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Happy Hour
From Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Cat Really Did That?
By Laurel Standley People who love cats have some of the biggest hearts around.
~Susan Easterly I had just lost my second cat in a few months and I knew I needed time to grieve. On the other hand, I hated coming home to an empty house. When I saw the shelter's ad in the Sunday newspaper and its picture of a beautiful, tortoiseshell cat available for adoption, I told myself it was too soon. And yet, over the next couple of days, I kept looking at that ad: "Sweet as a lump of sugar, Ellen DeGeneres is available for adoption." Ellen DeGeneres, the cat? When I couldn't resist any longer, I called the shelter to see if Ellen was still available. She was, and off I went to get her. (Keep reading)  
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