This story is hard to believe, but it’s true. A calico cat named Willow somehow made it all the way from Boulder, Colorado, to the streets of New York City.
How did she do it? Well, the cat had gone missing from her Colorado family five years earlier, so some people imagined that she took a peripateticDefinition: Traveling from place to place journey on foot, wandering from town to town for days, months and even years until she reached her destination nearly 2,000 miles away!
The story that’s more likely, however, is that the sweet kitty was found by someone who took her by car or plane to New York City.
What Do You Think?
Do you know anyone who is peripateticDefinition: Traveling from place to place?


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