One day, she decided to leave the ally to find herself a home. She traveled up and down Main Street, stopping at every door crying "Meow, Meow, I am so hungry" All she ever heard was, "scat, scat go away you little dirty cat". Door after door would slam in her face. Little Trash felt so rejected and unwanted. Many times she would think, " Oh, how I long for someone to pick me up, cuddle me in their arms, and let me live in a warm cozy home." Hopelessly, little Trash, headed back to the alley. On her way back, a young girl noticed her walking on the sidewalk. She held out her hand and little Trash stopped and licked it. "Poor, little kitty,' said the little girl,"would you like to come home with me?
Little Trash couldn't believe that somebody really was that kind and caring. The young girl picked her and carried her home. When her mother saw little Trash, she said," April, that kitten smells terrible. You don't expect her to live in our home! You have to take her back to the alley" April begged her mother, but the answer remained the same. "NO KITTEN".
When April knelt down to say her prayers that night, she asked the Lord to help her mommy change her mind about little Trash. She crawled into bed, thinking about the precious little kitten she had found. In the morning, she felt the Lord had answered her prayer. "If I give little Trash a bath and make her smell clean, perhaps mommy would allow little Trash to live with me".
After April, finished her morning chores, she headed down to the alley behind the supermarket to find little Trash. The little kitty was hiding in a garbage can, eating her breakfast. "Little Trash,' called April,'come out, come out, I want to take you home." When little Trash heard April's voice she quickly jumped out of the garbage can . April picked her up and took her back to her house, where she had prepared a tub of warm water to wash little Trash. The kitten was so scared and started to run away. Little Trash wondered, "What is going on? I don't like water." April explained to her that if she was going to live in her house she had to take a bath. She finally consented, but the most amazing thing happened. After her bathe the water was so filthy and dirty, in fact it was black as coal, but little Trash was white as snow. April took a towel to buff her dry. Was this really little Trash?
April took the kitten into the house to find her mother. She didn't want to tell her mother that it was little Trash, because she knew that her mother wouldn't let her keep the kitten. "Mom, where are you' she called, 'come and see a beautiful white kitten. Can I want keep her, mommy?". "Why, April" said mommy she is very beautiful. You can keep her only if you promise to bathe her. " Oh, I will mommy, ' responded April excitedly. Holding little Trash in her arms, April hurried of upstairs to show her, her new bed right beside hers
That night when mommy came to tuck April into bed, she told her mommy how the Lord had given her the idea to give little Trash.a bath. Jesus knew all along that she was a beautiful white kitten that He had created. All little Trash needed was someone to be kind and to care for her. April reached down to pat little Trash good night, when Little Trash jumped up onto her bed and snuggled close to her. " I can't call you little Trash anymore. You are too beautiful and silky. I think I will call you Silky". So Little Trash's name was changed to 'Silky 'and together April and Silky grew to be very close friends. Silky grew to love her baths once a week and she never was smelly, dirty, skinny, or lonely ever again. In fact, Silky even forgot that she was ever called little Trash.
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