'He has friends, I guess': Man rescues one cat, that cat brings his girlfriend, then the couple bring all of their children, and the man ends up rescuing all 20 cats and turning his garage into a cat paradise

Cats recognize kindness, and once they do, they do not let it slip out of their paws. 

We have always known that cats are smart. Just from our personal experience with them. We know that they recognize when we feel down, which shows their emotional intelligence. We know that they know exactly when they are supposed to be fed and when their favorite snacks are opened, which shows general intelligence. But we only knew that about our cats. We've always thought that stray cats had to be different in this sense, but over time, we have learned that stray cats… might even be smarter than house cats.

Stray cats have street smarts. They need it to be able to survive out there in the dangerous world all alone. Our cats are spoiled. They only need to know us and our habits to be able to meownipulate us with their cuteness. Stray cats though, they have developed a sense of recognizing kindness. It why, more often than not, it is enough to feed a stray cat once for that cat to suddenly start coming back regularly. They haven't developed any kind of bond to you - not yet, they are just checking you out and seeing if you are going to feed them again. And if you do…

Living outside is hard, and if you take one look at your house cat, then you know that cats love being spoiled. Why fight for every meal and shelter when you can be at home, served every time you meow? Life is so much easier that way. Especially when you have a bunch of itty bitty kitties to take care of. Cats know this. And once they find that person who shows them kindness - even just once - they make the best out of it. 

That is purrcisely what happened in this story. A man fed a stray cat, that cat instantly recognized the goldmine in front of it, and what did the cat do? The cat brought his girlfriend. And then, the two of them together brought their hoard of kittens with them. And the man? Well, the man was chosen, and that means that he was left with no choice but to make room for all of the cats. 

it is one of the cutest things in the world for us to see people just accept their fates like this man did. The initial shock was there, but the love for cats was much stronger. And now, his garage became a cat sanctuary for more than 20 kitties.