You like cats? Well, this stirring tail of survival beats anything that Burnett guy can turn out on TV.
And it really is real.
Bubbles, a cat who lives in Scotland, was trapped for eight weeks after neighbors nailed her under a deck they built.
Bubbles' owner, 7-year-old Emma Dearie (ain't that just the perfect name for this sobfest?), looked and looked for her cat, asking people far and wide if they'd seen sweet Bubbles.
But no. Bubbles, for all intents and purposes, had burst.
Then the neighbors heard what they thought was a mewling sound coming from under their deck. They called an animal rescue service, and shortly thereafter Bubbles was reunited with Emma.
At least one vet said that the cat probably subsisted on rainwater and bugs and that her survival was truly a "miracle."
Emma's mom says the girl now spends all her time with the recovering cat.
And, in a statement that could apply to all lost souls looking for that elusive thing called love, Emma said, "I can't believe she was just over the fence all this time."

Posted at June 28, 2004 02:37 PM