ねねこ Nov 1, 2026 11:26 Until the rescue July 11, 2025, around 6:00 PM
I was on my way home from work as usual. Since I didn't own a car at the time, it was a 15-minute ride one way by bicycle. A 15-minute bike ride after manual labor is quite tough, and just as I finally reached the neighborhood near my house,
I was stopped by the sound of a cat meowing and hit the brakes. I looked around but couldn't see anything that looked like a cat. Just as I was wondering what it was, a brown tabby and white cat popped its head out from behind a car parked in front of a neighbor's house
It was slender, its coat didn't look bad, and it appeared to be a young cat under a year old. When I got off my bike, it clung to my feet, was extremely friendly, and wouldn't leave at all. Although there are several outdoor cats in my neighborhood, they all wear collars, and I had never seen any other cats outside, so at first, I thought, “Did it escape?” But for a pet cat, it was thin, and I couldn't recall any house in the neighborhood that kept a cat like this
I hesitated for a moment, but since I have a senior resident cat at home who definitely wouldn't get along with another cat, I concluded that rescuing it would be difficult... and got back on my bike. However, it wouldn't leave me at all. Since I would run it over if I started riding, I got off the bike and pushed it at a brisk pace towar