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4592 Mystery cat takes regular bus to the shops (OT)
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    Mystery cat takes regular bus to the shopshttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=447527&in_page_id=1770
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Bus 
drivers have nicknamed a white cat Macavity after it has started using the No 
331 several mornings a week.




The feline, which has a purple collar, gets onto the busy Walsall to 
Wolverhampton bus at the same stop most mornings - he then jumps off at the next 
stop 400m down the road, near a fish and chip shop.









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The cat, nicknamed Macavity, has one blue eye and one green eye





The cat was nicknamed Macavity after the mystery cat in T.S Elliot's poem. 
He gets on the bus in front of a row of 1950s semi-detached houses and jumps off 
at a row of shops down the road which include a fish and chip shop.





Driver Bill Khunkhun, 49, who first saw the cat jumping from the bus in 
January, said: "It is really odd, the first time I saw the cat jumping off the 
bus with a group of passengers. I hadn't seen it get on which was a bit 
confusing.





"The next day I pulled up on Churchill Road to let a couple of passengers 
on. As soon as I opened the doors the cat ran towards the bus, jumped on and ran 
under one of the seats, I don't think any of the passengers noticed.






"Because I had seen it jump off the day before I carried on driving and 
sure enough when I stopped just down the road he jumped off - I don't know why 
he would catch the bus but he seems to like it. I told some of the other drivers 
on this route and they have seen him too."





Since January, when the cat first caught the bus he has done it two or 
three times a week and always gets on and off at the same stops.





Passenger, Paul Brennan, 19, who catches the 331 to work, said: "I first 
noticed the cat a few weeks ago. At first I thought it had been accompanied by 
its owner but after the first stop it became quite clear he was on his 
own.





"He sat at the front of the bus, waited patiently for the next stop and 
then got off. It was was quite strange at first but now it just seems normal. I 
suppose he is the perfect passenger really - he sits quietly, minds his own 
business and then gets off."










 





14 people have commented on this story so far. Tell us 
what you think below. 

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In 1970 my husband and I were living just off campus at The 
University of Massachusetts in Amherst, we had the best dog ever and everyone on 
campus knew him. He used to do the same thing as the cat. When I would walk up 
the street to walk to work he would follow me to the bus stop and when the doors 
opened he would get on the bus and then when the bus got to the dining commons 
he would get out. And then he would come home the same way. He was such an 
amazing animal and everyone loved him. He went missing for like a week and 
finally we got a call from someone who knew someone that knew us. They told us 
that the dog had been injured and we should go and pick him up. When we got him 
home we could tell he was really sick. His breath smelled really bad and he was 
so lethargic, my husband took him to the vet and they had to wire his jaw. He 
had gotten hit with a baseball bat while trying to play baseball with a group of 
students. He recovered well. I miss Hippy.

- Ann-Marie, Norton, 
MA








That's a beautiful story - my Cat Cleopatra gets a limousine to Asda to get 
her favourite biscuits...

- Kiran Mal, Warrington, 
UK








We had cats and they are much more clever than people 
think! I loved this story because it was fun to read in a time of depressing 
news. I just hope the article doesn't bring the 'Long Paws' of Blair's Britain 
laws on such a nice and unique cat. I'm sure kitty will now be headed for the 
brig or worse when someone complains about a 'dirty' cat! We need more news like 
this!

- Dr. S.A. Suleiman, Minneapolis, MN, 
USA



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