It’s rare that the Gorilla laughs out loud upon hearing a funny story, but today’s headline took the cake. For once, the Gorilla is not writing about annoying people with cell phones, or the latest technology. Instead, he is writing about something more lighthearted- a kitten! Over the last couple of days, a Florida woman, 24 year-old Kelley Levy, was mourning the loss of her adorable 10 month old kitten. No, the cat didn’t die, but it was missing for days, so the woman was losing hope.
The cat, whose name is Gracie Mae, went missing the day she took her husband to the airport. When the woman arrived at home, the kitten wasn’t in her usual spot at the bottom of the stairs, so she tore the house apart, looking for the female kitten, who had just been spayed days before she went missing. Kelley’s dad even came over to tear into the bathroom wall, where it was thought the kitten may have gained entry through a small hole.
When they came up with nothing, they were quickly losing hope. They even posted “lost cat signs,” but to no avail. Then, the next morning, a funny thing happened. The phone rang and a stranger on the other end said in a cheerful voice, ” you don’t know me, and you’re not going to believe this, but I accidentally picked up your husband’s suitcase at the airport, and when I opened it up, out jumped a kitten!” The man, who was from Texas, claimed he screamed when the kitten surprised him by jumping out of the suitcase. “I went to unpack and saw some of the clothes and saw it wasn’t my suitcase,” he said. “I was going to close it, and a kitten jumped out and ran under the bed. I screamed like a little girl.”
He said when the kitten jumped out it nearly scared him to death. The man got the phone number from the kitten’s collar and called Kelley to give her the news. The woman was obviously relieved, and the cat (and the suitcase) were returned to their rightful owners. Here’s a bit of advice from the Gorilla: Watch out when you are packing for a trip; the Gorilla’s small dog almost inadvertently traveled in a suitcase once as well! Could it be they don’t want us to go?