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This is Bootsie. I never had the opportunity to meet Bootsie, but I fell in love with her from hearing her story and seeing her pictures. Doesn\u2019t she look like a really cool cat?<\/p>\nThis is Bootsie. I never had the opportunity to meet Bootsie, but I fell in love with her from hearing her story and seeing her pictures. Doesn\u2019t she look like a really cool cat?<\/p>\n
I received this story from a friend when I was writing Catscapades, True Cat Tales<\/em><\/strong>. She thought my readers would be interested in Bootsie\u2019s story of serendipity, and I\u2019m sure they are.<\/p>\n One spring, this full-grown black-and-white A few years later, Ann was chatting with a neighboring farmer when he saw the cat lounging on Ann\u2019s porch. He said, \u201cHey, that\u2019s Bootsie!\u201d<\/p>\n The farmer explained, \u201cShe was one of my barn cats until she disappeared a couple of years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n I found that story interesting for a couple of reasons. Obviously Bootsie had higher expectations for her life than living in a barn\u2014Cinderella might have been an appropriate name for her. But it\u2019s the naming of the cat that intrigues me the most. If the cat\u2019s name had been Boots, Socks, Mittens, Oreo, perhaps, I wouldn\u2019t be as surprised, but for both owners to call her Bootsie\u2014that is unusual. In fact I just looked at a list of the 100 most popular cat names. Socks, Mittens, Oreo, are all there, but not Bootsie. One has to wonder, did the cat bring her name with her and somehow communicate it to Ann?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is Bootsie. I never had the opportunity to meet Bootsie, but I fell in love with her from hearing her story and seeing her pictures. Doesn\u2019t she look like a really cool cat? I received this story from a … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Bootsiesink-300x225.jpg\")
cat showed up at Ann\u2019s door. She opened it and the cat walked in, as if to say, \u201cHello, I belong here now.\u201d When it appeared the cat was staying, Ann named her Bootsie. Even though she was allowed to go outside, Bootsie never left the yard.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Bootsie3-300x225.jpg\")
Ann was surprised and asked, \u201cHow do you know Bootsie?\u201d<\/p>\n