One evening, while I prepared dinner, my daughter Lili shouted that our cat, Marsa, had “something in her mouth again.”
Expecting a leaf or trinket, I turned to see Marsa gently carrying a newborn puppy. To our astonishment,
she placed it in her basket—where four more puppies already lay—and curled around them like their mother.
The mystery unraveled the next morning when a police officer and our neighbor, Mrs. Miller, knocked on our door.
They explained a stray dog, the puppies’ mother, had been found dead nearby. Through the night,
Marsa had discovered the abandoned litter and carried each pup home. At first, Mrs. Miller, who had cared for the stray,
worried the puppies might not be safe. But seeing Marsa tenderly groom and warm them, her doubts faded.
In the weeks that followed, Marsa devoted herself completely to the pups. She fed them, guarded them, and never left their side.
Under her care, they thrived—eyes opening, paws stumbling, life returning. Eventually, each puppy found a loving home, one with Mrs. Miller herself.
Watching a cat mother orphaned dogs was astonishing, a powerful reminder that compassion transcends boundaries.
Marsa showed us that true love sometimes comes from the most unexpected places.