We Found Tuff!
- April 15, 2004
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Back in October, we lost my favorite of our three cats, named Tuff. He was in the bed of my dad’s work truck and Dad took off down the highway with him still in there. When Dad had to slow down for construction, Tuff jumped out of the truck and ran off into a field. My sister and I called for him for hours and never found him. We looked back there and around that area several times since then, but never found him.
Tonight, we were watching TV and suddenly my sister bursts into the house carrying Tuff! He’s lost about a third of his weight and is really skiddish, but it’s definitely him. She found him wandering by a church in the nearby town. We lost him about six miles from here, and he made his way four miles back over the last half year.
He’s already had plenty of attention and loving from everyone and has eaten a ton of food. I imagine he’ll sleep very well tonight. Something he probably hasn’t done in a long time.
I asked Dad last night if he’ll be checking his truck before he leaves on work orders from now on. He said yes, but I hope he really does it. Sometimes he just blasts out of here without checking anything.
I guess we need to train Tuff not to sleep in the bed of Dad’s truck. Otherwise, I’m afraid it might happen again.
That’s great news Chris. You’ll have to chain him up so that doesn’t happen again.