Lost kitten follows boy home from the bus stop, gets carried to safety in his mom's slipper and moves into a temporary apartment: 'The cat found me'

Celeste Mello • Writer and Editor

Aug 23, 2026 8:45 AM EDT

This is one of those sweet stories where it's the cat who finds their human, and not the human who finds the cat. Sometimes the cat distribution system sends an adorable kitten beside your son at the bus stop. When that happens, you have no option. You have to take her home.

When you are the chosen one, a short walk home can become an unexpected kitten rescue. You only had slippers to take the cat? Well, then, put it inside your slipper! The cat distribution system doesn't send a calendar invitation. There's no way you could be prepared for this, so you have to adapt and use whatever you have at hand at the moment. This woman had a slipper, and she wasn't afraid to use it. Nobody brings kitten rescue supplies when picking up their child at the bus stop.

The kitten was dangerously close to the street, so the boy's mom felt she had to take the tiny cat somewhere safer. She carried the kitten in the slipper and took her home. The kitten fit inside perfectly and felt safer than being alone in the street. Once she was safe at home, the boy's mom gave her something to eat and quickly started working on better accommodations.

When you find a vulnerable animal stranded on the street, there's no way you can leave it like that. Or at least I feel that way. If I can't adopt the animal, at least I can take it home for the day and find a proper owner. That might have been the original plan of this mom, but after taking so much care of the kitten, the kitty started to grow on her. She made her a temporary bed; she bought her food and toys; she made her interact with his dog… She realized she was clearly getting attached. So much so that she ended up naming her Ivy. Such a cute name.

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