I called him Draco. he arrived last night almost in the middle of the night and he was born on Monday. His other littermate had passed away and he and another kitten were just clinging to life barely. The man asked me to take the weakest one and to instruct him and his family how to help the other kitten who had no strength to latch on to mom.

He lasted about two hours before the angels claimed him and with all this rain, I knew I couldn’t bury him. I went to one of the local grocery stores this morning and talked to the owner about Draco. I asked him something quite unusual- at the back of his property there is a small forest. I asked if I could lay the kitten to sleep there because I refuse to throw any cat away like garbage.

To my amazement, this man said of course, I could! So instead of driving for miles then hiking off the beaten path and finding a place in the woods- I laid Draco down in the ferns and placed fallen leaves over his grave. I would have never thought this man would allow me to do this on his property because it is quite the strangest request. I think I saw him wipe a tear out of his eyes before I turned away to go and do the necessary thing for this little black boy.