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Mrs.
Brown, who lived alone in the Bridge Block, was asking for help because of his
missing cat.
"My baby has been missing for over a month now, and I want him back so badly," said
Mrs. Brown.
She said that Clyde, her 12-year-old cat, didn't come home for dinner more than
a month ago.
Although he was old and weak, Mrs. Brown loved him a lot. The next morning, he
didn't appear
for breakfast either. After Clyde missed an extra-special lunch, she called the
police.
When
the policeman asked her to describe Clyde, she told him that Clyde had
beautiful green eyes,
had all his teeth but was missing half of his left ear, and was twelve years
old and totally white.
She then told the officer that Clyde was about a foot high.
"Is
Clyde your child or your pet?" the officer doubtfully asked. "Well, he's my cat,
of course,"Mrs.
Brown replied. "Lady, you're supposed to report missing PERSONS, not missing CATS," said the irritated policeman. "Well, who can I
report this to?" she asked. "You can't. You have to ask around your neighborhood or put up
flyer （传单）replied the officer.
Mrs.
Brown figured that a notice board would work a lot better than a piece of paper
on a telephone
pole. There was an empty billboard at the end of her street just off the
highway. Cars only
passed by smoothly between 2 a.m. and 5:30 a.m. The rest of the day, the highway was so full of drivers that no one moves. She took
most of the money out of her savings account and rented the notice board with $3,000 for a month.
The
month has passed, but Clyde has not appeared. Because she has almost no money in savings, Mrs. Brown called the local
newspaper to see if anyone could help her rent the notice board for just one more month. She is
waiting but, so far, no one has stepped forward.
