Hitchhiker

This is a story of another all black kittie named Hitchhiker. He was Nanny's kittie and lived almost 17 years. Hitchhiker was quite the character. First, how he got his name. Nanny and mom were on a trip one summer to visit a cousin and attend a wedding in Atlanta. They stopped at a Burger King for a breakfast sandwich one morning. They went to the drive-up window and placed their order and Nanny saw this rather pathetic looking fur ball begging for something to eat as each car drove to the pick-up window. Nanny was worried that the poor thing was going to get killed but mom, who already had three kitties, didn't want another. Nanny kept saying that the baby was going to get run over and mom kept saying "I don't want another cat." Finally, mom asked Nanny if she wanted the baby and she said Yes. So mom picked him up, he didn't even try to run away, and off they went to Atlanta. They stopped on the way and picked up some food, a food dish, litter box, and litter and he knew exactly what to do. As they drove along they decided he was their little Hitchhiker - hence his name. Hitchhiker travelled with Nanny a lot and he was a great companion for her in the car. Nanny who is from Arkansas would drive home every summer and Hitchhiker would make the trips with her. Often he would climb up on her shoulders and just drift off to sleep draped across them as she drove. Once a trucker saw that and the next thing Nanny knows she's the talk on the CB radio. One trucker telling another to "check out" the cat in the black Chrysler. Nanny and Hitchhiker put on a lot of miles together and he loved every minute of it.