I figured I'd throw this story into the pot. Mai Kitty (pronounced my
kitty) is a calico that I rescued about 3 years ago. Sometimes, I think
she is an angel from God. I have rhematoid arthritis and her love has
kept me going.

To the story. During this time of the year, when it is still relatively
cool here in South Texas, I leave my bedroom windows open so that my
cats (I have 4) can go in and out during the night while I sleep. Last
Saturday night, I went to sleep about 10:30 PM and awoke briefly when I
felt Mai Kitty pressing at my head and under my neck. I rolled over
slightly to see ask her what she was doing. She made a brief noise to
acknowledge that I had spoken to her and then jumped off of the bed. I
went back to sleep almost immediately. However, I became aware of
something kind of cold and hard pressing into the lower part of my head
and upper neck. After a period of time, my neck became a little painful
from it was on my pillow. I finally awoke completely at 3AM, got up and
turned on the light to see what it was that was causing the discomfort.
That's when I saw 'the gift'. Mai Kitty had either caught or found a
bird and brought it to me thinking that putting it on my pillow would be
the best place for me to find it when I woke up. She just couldn't
understand why I wasn't please with her gift. I had to get up and remove
all bedding and pillows and I washed them immediately. I also spent a
long time scrubbing myself down in a hot shower. Needless to say, the
policy of keeping the windows open had been changed.

Thanks for reading my story.  Also:Sorry to be posting this again but I
forgot to change a couple of settings on my newsreader.

Also, I have 4 kittens, 1 male and 3 female, that need good homes. I'm
located in New Braunfels Texas, between San Antonio and Austin on the
interstate. These kittens were abandoned on my back patio by their
mother and I've taken care of them since they were 1 month old. They are
now a little over 2 months old, healthy, loving and very frisky. They
eat dry kitten food and are the most loving little kittens I have ever
seen. I've been bathing them and they don't seem to mind getting an
occassional bath, especially when they get towel dried.

You can see pictures of the kittens here:

http://homepage.mac.com/dpherman/PhotoAlbum17.html

There is also a link on this page labeled 'Cats' where you can see
pictures of Mai Kitty as well as my other cats.

You may also contact me from this web page. If you're located in this
area and would like to adopt one or more of the kittens then drop me a
line.