On Monday we finally opened the e-mail sent by the cat owners. Somehow it slipped my notice. In the email, the cat owners included names, pictures, and some personality details about the cats.

The cats even have names: Jethro and Phoebe.

We did everything right even though we never saw the formal instructions artfully drafted by the cat owners.

"Pet and talk to them. Jethro was a feral cat and still is skittish. He may not let you pet him but don’t take it personally. He meows more than any cat we’ve ever known and sometimes it sounds like he’s saying "batman" or "mama." Phoebe loves to be petted."