Cat Boy

This is a Kaleb Chance story. Some days that child............. Kaleb loves cats. We had several litter of kittens at the barn last spring. For the most part the barn cats are wild. Ferrel cats. I like to keep it that way, but cat boy Kaleb has his own idea's about it. Kaleb loves feeding the cats and I have noticed that he has been trying to make a pet out of a little black and white kitten.

This morning Kaleb wanted to go do the chores at the barn with me. I needed to take the tractor to put a bale of hay out, so Kaleb got on the 4 wheeler (which I usually take) and eased it down to the barn. We went in and fed grain and Kaleb was in the granary feeding the cats and said he was going to stay for a few minutes. I have a 2.5 gallon bucket that I carry grain in to the horses in the paddock south of the house on the 4 wheeler. So I had put the grain in it and on the way out of the barn I strapped it down to the front rack on the 4 wheeler (that is where I always carry it). I went about putting out hay with the tractor and I saw Kaleb head for home on the 4 wheeler. He is only allowed to drive it in first gear, so he was creeping pretty slow going home. I thought he was going to wait for me at the gate to the horse paddock or at least leave my bucket of feed by the game for me, but he didn't, he went on home. I drove home in the tractor and got on the 4 wheeler and went back to the paddock and put out grain. When I got home I walked into the garage and the kids were in there. Kalen is in a panic because 'the kitten' has went behind the freezer and they can't get it out. I said "what kitten?" I should have guessed, but I will admit I'm a little slow.

Yes, Kaleb had brought his little black and white kitten home. I asked "how did the kitten get to the house?" He tried telling me that the kitten followed him home. I'm not that stupid. Then Kalen informs me that the kitten jumped in the grain bucket and came home with Kaleb. O.k. she might buy that story, I did not. Sometimes that boy can tell some 'big stories' or he should I say he can lie with the best of 'em. I told him to give it up, I wasn't buying any of his stories. Believe it or not he put that kitten in the grain bucket and it rode home on the 4 wheeler in it. He then took the kitten into the garage.

The story ends with the kitten coming out from behind the freezer. I made Kaleb caught it and we put it in a basket and cover it and carried back to the barn. And then the punishment began.

That kid............................