She walked out from under a display table of bedding flowers outside the store, looking very depressed. I said, "What are you doing here, kitty?" and she looked me briefly in the eyes and walked under another table. I crawled down and picked her up; she put her head on my shoulder, and I was hooked.

A store employee saw me holding her, and said, "Aw, isn't that nice." I replied, "Yes, it is very nice." Then he said, "That cat has been around here for about three days. You know...you could take that home with you." "I am thinking about doing just that," I replied.

I put the skinny little kitty in the car with the dog, where she promptly went "HISS! HISS! HISS! HISS! HISS!" and then she seemed to realize that the dog was not going to bother her. She calmly climbed up on the dashboard and stretched out, and I drove home with her lying up there. She has been mine ever since. She now is quite a meaty kitty and weighs about 16 lbs. She got named Maggie the first time I saw her raise her tail in the air to greet me, and I said, "That's MAGNIFICENT!" Her tail is amazing...she talks with it. She caresses people with it like a big feather. We call her tail language "Plumish".

The first time I took her to the vet, he burst out laughing and said, "This kitty has been playing in the paint can!" It's true she has a clownlike personality to go with the face...she provides us with more laughs than any cat I have ever known. She loves containers and will try to get into whatever box is open. She also thinks it is great fun to beat the living crap out of all the other felines in the household. We don't appreciate that, but she is still a GREAT and totally unique cat. As you can see by the photos.