stray
raze
"
we
have
a
visitor
,"
she
said
.
she
introduced
the
tabby. "
she
doesn't
belong
to
anyone
.
but
she
comes
to
see
us
every
day
."
when
the
woman
was
bedridden,
the
cat
ran
to
her
room
without
being
told
she
was
ill
.
she
climbed
onto
her
chest
and
purred
for
half
an
hour
.
she'd
never
done
anything
like
that
before
.
her
eyes
burn
amber
like
a
lion's.
she
used
to
watch
the
woman
in
her
garden
, wrenching
weeds
from
the
earth
.
now
she
helps
her
,
the
two
of
them
working
side
by
side
—
one
with
the
aid
of
serrated,
stainless
steel
claws
fixed
to
the
end
of
a
rod,
and
the
other
wielding
the
tools
she
was
born
with
.
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