About two years ago, a coworker of mine announced his family cat had kittens. He worked outside my office door and pestered me every day about adopting one of the kittens.
I told hime I was only interested if there was a black and white, preferably tuxedo markings.
He and his wife sent me digital photos of the kittens, then only about 5 days old. Alas, no black and white kitty. There were a couple of yellow and white tabbies, a grey and white and a grey tiger with white feet.
Not really sure if I was ready for pet ownership, I opted to decline adoption.
About 6 weeks later, my spouse decided we needed to adopt a kitty, since I was longing the loss of a neighborhood kitty that used to hang out on our deck. When our neighbors moved, the kitty went along.
I mentioned at work I was ready for a kitten, and my coworker brought up the subject of his kittens. He had one left, and she was weaned, litter trained and aside from being the runt, was a nice kitty. I asked what color and he said "black and white"...remembering the kitten pictures, I was puzzled...
Long story short, Ritzy's "tiger fur" grew into the black and white tuxy girl we know and love. They sent me a picture of her, and I just melted. I would have loved the tiger stripes too, but I have always been partial to the classic black and whites.
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