Mack and mouse

I spent all day scoring papers yesterday. Mack came to investigate. The only thing moving was the mouse, se he went after it. This morning he is lying on the desk with his nose three inches from the mouse, purring. He's a very sweet cat. I am keeping the cats in because a storm is coming. We have been hearing thunder all morning. I let them out briefly and there, after months of absence, was the neighbor's cat. He used to come into our driveway and I would give him treats. Then when Bonnie got sick, he stopped coming. That was two months ago. Suddenly here he was again, and Nick got upset. So I brought them all in. Mack is taking it pretty well. He loves to be outside. 

At the beginning of March he disappeared. He got out in the morning and I didn't realize it. He didn't come back the next day. I hung blankets in the yard and called every morning and afternoon at the same time. I made signs and put them on the mailbox. We thought we would never see him again. I found out from a neighbor that he has been going through the woods behind our houses as far as three houses up the hill. How he survived two nights with the predators in the yard, we will never know. Finally on Saturday at lunch he came home through the cat door. 

A week or two later he disappeared in the evening. He came back finally with something wrong with his throat. Since then he has not wandered so far away. We know he is an escape artist because he was "lost" by someone during spring break two years ago. Always come home, Mack.