Cat Takes a Ride in Used Couch

Spokane woman gets a little something extra with her furniture

By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff

Posted Mar 13, 2009 4:08 PM CDT

(Newser) – A Washington woman received an added bonus when she bought a used couch from a thrift store: a calico cat, the Spokesman Review reports. Callie lived in Vickie Mendenhall’s house for a few days, during which Mendenhall and her family would occasionally hear faint... Read full story »

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