They
who come out of the Trees
Doris
Kalus and the Cats of the Forest!
The
winter was in and the cold had gone through to the core. It was
almost dark and whilst waiting for friends to go jogging I noticed a
woman at the edge of the trees. And, what she was doing made me
curious, and so I went over to see.
She
was filling lots of small bowls with food. I wondered why. And
then, after a very short time, the reason came out of the woods! Not
one – but many!
And
then Doris Kalus explained. Each year, hundreds of cats run away
from their homes in Vienna, and many find a new natural life in the
Vienna Woods. And everything is fine until the smoothness of summer
passes into the hardness of winter! For it is then that hunger sets
in!
And,
that's why Doris goes without fail to the woods everyday. For the
run-away cats she is Meals on Wheels and an Angel in
person. And then she went on. As the winters grow longer and the
days become shorter and colder and harder, the number of cats
arriving for supper become fewer and fewer. No body knows
how many cats there are in the woods, but, considering
the dangers and illnesses involved, it's is a miracle that any
survive. Life is dangerous and hard for run-away cats in the Woods.
And
why, I asked Doris, did she do it. It was simple. She used to have a
cat, and he, like many others followed the call of the wild and was
never seen again! This was very upsetting, and her little boy
was sad for a very long time. But, where did their little cat
go?
To
the forest? Who knows! And, could it be that he is still there?
After-all, some cats can survive for many long years in the
wilds of the open.
And
maybe, one day, he, too, will come out of the trees! And, there will
be Doris with his once favourite meal! And his basket at home will
be warm, ready and waiting for him!
Vocabulary
Angel
– Engel
considering
– in Betracht
curious
– neugierig
fewer
and fewer – immer weniger
forest
– Wald
Meals
on Wheels – Essen auf Räder
sad
– traurig
sets
in – (set in/set in/set in) verhärtest
sich
survive
– (to survive/survived/survived) überleben
upsetting
– bestürzen
woods
- Wald
Lexmatica
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