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This is his story as told by Donna
Watkins, former Branch Librarian.
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Max usually stayed home with
his best friend Leah Thompson, but quite frequently he would take a little walk and come
visit the Hastings Branch Library in Pasadena.
It was okay when he would hang around outside
the library, but when he began to hang around inside the library we got worried. We
couldn't have a cat inside the library, could we? So, we put him out. And we
told him, "Max, don't come back." We thought that was the end of it, but
you know what happened?
Max came back! |
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He hid in the grass, crept up
to the door, and waited very still until someone opened the door. And then he just
sneaked in! Once Max got in the library, he looked around and explored. He
even made some new friends. The children didn't mind so much, but we were
worried. So, we put him out. And we told him, "Max, don't come
back." We thought that was the end of it, but you know what happened?
Max came back! |
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As soon as someone opened the door, he'd just
sneak in! This time he came right up to the desk as if he as going to check out a
book! We were amazed! We never knew when he was going to turn up next.
He even came to storytime. He was turning up in the craziest places. We found
him up high on top of our bookcases, and we found him in the toybox. But we couldn't
have a cat inside the library, could we? So, we put him out. And we told him,
"Max, don't come back." We thought that was the end of it, but you know
what happened? Max came back! |
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We thought we had seen it all. But when
we saw Max learning to use the computer to look up a book, and actually reading, we knew
we had a very special cat on our hands, a library cat. There was only one thing to
do, and we did it. We gave Max an application to fill out. And we gave him his own
library card. And he even signed up for the Summer Reading Club. Max loved
coming to the library and everyone looked forward to his visits, but one day Max left the
library and you know what? Max
didn't come back! |
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We began to miss him and we
went looking for him. We looked everywhere. Max was nowhere to be found. So we got
down to some serious detective work. We followed every clue. We checked the whole
neighborhood. Then we had a breakthrough! The mailman told us that Max and his
family had moved. They now lived in the country.
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So we went to
visit Max. We found Max's new home up near the mountains. Now he has lots of grass
and flowers, and he is very happy in his new home. We told Max that the kids really
missed him at the library. Then he had a great idea! Max said, "Let's put my
picture on the Library Kids Page so that they can still see me at the library!"
And so we did. |
Max recommends
this purr-fectly wonderful cat site...
Library Cats
Find out about over 200 library cats. Max is listed, too!
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