Country dwellers and their dog find two crying kittens outside one night, 8 years later they reminisce the story of how the cat distribution system found them

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Briana Viser • Writer and Editor
Aug 15, 2026 3:30 PM EDT

The cat distribution system works not only for humans, other species of animals can also be gifted a cat or kitten, so watch out! 

Growing up in the country can be a mysterious and enlightening experience. The vastness, the lack of modernity, and the rural nature can really play a big role in someone's values and personality. Living in the country is like having an adventure everyday. You have to walk more to get places, and you could even feel like the world is your oyster. Imagine being a 10 year old girl and growing up in the country. In the story here, they were the only family in the neighborhood who had a fenced-in yard. One night, their dog, Jewel, was outside for the bathroom as usual when she suddenly started barking. It wasn't her normal bark, it was a scared and urgent bark. The little girl's mom calls Jewel, but to her surprise she doesn't come, so the whole family goes out to get her since they thought she was injured. They didn't find an injured Jewel, but instead they found two baby kittens crying in the backyard. One was orange, and the other grey. The orange had some attitude, but the grey was delightfully friendly. They weren't sure if there was a mom looking for them, so they look them to the porch, brought them some food, and waited until the next morning. 

The next morning, the kittens were still there. They decided to contact the grandma to see what she had to say. They discussed their options, and that's when the little girl named each cat, and decided they weren't going anywhere. The grey one they named Parry, and ended up keeping her, but the orange they gave to a friend. It's always so wholesome and interesting to reminisce about how your cat found you, and that's what makes this story so adorable. The little girl is now an 18 year old teenager, but she can still look back and reflect on her luck that day. When you live in the country, it's always precious to find beauty in everyday things. 

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    So for context, this was many years ago. I was around 10 (I'm 18 now) and my family lived in the country.
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    We were the only family in the neighborhood that had a fenced-in yard.
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    One night, our dog, Jewel, was outside and pottying as per usual. Suddenly, she started barking. This
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    wasn't her usual bark; it was urgent. She wouldn't come in when my mom called her, which was
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    weird because she would always listen to her. My mom went outside to grab her and bring her
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    in, and then my dad and I hear her yell for help. I thought Jewel was seriously injured, so I ran out right away.
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    Instead, there were two tiny baby kittens in the backyard. The orange one did NOT like anyone near him.
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    My dad picked him up once, and then he ran and hid. The grey one, however, was SO friendly. She ran up to us while meowing like crazy.
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    My parents didn't want to take them inside that night in case the mom came back, so we left some
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    food out for them (we already had two cats of our own) and waited.
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    The next morning, the kittens were still there, with no mom in sight.
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    We lived in a house similar to a townhouse with my grandma on the other side, so we went over to
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    her to talk about the kittens. My mom was saying how we couldn't keep them, and I started crying and
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    ran outside. I then sat in the grass with them and named them. The grey one went up onto my
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    shoulder, and I, being 10 years old, went "omg she's like a parakeet!” So I named her Parakeet, or "Parry"
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    for short. (spoiler alert: we kept her. We only ever call her Parry. Her name isn't Parakeet to us, it's just
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    Parry.) The orange one, who was now coming up to me and coming out of his shell, was climbing all over me, so I named him Climber.
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    Over the next few days, we ended up finding a live tick crawling on Parry, so we took them inside. Long
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    story short, we ended up keeping Parry and giving Climber to some friends.
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    We think we know who the mom might've been. There was this cat that looked a lot like Parry who would come and lay on our back
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    patio a lot. We never saw her after finding the kittens. We think that she was scouting out a safe place to leave her babies in case she
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    didn't make it, as there were a lot of coyotes in the area. I'm so honored that she chose us, and gave us such a wonderful little kitty
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    First pic is Parry back then, then Climber, then Parry now
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