Manui

First written November 2016. Later updates follow the original story.

Yeepun and I used to take a nightly walk around our neighborhood in Bangkok for fresh air and exercise. We always saw a few stray cats. One night we saw a black kitten with its mother. The kitten was friendly, and Yeepun could get close, almost petting him before he ran under some bushes. She felt sad for him. He had little chance of surviving on his own.

One day Yeepun’s mother noticed one of the neighborhood guards carrying a small black kitten. She asked what he was doing. He said he wanted to clean the kitten’s eyes, which were covered in mucus. She asked what he planned to do after that. He said he would put the kitten back on the street where he found him.

Yeepun overheard and looked at her mother’s face. Neither of them wanted that kitten going back on the street. They told the guard they would take care of him. Mom nursed him and Yeepun named him Manui.

His eyes cleared up. Now Manui is happy and healthy at our kennel in Chiang Rai. He is friendly and gets along with all the other cats.