Act Three

Sister grew stronger everyday, as I did. There was no end to the love shown to us by Joseph, Mary and their two children.

One evening the family dressed in their finest clothes and left. I heard the soft ringing of bells and we all ran to the windows to look out.

"What can that mean?" I asked Sister.

"Those be the church bells" said Pilot. "Every year they ring out in the cold night and all the humans go there to celebrate the birth of The Child born in a manger."

What a wonderful thing I thought to myself. At that moment, I made a wish that Sister and I would always have a good home together.

The next day there was a feast! The humans had goose and stuffing and all sort of good food. We cats and kittens, and Pilot too of course, had all the goose we could eat! It was a joyous time.

Then there was a knock at the door. "It must be the Rosses," said Mary, "they said they would be here to celebrate with us!"

More human children to play with! We had a fine evening, running and chasing and playing games.

Mr. Ross finally turned to Joseph and Mary and said, "I have told Wife and our two girls about Pilot's rescue of the two young cats. If you will agree, we will take them both and give them a good loving home."

A home of our own! And together! Sister and I leapt high into the air together, reaching for unseen Angels we knew were in the room that night!