I don’t know if it is true, although, I guess it could be. I heard a version of this story some years ago and would like to share it with you today.
Some children are true animal lovers and crave a cat or a dog—even a pet rat or lizard from a very early age. Well, this little girl, I’ll call her Amy, wanted a kitten in the worst way. Day after day, she begged her mommy for a kitten. Finally, her mother suggested that she pray for a kitten. She promised that if God sent her one, she could keep it.
Of course, Amy prayed and prayed. One day she was in her backyard praying hard for a kitten, her mother nearby hanging laundry, suddenly a fluffy kitten fell from the sky and landed at Amy’s feet. “Mommy, mommy, God sent me a kitten. Can I keep it?” she asked.
Her mother, having seen the miracle with her own eyes, and having made a promise to her daughter, what could she say?
Sunday, when the family left church, they stopped to compliment the pastor on his sermon. When he greeted Amy, she eagerly told him about her new kitten, before running off to play with the other children.
The pastor congratulated the parents and said, “But I thought you didn’t want a cat in your home. How did this come about?”
Amy’s mother said, “I told her if God sent her a cat, she could keep it and it appears that’s just what happened. On Tuesday, she was outside praying for a kitten, when this one came right down from the heavens into our yard—handpicked and hand delivered by God. “You live next door, didn’t you see it happen?”
At that, the pastor began to chuckle. He said, “I wondered where that kitten went.” When Amy’s parents looked confused, he said, “As a matter of fact, that day I found a kitten in a small tree on our property. She seemed to be in distress, so I attempted to get her out of the tree. The tree was young, but rather tall. I pulled it over so I could put my hands on the cat, but as I reached for her, the tree snapped out of my hands and the kitten went flying and disappeared. I looked for her and could never find her. I guess she was meant to be with your daughter.
As the story goes, of course, Amy’s parents let her keep the kitten. What a beautiful message that was for Amy about the power of prayer.
(This story was supposed to appear in my book, Catscapades, True Cat Tales. Since 
the stories in this book are true and I couldn’t validate the authenticity of this story, I dropped it. But you will find over two dozen true stories in Catscapades, including several demonstrating near miracles, divine intervention, the will of the cat, and other extraordinary stories of cats. Order it here: from Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Catscapades-True-Cat-Tales-Patricia/dp/097735766X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1452517929&sr=1-1&keywords=catscapades or purchase your autographed copy here: http://www.matilijapress.com/catscapades.html
