Where'd the Kitten Go?

The kitten went missing this morning.  I was on the phone and she'd been playing in the living room and then I didn't see her.  I heard her mewl a couple of times and then even that stopped.  I got off the phone and started looking under and behind furniture.  I knew I'd heard her in the living room but since I couldn't find her there, I tore apart every other room in the house.

Now this little girl is only 9 weeks old, very small and can access areas that I can't.  I swept under beds, moved the dresser and chest of drawers, even looked to make sure she hadn't jumped on a toilet and fallen in.  My worst fear was that she'd jumped up on the pellet stove (an insert) and then down behind it.  I went so far as to call the stove dude and ask him if he was in the area and if he could pull the stove out so I could check.  I did call him back and left a "never mind" message.  I'm sure he thinks I'm ready for 'the home'.

My friend called back to see if I'd found Sombrita and asked if she could have gotten into a cupboard.  She's smart but she hasn't learned to open cupboards yet, besides I'd already checked them.  Then it hit me ... my friend had asked about a series of booklets and their author when we were talking earlier.  The booklets are in the cupboard of my entertainment unit.  I had opened that to take one out and check the author's name.

Yep!  I opened the doors to the entertainment unit and in the back were two little yellow eyes staring back at me.  Thank goodness she wasn't sleeping because I wouldn't have seen her black fur in the back.  She came strolling out and her world was fine.  I think I aged a couple of years and I can't afford it.  I know that's a cat thing.  You open a cupboard or closet and they somehow slip in unnoticed.  PITA used to curl up and go to sleep waiting for someone to let her out.  Cocoa would let everyone within a 5 mile radius know that he was trapped.  Apparently this little one figured she'd, pardon the pun, catnap until the door opened again.

Now she's curled up with PITA on one side of me and Katie's on the other.  And the floors under all my furniture are all extra clean.