No, we did not want to leave Agnes in the cold. We brought her to our apartment. And we thought we could call the owner so he/she could take her home again.

We called the phone number, but nobody was answering. That was strange. As it was a special cat in a cat club we understood that the owner not should have given up her and left her out in the cold.

Vi called again but did not get any answer. But maybe the owner was out for a while. We called again but did not get any this time then neither.

Agnes walked around in our apartment and was inspecting everwhere. We called the police and told them we found a lost cat. And gave them  our telephone number. The police said that they had not got any call about this lost cat. They wrote down our address and tepephone, in case the owner shoud ask the police for the cat..

Now we had an unexpected guest at the new years holidays. But how should we do. We never had a cat before. I went to a cat owner who lived cross the street. They owned a cat named Elon. We got sand for the litterbox. And we made a litterbox of a cardboard box.

Fortunately there was a little shop in our district that still was open and we bougt food there. Agnes was looking amazed to her new litterbox but did not go to it. But later she went to the litterbox. And did what she had to do there.

When Agnes came to us she was not hungry at all. She only was drinking some water. She was lying on our sofa and slept some hours.

We were watching TV and looked sometimes if Agnes was awake. But she only slept she was so tired.

We cheked out with help of the Agnes telephone number where she lived.

And we found out that Agnes did not live in our neigbourhood. She lived in another district named Mariehem. And she had walked a long way to our district. But why did she run away and walk to our district?

We were wondering how Agnes should act for the Christmas tree. Should she climb in it? Should she tip over it? No, Agnes did not climb in the tree, She was a very nice cat.

Later in the evening Agnes went fit and  we cut of a bit of frozen grounded meat and defrosted it in the microwave oven. Agnes loved the meat. And later she went sitting in front of the oven because she knew the food came from this thing. It looked very funny.

Now it was December 31, New Years Eve. And such a different New Years Eve it was. We had a cat.

I awoke with something soft and warm beside me. Then I remembered we had a cat. Agnes was lying beside me. Her coat was so soft and she was purring when I petted her.

We had breakfast. Agnes rushed to the kitchen when she heard we were there. She got little grounded meat and some cat food.

She was eating well and after it she went to her  litter box. She felt home with us.

Agnes was very funny. She jumped up on the sink unit and was drinking water from the running tap. Then Lennart opened the tap more and the water went running faster. And Agnes was so amazed and forgot to drink.

Later Agnes jumped down and found a little rope under a cabinet in the kitchen. Agnes succeeded to open that cabinet. But found out it was not interesting for her.

But when we picked out some food from the pantry she went VERY interested. And she went in into the cabinet :-)

Lennart was playing with Agnes. Agnes liked to attack a long Christmas candy made of paper. (It is an ornament. There was no real candy in it) The paper was rustling and she liked that. Agnes was biting a little in it but did not destroy it.

In the afternoon Lennart and I saw a movie on TV about Zorro. Agnes was watching TV with us too.

I boiled some water in a cup in the microwave oven and then Agnes came to me. She thought she should get food.

There was a little apple that had fallen down from the Christmas tree. Agnes found it and went playing with it and was so exciting for her when the apple was rolling over the flour. Later she found a little paper from a candy and was playing with it. And we were playing with her and laughing about all the funny things she did.

Ove went out with Lennart to light some small fireworks. I kept inside because I had a cold. The small  fireworks Ove bought were real cool. It were coloured balls that were flying up. Agnes was not afraid when she heard some bang of small crackers.

Later in the evening we saw a very funny movie on TV named "Oh such a party"  with Peter Sellers. And we were laughing, laughing, laughing, we could not stop laughing.

Most funny was when Peter Sellers said: "Birdy nam nam" when he should feed a bird. We copied this movie to a video tape.

At midnight we wished each ohter a Happy New Year and hugged each other. And we pet Agnes.

Now it was January 1. New Years Day.

We awoke of the telephone. Was Agnes owner calling us? No, it was the mom of the cat Elon. She wanted to hear how things were going on. We said we still had Agnes and that no owner called us

We were eating breakfast and gave Agnes food. Agnes was walking around in our apartment and we played with her. After it she went tired and was lying on our bed.

Ove called the telephone number again. And now we got an answer. But not from the owner. It was an answering machine from the telephone company Telia that said: "If you want to call for a lost cat please call this number instead."

Ove called the new number and a neighbour of the cat owner was answering. The owner of the cat was gone on a trip and this neighbour and his little girl should care for Agnes. The little girl loved Agnes and was often caring for her.

Sometimes Agnes could be outside but she never had run away from her yard.

Now the neighbour family should be cat sitter for Agnes. And in the evening they went out on skies on the snow in the fields. Then Agnes followed them and got lost.

The family was searching for her. But they did not know she did run away so far. And they went home without a cat. The little girl was so sad. I'm sure she cried too.

Agnes walked over the fields to our district and there we found her. First after some days the family had called Telia for putting in a message in the answering machine. They were happy that we called them. But why did not they call the police. If they had called the police they should have had back Agnes earlier.

Now they should come and pick up Agnes after lunch.

We gave Agnes some food. After it she jumped up on the sink unit and it looked like she should wash the dishes for us :-)

When I pet Agnes she saw the cord in my hood and went playing with it. And when I was writing a letter, Agnes was lying on my paper and I could not write and I started laughing.

The girl gave us a little jar with candies. And the mother of the girl gave us 50 crowns. Lennart got the money for his piggy bank.

The candies are eaten, but the jar is still a sweet memory to us.

This story about Agnes ended well. I was so happy that Agnes came back to her right owner. We never will forget Agnes. We have pictures and the story about our unexpected new years guest.

And every New Years Eve I remember her.