The Water Bowl: Black Cat Serves as School Crossing Guard

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Sable, a 15-year-old black cat, has become an honorary crossing guard for students at Enterprise Middle School in West Richland, Wash. The feline stands guard down the block from his home as kids make their way across with the help of the school’s safety patrol officer, even donning his own orange vest. –ABC News

Author Dennis Lehane is offering a very special reward to anyone who can reunite him with his missing dog, Tessa. “Naming of character in the next book for anyone who gets her back to us! (No, really!)” he wrote on his Facebook page Tuesday, after the beagle went missing near his Boston home. –New York Times

A 7-year-old girl was reunited with her dog on Christmas day after a Good Samaritan in N.Y.C. purchased the pet from the man who stole it, while more bystanders reported the thief to the police. The man had unleashed the animal from outside a store, and had been attempting to sell it on a street corner. –ABC News

A blind dog found its way home after going missing during a snowstorm in Alaska. Eight-year-old Abby trekked 10 miles and arrived at the doorstep of veterinarian Mark May, who used social media to track down the dog’s owners. –AP