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When I was in college, one of my classmates told me he needed to find a home for a female kitten that was rejected by the mother after just one month.

When I took her in, she was just fur and bones. I had to help her to eat at first, and then she started to catch up. We also became best friends.

She is very different to any other cat that I have known. Very quiet, but loving; she seems to listen and understand what we say to her.

I remember one particular time, my mom decided to care for a chicken and her six eggs, which soon hatched. I talked to her like a human: "Nicanora, please don't eat them! Mom would freak!"

She did not touch any of the chicks at all, which was surprising, when you take into consideration that she loved to hunt birds.

Two years ago, she got sick and was lost for two weeks. We thought she died and had started to mourn her when suddenly she came back, skin and bones but ready to get better.

She is 15 now and keeps being the best. She loves my 5-year-old and has a great life. I am just so grateful to have her as a part of my family!

Story submitted by Andrea Herrera.

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