Everyone knows the saying: "black cats are bad luck." But we, for the life of us, do not understand why this saying even exists. Why would someone look at these beautiful black cats and think that they are anything other than adorable? We could never understand. Black cats are full of meowgic. They appear and disappear on dark couches and in piles of dark laundry. They hide and love, cuddle and smack just like any other cat. But for some reason, people have decided that they are lesser than other cats. And that is one of the reasons why stories like today's happen - why these cats stay in shelters for so, so long.
For a cat to spend years in a shelter is one thing. Sometimes, cats really do have behavioral issues and trust issues and need to wait for the right human to give them a chance. But not this one. Not Soot. Soot was a stray cat for the first three years of her life, and after that, she spent three years in a shelter. Three years without visitors or applications. Three years without being given a single chance by a single human, despite being one of the sweetest cats. She needed one human to look at her like the beautiful cat that she is and give her an opportunity, and finally, after years of waiting, that human finally came. It took one second - one look - for them to know that they will be taking her home. And despite warnings that she is an aloof cat who would take a long time to get used to some place new, she settled in right away, proving to everyone that she was more than ready for love.