October328i

OCTOBER328i

The Moss Point Tiger…A.K.A…Mittens the run away kitten.

Have you ever just wanted to take a chance and run away in search of a better life….just do it. One hot fall day down in the country in a small town called Moss Point, Ms I made my dead get away… Its hot in the day, cold in the night, its so many of us running around I know this isn’t the life for me. Hungry, tired, thirsty, and flea bitten I knew I had to leave by any means necessary. One day I saw a BMW 328i pull up and I knew it was my time. Sometimes you only get one opportunity to make a change your life and when that time comes you take it. That car looked like it came from a good home where they can afford to take care of me. I’m not sure if they will want me but I'm so adorable how can they refuse me. Grey all over like a cotton ball with hints of black and my tail had black rings going up an down.

Not knowing if I will see my siblings again I prepared to make my dead getaway. They begged me not to go and to stay with them that things would get better but I couldn’t. There was a big bird they called a chicken hawk that sat way up high in the trees he would scoop down and get the little animals like me. Just the other day I watched him swoop up a little poodle it was the most frightening sight I had ever seen. I said my goodbyes and ran off into the dusk, I ducked off under the car wheel then into the motor. There was a space behind the fan that I fit into perfectly and I scooted to the very back. My new dad drove forty miles back home the highway was so scary I peeped out if I had fell out it would have ended my life. The car was speeding down the interstate now looking back I don’t think this is a good idea. I’m so scared I'm crying out and no one can hear me so all I can do is hold on and wait until this is over.

Finally we make it to my new home but im so terrified I refuse to come out so scared, I stay put until four days later. Hungry, very tired and thirsty I almost give up on living all I can do is wish to be home with my siblings but I can’t. My new daddy takes his car to the shop and they break the motor down. The mechanic says “Keith do you know you have a kitten in your crawl space?” Keith says ”No, I wasn’t aware there was a crawl space or a kitten.” I’m not sure what to do with him so I will get him some food and water until we can find him a home. Daddy called mommy and she said was allergic to cats. I’m like oh no now what daddy was persistent he said come look at him he needs love let’s keep him. So she came to the shop and they took me home. I was the first kitty she ever had so she wasn’t quite sure what to do for me. She said what will we call him they came up with a few names and she said October328i..Its October and I survived in a 328i a whole week in the hot Mississippi weather. They took me home got me a litter box, food and warm milk. I ate all that I could and then I went to sleep, my new house was so big I had lots of rooms to explore and stairs that I wasn’t big enough to climb. I was so thankful that I loved it here and they all loved me my mom loved me so much she started me an Instagram page @October328i. Now that I have gotten bigger I have black tiger stripes all over and I have several nicknames, when I’m being bad my mom calls me a moss point tiger but mostly I’m called Mittens…nothing in your life will change until you make the decision to change it.