The Great Escape

Charlie in his old age of 14 decided to go on an adventure.  He is blind and partially deaf, but he made the great escape through the gate.  I remained quiet in the back yard until I was sure he was gone forever.  Then I went to find mom.  Once I went inside, mom had a heart attack and asked me where Charlie was.  All I had was Charlie who?  She ran outside of the house.  I could hear her yelling Charlie's name.  She stopped and asked all the neighbors and even started a search party!  A man on a bicycle helped look for the old man.  Mom was texting and checking Facebook and apparently Charlie is famous and made the neighborhood website.  

Charlie's Facebook Mugshot

Mom ran to the house and scooped up that old man.  Charlie never had a larger smile on his face.  He thought his adventure was great even though he only made it a half a block from home before he found a new family.  Lucky for him, mom found him before animal control came.  He was about to spend the night in jail.  I'm happy Charlie is alive, but I would have been just fine if he would have stayed with the family he found.  I was so close to having my mom all to myself.    I guess I'll just snuggle in closer and enjoy my cuddles anyways.