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After much debate we decided to let Abby have a cat. I didn't want a kitten, so we went down to Young Williams Animal Shelter (www.knoxpets.org) and took a look at the cats they had up for adoption. I was surprised that they didn't have alot to choose from. However, we narrowed it down to two cats, a white long haired Siamese female and a smokey gray short haired male. As we turned the corner to get someone to show us these cats Abby yells Oh My Gosh Mommy----Look at this one, I love her. It was a brown faced, gray and black striped Tabby. She was 1 year old and SOOO sweet. We visited with her and decided to adopt her. We went back the next day and picked her up. Her name is Shannon. She is the sweetest cat.

After having her for only an hour we thought she had escaped and was missing. The entire house was devastated. We searched and searched for her and couldn't find her. Some neighborhood boys said they saw her run into the empty wooded lot behind our house. We knew she was gone!!!!! After 4 hours of searching the neighborhood and surrounding areas we ended the search on a devastated and sad note. That night I was woken up by the Husky tearing the baby gate down and as I jumped up guess what?? There was Shannon, she was NEVER outside, she was just hiding from us! We were all so happy to see her! Needless to say she LOVES to hide! So I am sure we are in for years of mischief and sweetness from her!