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所查素材： Driving home from work one evening in the pouring rain, my headlights illuminated two eyes on the side of the road. I stopped to investigate, finding a very wet, bedraggled-looking cat looking up at me, meowing pitifully. A car must have hit it and it now lay in the gutter, unable to move. I checked for a collar and ID but there was none. I flattened a cardboard box from the boot and slid the cat onto it, covering it in a rug. At the nearest veterinary clinic, the vet gently examined it. Hes about eight months old and has a broken front and hind leg, but I would need X-rays to know the extent of the damage, he told me. As hes not your cat, I dont know if you want to go ahead with this. It could be rather expensive. I knew it would cost me hundreds of dollars, but the alternative was the cat being put to sleep. The following morning the vet rang to say the X-rays confirmed a broken front leg and two badly splintered breaks in the hind leg. Ill put a metal pin in his back leg to keep it immobilised until its healed, he told me. Hell have slightly shorter hind legs but it wont affect his movements at all. I contacted the RSPCA to no avail, so all day I looked forward to picking up my little friend. Carrying the cat, the vet smiled, Hes a happy little fellow - he hasnt stopped purring since he woke up. The staff are quite taken with him! I hardly recognized him. His previously matted, dirty fur was now a beautiful silver grey, with a dark charcoal mask around his eyes and nose, like a bandit. His front leg was in a cast and the hind leg was taped, with the pin protruding at each end. He lay there looking at me, purring loudly. I thanked the doctor and went out to the receptionist to pay the bill. I think youve given me the wrong account, I said. This is only $85. Hes had X-rays and an operation on his legs. No, thats right, she replied. The vet has only charged you for the drugs and medication. Theres a message on the bottom. Written underneath the total were the