~Mattitat's Story~

One day I was outside with my friend and I have this sort-of corner on my house. When I looked there, there he was! Shaking because he was scared. I ran to get my Mom and I decided to keep him. My Mom said YES! So we kept him in an old wooden box with a window screen covering the top. He had a nice little blanket that he could burrow into and he was fed apples and vegetables and stuff every day.

Mattitat's Story:

Everybody loved Mattitat and people were always holding him and stuff and I think he got overwhelmed because that night, he didn't eat anything. The next day I was supposed to go to my friend's house for a sleepover. Mattitat was very sick that day. We had him wrapped up in a blanket and we were feeding him milk from an eyedropper but he was only getting worse. We tried calling vets and stuff but they couldn't help. I had to go to my friend's house, I couldn't just ditch her! So that night I slept over her house. The next day when I came home, Mattitat was dead. I still love him and I think about him often.