The Poor Cat

There was a young boy who was cruel to his cat. His cat named Lily and she’s the one who took all the young man’s cruelty. He makes it a habit of always beating the poor cat and he never treated her good even once. Whenever he sees his cat he always kicked her and sometimes hit his cat with a stick

The only one who loves the cat was her mother. She was the one who feeds her. But although she knew how cruel his son to their cat she can’t do anything about it. It’s just she was so busy to his job that she can’t talk to his son anymore. Whenever she says something about it she was just ignored by his son as if he never heard it. She grew tired of talking to his son and prepared not to speak anymore.

In the young man’s heart, he was just jealous to the cat. He thought that her mother loves her cat more than her own son. So he shows his hatred by hurting the poor cat. Whenever his mother went to her job and he’s left alone with the cat he never missed his revenge by making the life of the poor cat miserable. He never feeds her and always kicked his cat whenever he sees her.

He didn’t stop to do bad things to his poor cat. Until his dream taught him a lesson.  

One day at night, he had a bad dream. In his dream he became a cat. While wondering around the street he saw a food on the table inside a house. He was so hungry that he couldn’t resist of getting the food so he jumped on the table to get the food to eat. But a man saw him and kicks him really hard. The man never satisfied by just kicking him. He gets a big and thick stick and hit him many times. He, as a cat, runs fast to escape but the man caught him and throws him as far as he could. A big black out came after that and he thought that he died. When he opened his eyes, inside his dream, he was cold and very weak. His body was aching because of the wounds he gets and the pain was still there. A group of young children saw him and throw stones at him. He hides himself inside a dark place where no one will saw him. He tried to walk when no one’s around but he was so weak to move fast as he could. Then suddenly a young girl saw him. She took him and brought him to a warm place. She gave him food to eat and milk to drink. She also treats his wounds and gave him a nice place to sleep. He saw her sweet smile and her gentle touch seems to ease all his pain.

Then his mother woke him up. He was shaking and crying because his dream seems so real and the thought of it really scared him. He hugs his mother tight and his mother hugs him back. Her mother suddenly feels that she really misses hugging his son and realized that she failed to show her love and care for him because of her busy days at work. She told to his son that she will spend more time with him and promise to make up for the time that had been wasted. The young boy smiles and says “I love you mommy” and her mother kisses him.

Then he remembers his cat, lily. He hurriedly look for his cat but he couldn’t find her anywhere in the house. He feels so guilty about the cruelty he did to his cat and now he wants to compensate to what he had done. But Lily, her poor cat, is nowhere to found. She asked his mother where their cat may be and his mother said that she never saw her that day. For the first time he cares for his cat and he feels so terribly worried about her. 

Then he heard his cat “meow” in their storage room. He hurriedly opens it and found her cat lying in the box. When he touches his cat his hand got stained with blood. He thought his cat was dying so he called his mother to help him treats his cat. His mother approached the cat and in a big surprised her mother said that their cat was just fine. 

The blood that he saw was because their cat was laboring. He was so happy to know that his cat was giving birth to her kittens. He promised that he will take good care of them and always treat them good.

Years had past and this young boy turn to be a good veterinarian and leader of a group that protects the animals and caring for them.

Moral Lesson:

“Sometimes people must face the same situation or circumstances for them to know and understand what it was like”

“Do not do unto others what you don't want done to you"... The Golden Rule! (^^,)