I had an appointment with Project Luni on Sunday to view 2 kittens. My mother knew about it and told me that I can have the two kittens at Singapore Cartons instead. So on Saturday, when children have no school, we decided to take a bus to Singapore Cartons. We took the train to Joo Koon and from there we proceed to the bus interchange to take number 255. We finally arrived at 36, Gul Crescent. Ah Wai uncle, wearing in green, was at the gate waving at us so that we knew when to alight the bus.
After alighting the bus, Ah Wai uncle led us the way into the factory. There, we began to ask where were the cat and kittens. My mother told me that the mother cat appeared in the morning. We arrived at about 1pm. And at that time, we could not see the cat and the kittens at all. We walked around the factory, searching for traces of the kittens.
This was perhaps the third time I came to the factory. The last time I came to the factory was perhaps in the year 2010. When I reached the place where my mother was working, I see that it was a little different from 2010. Ah Wai uncle also had Oscar ready in the container to show us. We ate our lunch there before we continue to search for the cat and kittens again later.
We had never seen the mother cat and the kittens before. We were anxious to meet them for we did not know the size of the kittens. Mother helped us to ask Zhi Hao. He said he only saw the mother cat and was not able to catch the kittens for us too. When another lady walked here, she asked her about the kittens and no one had seen them either.
We walked and walked several times round the company. Isaac and Clara got mosquitoes bite on their legs. I put oil for them and then continue the search again. We were wondering, "Are we able to see them today and bring them home?" As were were walking at the front view of the company, I told the children, "Let's pray to St Anthony to ask him for help. Afterall he is the patron saint of Lost and Found." But Clara said that we did not lost them. But somehow we cannot locate them and want to find them. So I asked Clara to search the internet for a prayer to Saint Anthony. She found one and we started praying the prayer to Saint Anthony.
Then we walked back and sat down at my mother's workplace. We were tired and looking at our phones. It was about 10 to 15minutes after we prayed. I heard a 'meow' sound. I looked up and looked to my left. There was a cat!!!!! It meow again at me. I was so surprised that the cat come looking for me and it 'talked' to me! I quickly told the children and we followed the mother cat.
My mother asked me to give the food to the mother cat. So I put the food on the floor, while the children followed the mother cat. She wanted to eat the food but was scared of us. We stayed away at some distance so that the cat would not be scared of us. Soon the mother cat came to smell the food and she brought back chicken, intending to give to the kittens.
After sometime, we saw the kittens!!! Our prayer was heard! I told the children that it was so hard to search for the mother cat and kittens because the company was so big. But when mother cat came to us, it was so easy. This was all because of the prayer that we had said.
The kittens were so cute and active -- one ginger and one tabby. We had a satisfying time at Singapore Cartons that day. The children fed the cat and kittens so as to gain the trust of the cats. We did not manage to bring home any kittens on this day, but still we were happy that our prayer was heard and we got to see and fed the cats.
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