This poor little kitten is lost and afraid.
Samantha and her husband had heard his tiny meows
and realized he was crying for help!
But even though the kitten needed a rescue,
he wasn’t expecting Samantha!
He was like, “I don’t know if I can trust these humans.”
Samantha and her husband couldn’t reach him in his hiding spot.
They needed to convince him to come to them!
So, they came up with a plan:
They brought some food and a carrier with them.
The kitten was still nervous,
but decided that maybe he could trust these people, after all.
Success: kitten rescued!
But just as they were all getting ready to leave,
they heard another tiny cry for help!
Where could it be coming from?
"Bring a ladder, there's a kitten up high."
"It's OK, kitty."
A second kitten.
[meows] "Hi, kitty."
He had been all alone, up on the roof of the building!
"It's OK, kitty."
Once they got him down, he couldn’t stop meowing.
It was like he was thanking Samantha’s husband
over and over for saving him.
In his hands, the kitten felt like everything was going to be OK.
"Oh, my goodness."
Right away, Samantha and her husband
found someone to adopt the first kitten,
but for some reason, they couldn’t find a home for the second.
So, they had to take him to their home.
They gave him a nice warm bath
and a name: Roofie!
You can probably guess why.
Roofie needed a lot of care while they searched for a family to adopt him.
He was still a baby, after all.
His new roommates weren’t exactly thrilled to have a kitten in the house.
They were like, “Um, no. Begone!”
“Marie, be nice to him.”
Roofie didn’t mind because he’d found a safe spot all his own:
“Roofie is definitely a shoulder cat.”
Shoulders!
Where he always felt warm and loved.
He’d get so cozy, he would fall right to sleep,
every time.
Little by little, Roofie grew from a helpless little kitten
into a big, brave cat!
"Oh! Oh! Are you OK?" [laughs]
He’s like, “Yeah, yeah, all good. Stuck the landing!”
And as Roofie grew, his family grew to love him more and more.
Even the other cats started to like him!
Roofie felt like he finally belonged. Like he was home.
Samantha and her husband were still looking for someone to adopt him,
but they suddenly realized they just couldn’t imagine him living anywhere else.
"Where ya going, buddy?"
Turns out, the home they’d been looking for was theirs all along.
They decided to officially adopt him.
Roofie’s changed a lot since that day on the roof,
but there’s one thing that will never change:
He loves his heroes so much.
"It's OK, kitty."
And they love him, too.