My Secret Life As Wonder Cat, As Told To Eileen Hanzel

                I knew there was something different about me when I was a kitten.  I could do things other kittens could not do. I could run faster, jump higher and stop anything that tried to fight with us.

                “You will do something special when you are older,” my Mama told me many times.

                She was right. Ever since I became Wonder Cat, I have done many special things. There are so many stories I could tell. But since it is best to start at the beginning, I will start with my first adventure as Wonder Cat.

                I was living with two cats and two humans. I was a little over two years old when my first mission as Wonder Cat happened.

                With my super hearing, I could hear a cat crying. No one else in the house could hear it.  Using my super strength, I pushed out one of the screens. I ran to where the cat was. He was all alone in an alley. It was starting to rain.

                “What’s wrong?” I asked.

                He shivered. “The people took everything out of the house and put it in a truck two days ago. I think they moved away and left me here. I don’t think – I don’t think – they’re coming back for me.” He shivered again. “I’m cold and wet and hungry.”

                The more he told me, the angrier I became. “I know a place where you’ll be safe. Hop on my back.”

                “But I’m too heavy!”

                “No, you’re not.”  Once he was on my back, I ran all the way to the Furrin’ and Purrin’ Animal Shelter. I knew he would be safe there until he found his forever home.

                “I’m Trevor, by the way,” he said with a slight sniffle after he got off my back. “What’s your name?”

                “You can call me Wonder Cat. Now you need to meow as loudly as you can.” I ran to hide behind some bushes. I did not want the people at the shelter to think I needed a home also.

                He started meowing as if his heart breaking. Having been left behind by people he thought loved him, it probably was true.

                The door opened and a young woman picked him up. “Oh, you poor thing! You’ll be safe here.” She started petting him and his meows turned into purrs.

                I raced back home, hoping no one would notice I had been gone. The other cats were napping, so I joined them after I repaired the screen. I had completed my first mission as Wonder Cat.

Three Months Later

                The other cats were napping, so I decided to go out on patrol. There was nothing out of the ordinary so far.

                A tap on a window caught my ear. Sitting in a window was Trevor.

                “Thank you, Wonder Cat! The most wonderful family took me in! They told the nice lady at the shelter that I was their forever cat now and for the rest of my life.”

                He was purring. I started purring also. “I’m so happy! I’ll try to visit you again.” We touched noses through the window.

                I headed back home, happy to know my first mission had a happy ending.