Sad Eyes

When me, my big sis and my mom were still living in Bertam, we often feed the stray cats in the neighborhood..in front of our house were plates of friskies, kibbles and all sorts of cat food and a pail of water, so any cat can have a free meal and never go hungry. There was this one particular female cat that will always come by in the morning (the time when i go to school), in the afternoon (when my mom and i get back from school) and at night (during our family time together) and will anxiously wait for us to refill the food bowl. She has the most saddest eyes that I've ever seen so my mom decided to call her "Sad Eyes" (ironic isn't it?)

Alas, my mom got to transfer back to our hometown "Taiping" and had to leave the cats behind (since their strays). We did felt guilty about leaving Sad eyes but well, she was a feral cat and would run away when we're too near.

A few weeks back, we had to go back to Bertam to pick up a few knick-knacks we had left behind..and look who we found siting in front of our previous doorstep? Sad Eyes of course! She never broke out of our daily routine of feeding her every morning, evening and night. Imagining the days where she was waiting every day in front of the doorstep waiting for the same familiar faces to feed her only to discover that when the door opened it was somebody else and with no cat food! It broke my heart. The current owner of our previous house said that she would always come by and wait in front of the door everyday and leave after a while. We felt guilty so we gave him a big Tupperware of kibbles and asked him to feed her whenever she comes by..hopefully she'll be fed and be treated kindly by him.