The Kitten
And The Crickets
-- A True
Story
Before I moved to Coweta, while I was
living in Riverdale (in Clayton County) I took my boys for many walks in the
woods near our house and in the woods on the other side of Upper Riverdale Road
around and behind what was then called Clayton General Hospital (which was small then).
In one of these walks on the east side of the hospital along a lane one
of my boys heard a kitten mewing. We
interrupted our walk to investigate and found it hidden in the tall grass along
the road. It was a beautiful black
little kitty and was very hungry. I did
not want to interrupt our walk so we decided to catch crickets (which were abundant
in the grass) and feed them to her until she was full. Then we continued our walk taking her with us
and then back home. We kept her for the
rest of her long life and enjoyed her very much – she was one of the finest
pets I have ever had.
This is a true story and I am writing it
at the request of my son Johnny, who wanted reminiscences of days of yore. For another such story see my “The Water Hose
Snake”.
Forrest W.
Schultz
October 23,
2015
