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While I have been blessed by the loving presence of many cats throughout my life, there are a few that I believe I developed a special bond with. With these particular cats it seemed as if we communicated on such a level that allowed me a small glimpse into the mind of a cat. And while I believe all cats are highly intelligent, these select few seemed to have a capacity to learn and understand my actions far better than any of the other cats who have been a part of my life. One cat in particular stands out and his name was Henry.

Henry was a Siamese mix who came to us in a sad and strange way. A few years after we moved into our house, a couple with a few children moved into a house on the next corner. They owned a beautiful husky mix dog named Chuck, and of course our precious Henry. Both Henry and Chuck were well known in our neighborhood in no time as it was not uncommon for both of them to wander house to house in search of attention and affection from their neighbors. Unfortunately we soon found out they were hardly receiving any within their own home. It was easy to provide them with attention and affection at first because they were someone else's pets and we knew they would eventually go home to what we thought was their "loving home".

A few years passed by with frequent visits from both Chuck and Henry until the visits from Chuck abruptly ended. We later found out he had passed away, the cause was unknown to us. Henry however continued to check in with us and became a regular staple in our yard and usually on our deck. He was the perfect example of his breed; affectionate, extremely intelligent, and oh yes he had that classic Siamese cry which sounded more like the cry of a human child than that of a cat. Just as with Chuck, one day Henrys visits stopped. We thought nothing of this, assuming the couple who "owned" him had decided to make him an inside cat for the cold winter months. However we were horribly wrong.

One warm summer day Henry appeared on our deck again and we could no believe our eyes. This once beautiful, sleek, healthy cat had somehow lost half of his tail, was filthy and flea ridden, and had hematomas in both of his ears from ear mites. Yet he was still the same Henry. His sweetness had gone unchanged, only now there was a sense of desperation in his eyes. We contacted his owners to find that the couple had separated, the husband no longer lived in the home, and since Henry was considered his cat, the wife refused to allow Henry back

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