of all the things i've done recently, today's event was the most memorable.
we were walking outta CDANS @ bukit batok not knowing wad to do, where to go, cos of the horrible rainy season when we heard a cat's moaning meowing. Those who have heard it (i bet everyone has heard it at least once in their lifetime, if they're aware of their surroundings) will know how it feels like. It makes ur heart moan, cry, hurt. Well, we were strolling out towards the bus stop as we heard it. We perched on the tips of our shoes, listening intently for the source of the sorrowful cries that kept resounding. We started to pinpoint the direction of it - there we pointed!- it is coming from there! but we could see nothing, though the noises were loud and sounded a little like echoes. We felt that our hearts could almost jump out. but still, we see nothing. suddenly, as if it was a moment of insight or as if the cat told us, we knew it was coming from below. Prancing towards the canal, we looked down over the wet green rails.
MAOH - it cried, looking at us in dismay with its pathetic yellow eyes. it was totally drenched and wet, and it was crying. if it was a human, the whole canal would have been half flooded with its tears. but cats dun really tear much i think. it was just shivering and totally drenched, half perching on the side of the canal, where the water level was lower. What a terrible sight we beheld!! you've never seen a more sad sight! Well, we decided to look for something to haul it up.. when we could find nothing, no long stick, pole or rope, we walked along the canal, hoping to find a ladder to go down to pick it up. Life cannot be wasted like that. Meanwhile the heart wrenching cries continued.
we walked further and further away from where we first found the cat, and we actually walked to the other side of Cdans where the golf course was, until we found a long stick, and what seemed like a ladder tied to the wet green rails. We ambled towards it in the long wet dirty grass that sometimes gave way to a deeper undergrowth. All for the sake of saving that poor cat outta the wet canal. upon reaching, we discussed with the golfing boy who was at a tent next to the ladder (it was inside the premises of Cdans). He told us tat the current level of the water in the canal is safe for us to get down. So Arul decided to go down since im not the best person too. we both just kinda did that arrangement automatically la. So he got down, i stayed on the grass, hoping he wont slip on any algae inside. Then we walked back to the cat, it's like the distance between 2 bus stops. Anws, i had to walk back through the horrible grass again, and both of us walked together, him in the canal hoping not to attract too much unneeded attention, and me too. Well the most exciting and unforgettable part is coming soon. AHH
i cant put the image out of my mind. it is so vivid, as if it were just happening. the moment i close my eyes, it appears. the face of the cat when it was so scared. Arul took it up, it was shivering so badly and it was so wet. He dint wana carry it back all the way, so he thought of an idea. he decided to throw the cat up so i could catch it. I WAS SO TERRIFIED. One can imagine the scary things of the cat hitting the floor if it fell, or hitting its head on the wet green rails if he threw it sideways, or scratching me all over my face if i banged into it. it could be anything. I was so scared i could have cried. Well i didn't, at that time. but now i think of it, i cringe. Well anws, he decided to throw it up, ignoring my pleas. He threw it. and the cat came high, almost into my hands, but i was too scared to grab it. I was so scared i'd hurt it - the poor cat with his scared face. his eyes were so yellow and so big and huge like saucers in his shrivelled face. AH. well, I told myself i cant bring myself to see it so scared another time. So i pulled up my socks for the 2nd throw. I had to. Arul had to, too. He caught it nicely when it fell. But the cat made so much ruckus, i bet we were all scared stiff. He threw it again, quickly. And i caught it, not too nice, but i hugged the poor creature, and put it on the ground. it was shivering, cold, mewing badly. I almost cried. My heart felt so sad for it. Luckily it's ok now. It mewed non-stop. shivered terribly. I was afraid it would die. he crawled around the ground, as if in search for something, some family or some shelter. it din't find it. I stroked its wet mangled fur, and whispered words like 'its alright' 'you'll be ok' 'everything is alright now'. I have never once in my life felt so close to life and death. I really thought it might die any moment cos its heart was beating so fast and its whole small body was shivering so much and shaking so much. I was so scared. Dint know wad to do. So i just squatted beside it, and kept stroking its wet fur, telling it everything will be ok, and things like that. i mewed to it too. to reassure it. it kept looking at me once in awhile with its yellow eyes. i waited for arul to appear. i looked far ahead, and saw him climbing up the ladder. i looked again and he was jogging towards me. by then, the cat was more stable on ground. and we decided to bring him to the toilet to dry him. off we went, going up by the back door leading to the toilet. pets not allowed in cdans right.
anws, it became slightly better - less scared. we dried him using toilet paper. wow he was so muddy and wet. cats hate water i think. that's why he was so scared. still shivering ALOT. but well, he listened to me when i talked to him to come to me. he was so poor thing.
oh well, it ended well cos after he was kinda half dried, he looked fuzzy and more like a normal cat. his shivering also decreased and his mewing too. he was so cute too! well, i was so reluctant to part with it. after drying it more under the hand dryer which was warm, with him cuddled ever so cutely on my arms, i really couldn't bear to let him go. so sad. well he finally decided to hide under a car, in the carpark at cdans. well, he stopped mewing in the pathetic way, so we went to wash up and left him there.
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