
♥ Prayers for Citrus that he will soon find his furever peeps ♥
Bravo bravo Sparkle happy endings make me smile
Hugs madi your bfff
love it!
What a happy ending. We wish Red Boy would have felt like he could have gone home with Molly, but we understand that ferals aren’t like other cats and don’t want to live in houses.
What a sweet story!