Highway Cats (2008)
“Out on Interstate 95, traffic had been slow and irritable all afternoon. Not until well past 9 P.M. did the flow of vehicles begin to taper off. Crouched in his hiding place beside the eastbound lanes, the old cat Shredder drew his haunches farther under his body and gazed gloomily across the wet pavement.“Not a bite to eat,” he muttered. “Not a morsel of road food all day.” Inside his bony ribs, his stomach gave a mournful howl.Usually by this time of night he’d have tucked into a couple of ha...lf-eaten hot dogs or a mass of ketchupy french fries. Hamburger Heaven, a popular fast-food restaurant, lay about ten miles down the highway, just far enough for travelers to eat their fill and unload the extras out the window. Bad weather meant slim pickings, though. Shredder had lived beside this stretch of highway long enough to know its ways.He was soaked through, ready to give up and retreat to the woods for cover, when a pickup truck swerved suddenly out of the line of traffic. It bounced onto the scruffy, overgrown center median between the eastbound and westbound lanes and rolled to a stop.The driver stepped out.MoreLess
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