RB,
Some one far greater than I will have to 'link' you to Minnie's story. But, in short, I have had her since July. She had been in a shelter since April. She was part of a TNR program and determined to be not feral enough to have survived. She lived in my basement from July to October when, for reasons untold, she appeared under my bed! I can now pet her, she purrs for me, I cry for her, she does elevator butt, and has played with a string once or twice. She will eat with me in the room, but not really in her sight. I haven't yet seen her walk upright...but, I am waiting. She is totally beautiful...with a little goatee mark, and an ear that was dipped in milk. She looks like Tenny, a little bit, but more mushed in nose. Her markings aren't as defined as my other tuxies...she is more 'runny'. She is very little.....so much for short, eh?