Barry arrived ten minutes later   
and took over. He used a portable X-Ray
Machine to take pictures, and then set 
the legs in tiny little cast.          
     After he was finished, he sug-    
gested I keep her here for a few days, 
and try not to move her again, just in 
case.                                  
     After Barry left, she showed me   
how to check her temp and made me      
promise to call if it started to go up.
She gave me her phone number, and I    
gave her a ride back to her car.       
     On the way, she promised to come  
by in a couple days to check on the    
kitten.                                
     Two weeks later, a week after Beth
moved in, we began plastering all the  
local neighborhoods with posters,      
especially near where we’d rescued her.
*      I blew up a photo of “Socks” and    
used that as the background. At the    
top, we put “FOUND” in big block       
letters, and our contact info at the   
bottom.                                
     Like usual, Beth came up with the 
name, and like usual, it fit, especial-
ly while she was still wearing those   
small cast on her legs. It made her    
look like she was wearing socks, and   
thus the name.                         
     A couple days later, her owners   
came forward. They’d also put up       
posters, and I’d found one of them     
while putting up ours.                 
     He had his daughter with him, and 
she cried uncontrollably as she hugged 
Socks for a full five minutes, before  
telling us her real name was “Muttens”.



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