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It was a cold and wet spring day in March of 2011. I lived in a apartment complex where we had vending machines. I went to the vending machine and pressed the selection I wanted when, all of a sudden, I heard a meow.

Confused, I looked around trying to see if there was a cat anywhere and didn't see one. Shrugging my shoulders, I did the same thing and, again, a meow. So finally setting the pops down, I looked around the machine as it was sitting half on the sidewalk and half on the driveway next to a building.

When I looked down, I saw an opening for the motor at the bottom, and there was a tail sticking out. I tried to get the cat out, but it was so scared. I remembered that my friends had left us some cat treats when we were pet sitting the prior week. I ran home to grab them and came back.

I was able to lure the cat out using the treats. I also brought a towel with me so that I could dry him off and not get scratched. I took him home for the night and, the next day, took him around the apartments asking whose cat he was. He was not emaciated nor flea infested. The only thing wrong was with his hind legs. He has problems jumping.

When no one claimed him, I was going to let him go but couldn't. My family fell in love with him, as he did with us. I initially wanted to call him Vendor but was overruled with the name Teddy Bear.

We would be lost without him. He gets along very well with our other cats. He also loves drinking out of running faucets.

Story submitted by Casey P. from Jackson, Mississippi.

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