Me, bummed: Hey Neighbor.
Neighbor: Hey Matt
Me: Thanks for making sure to tell me about Dip.
Neighbor: Awww man, that was sad as hell. Yo, but you see that new kitten runnin around?
Me: No actually
Neighbor: Yeah, it’s like, a tiny brown thing. Just the one, though. I ain’t seen it with its mama or any other kittens.
Me: Hmmmmmm
That evening…
Jilly: I MISS DIP
Me: Neighbor was telling me about a new baby kitten running around on its lonesom-
Jilly: WE’RE GOING ON A CAT HUNT RIGHT MEOW
Several minutes later…
Me: I found it! It just ran under that car. You get on that side and lure it out.
Jilly: Hiiiii sweet baaaaaayyyyybeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Me: Wow, it’s really trusting.
Tiny baby kitty: Hello humans, I’ve come to steal your collective hearts.
Us: Awwwwwww
Tiny baby kitty: And your food, please and thank you.
Us: AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
So we take the kitten back to my front porch and show it where it can get food. It immediately noms a good portion of what I’d put out before coming back to us.
Me: What do you think we should call him?
Jilly: Hmmmm. I think we should call you… Dot.
Me: Dip and Dot
Dot: Hey that’s cool
Dot: Y’all are gonna keep feeding me right?