Stephanie R. Aivaz

Squeaky the cat grows up watching his mother roaming the streets and digging through garbage cans, catching small rodents, and drinking from rain puddles to survive.

Life is not easy for the litter of kittensor their mother, who gets badly hurt fending off rats that attack and kill one of her kittens.

But she does her best to look after her little ones and brings them a snake when she thinks they are ready to eat. Squeaky, though, is still more interested in drinking milk.

Squeakys mom warns him to never go near humans. Shes had interactions with them before, and she believes that its best to stay away from them.

When Squeaky makes friends with a little girl named Amanda, his mom is furious. When she hears that humans have even given her kitten a nameBlackieshe refuses to use it.

If youve ever adopted or rescued a cat or other pet and wondered what their life was before you came around, then youll be delighted to see the world through the eyes of Squeaky.