Jill Petticord adopted Ralph as a kitten from an animal shelter back in 1998. They were inseparable. “She carried him around. She did everything with Ralph,” Rita Korn, Jill’s mother said.
However, three years later, Ralph went missing and was nowhere to be found.
Jill had several other pets after that, but none of them could replace Ralph. “I had a German Shepherd, and then I had a cat, but none of them was Ralph.”
Last week, they received a phone call from an animal shelter, saying they had found their cat. “I’m going, ‘I don’t have a cat,’ and they said, ‘Yea, you do,'” Rita said.
When Jill went to the animal shelter to see Ralph, “(he) kind of turned his head sideways, and his eyes perked up, and I said, ‘Oh my gosh that’s my kitty,” Jill said.
吉兒隨母親到收容所確認時,看見拉夫把頭轉過來,驚訝大叫:“噢!天啊!那是我的貓!!(Oh my gosh that's my kitty!!)”
▼吉兒已經成了人母,跟童年最愛的貓咪重逢有說不出感動。
▼吉兒與母親接到愛貓相隔14年尋獲的消息,都又驚又喜。
The family is working to get Ralph healthy again. “I am just glad that he gets to finish out his life with me and not somewhere out on the streets.” 雖然沒人知道這14年來拉夫到底怎麼度過,但久別的重逢讓她們又驚又喜。吉兒現在已經成了人母,也有了一個兒子,再次看見自己童年最心愛的貓咪,心中的感動難以言喻。她說:“我真的很高興,拉夫能重回我的身邊,跟我一起過完它的晚年;而不是在某條街上瑟縮著。”