Cat Compass

Several years ago when we lived on Cape Cod, we moved from one end of the peninsula to the other. Our cat Pepi was about 5 years old at the time. He was very family oriented and he stayed around the house mostly. When we moved more than 50 miles away from our original home, he came with us and seemed to settle in quite well. My husband and I hired a child care person to stay with the kids and we went on a trip. When we came home he was nowhere to be found. A few weeks later our old neighbor called and said that Pepi had been seen in our old back yard. He must have traveled through the woods and down many roads and neighborhoods. After her call, I drove back to the old neighborood and found him in the woods at our old house. He was skinny and exhausted, and ready to be picked up and put in the car. He slept on my lap all the way back to the new house. He recovered well and stayed close by after that. It was an amazing thing and I am so grateful for my neighbor's caring enough to call.