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A few years ago, my mom was talking to a woman on Facebook who wanted to get rid of her kittens. She decided to adopt one and drove all the way to the other side of the country.

When she arrived, she sat in the sofa, discussing which kitten she would adopt. While she was sitting there, a black cat was walking in circles around her legs, nuzzling against her, and basically asking for her attention. So my mom asked, "What are you going to do with this one?" to which the woman answered, "Pompon? He's going straight to the shelter."

My mom couldn't let that happen, because she knew that nobody was going to adopt him. So she decided to take Pompon with her. When she came home, he hid behind our couch for three days. I hadn't even seen him yet. A few days later, he finally showed up, and I saw him for the first time. It was love at first sight. His head was too tiny and his belly was swollen like a balloon. He looked awful and his smell was even worse. But we already loved him.

And now, a few years later, he is the prettiest cat I have ever seen. He's also the sweetest cat in the world. He has never bitten or scratched anyone. Wherever I go, he follows me. I can never sit alone on the couch, or in my bed, or even on the toilet! He always wants to sleep on my lap. Someone said that if you want a cat that sits on your lap, you shouldn't get a longhaired one. Well, that someone obviously hasn't met Pompon!

He is my best friend, and I can feel that I am also his. The love he gives us is the love of someone who knows he got rescued. I could never live without my fluffy pom-pom (What's also appropriate about his name is that he only wants to play with little pom-poms!)

Story submitted by Tiffany Van den Abeele from Mechelen, Belgium.

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