Sunday, Apr. 01, 2007 - 11:49 p.m.
Cinderfella ************
Sunday night I walk in from a book production meeting and I listen to my phone messages theres only one and iutrs "We found your cat.." I call back immediately and leave a detailed message who I am where I live' share that he wanders off on a regular basis for spiritual purposes and that I will call again in the morning then pick him up.. thank you ever so much etc. same old same old I sit at my desk answering email in the silent Sunday evening and at 11:45 pm a sparkling new red jaguar slowly cruises by I see it's sleek profile revealed under the streetlight We don't get many of those around here Car stops and out steps a handsome young man cradeling something tenderly in his arms it's Jinky I thank him and note there is a passender in the car Its his Mom he says she stayed up late to ride with him " she absolutley loves that cat" he whispers in confidence "she wanted to spend every single second she could before she surrendered him" As I nodded at the passenger window i could see his old Mom there like old world demi royalty surrounded by black leather upholstery the dashboard lights giving the scene an outter space carriage sort of feeling she was wearing a mink jacket and sported a $200 haircut I don't usually see people of this snack bracket up close but I note that the ones I have seen up close are more noticably gracious and socially perseptive than my savage companions "If you ever.." the gracious Mom confessed "Ever want to part with that cat please let me know..please.. He is the friendliest most loving creature I have met in my whole life" She seemed to have lived through at least seven decades and doing OK her son-- her own son nodded his Mom loved Jinky more than him maybe he was used to it i don;t see how anyone could but the rich are not like us.. I said to her ..he is indeed wonderful; special in every way the most loving creature i have ever met as well and how fortunate I am to have him here all of the time' well most of the time uh, part of the time '' um-- sometimes.. And as the midnight mists swirled around me looking in the window of the red car I added for full dramatic effect how Jinky will float away from here on the night as if on a higher mission and appear in strange peoples lives and bring them love and happiness which is undeniably his gift in this life and then he leaves again and just as mysteriously, returns home always by an act of grace and kindness by strangers whom he has selected to interact with for reason known only to himself and God The Mom at this point was weeping into a kleenex I guess I laid it on a bit thick But I do believe it and her son was standing by at old world attention dutifully respectfully waiting her signal to drive the red Jaguar home again I detected a soft foreign accent in their speech that got richer in tone as they became more emotional talking about how much joy the little red cat brought them in only 24 hrs. how fortunate I am how very fortunate I am I learned they lived some miles away but have no idea how Jinky got there, how he got up the hill yonder and into the land of the summer mansions overlooking the river That is a is a big mystery he has never gone farther than the Video gallery across the highway To have visited the land of the red Jaguars' he must have walked five kilometers through dangerous dog territory through deadly Coyote territory across several roads jumped several streams and crossed a wide wild meadow well he is home now he has had his dinner and he is presently asleep in his box of towels I am glad someone in my family has been driven home in a new red Jaguar just before midnight I wonder if their car will turn into a pumpkin? Nice people I didn't notice any glass footwear
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