That evening began quietly. I was folding laundry when suddenly Lili’s voice rang out from the living room: Mom! She has something in her mouth again! Who? I froze mid-step. Marsa! A puppy! Another one! I ran to the window and couldn’t believe my eyes: my tabby cat was walking across the yard, carrying a tiny black bundle in her teeth. In the corner of the room, in a woven basket, already lay four just like it — tiny, their eyes tightly shut, with warm, velvety sides. Marsa carefully placed the new one next to them, gently licked it, and curled herself around them as if protecting them from the whole world.
I couldn’t understand: where was she finding these puppies? And why was she bringing them one by one? The next day, a loud knock at the door rattled the glass. My daughter clung to my hand as if sensing something bad. When I opened it, there stood a policeman — and beside him, Mrs. Miller, our neighbor, who was famous for noticing everything.
Do you have a cat? the officer asked sternly. Yes… what happened? I stammered. He looked at me for a long moment, then finally said: Last night, someone abandoned a box of newborn puppies by the dumpster down the street. Most of them wouldn’t have survived the cold night. But your cat… your cat has been carrying them home, one by one. My heart skipped a beat. I turned to look at Marsa, who was now curled around the tiny creatures as though she had always been their mother. She blinked at me calmly, as if to say, Don’t worry, I’ve got them now.
I felt tears sting my eyes. In that moment, I realized something profound: compassion doesn’t belong to humans alone. Sometimes, it’s an animal — a simple house cat — that reminds us what true love looks like. From that day on, those puppies became part of our family. And Marsa? She wasn’t just our cat anymore — she was a mother, a rescuer, and the unexpected hero of our neighborhood.
Moral: Love has no boundaries — not of species, not of blood. Sometimes, the purest heart beats inside the smallest creature.
