My little gray cat with white paws--white also underneath on chest and belly; short hair, sleek and small, a little gray 'panther' named *Sparky*--went missing sometime after 11 pm this past Saturday night from the 5900 block of Hampton (betw. Highland and Euclid). I can't believe she ran off or got lost. I imagine she was kidnapped, perhaps by some of those kids who routinely walk on Hampton from Highland toward Negley in the wee hours of Saturday and Sunday mornings, walking often noisily down the middle of the street, homeward bound from weekend revels. Sparky just had her first birthday, but she's still small enough to be taken for a kitten, awfully cute and with a fateful friendliness. So I imagine she's now being held captive somewhere between Highland and Negley on, or just north of, Hampton, hopefully by kind people, but you never know. And indeed, this is all wild speculation on my part, the only certainty being that Sparky is gone and her sister Blue and I miss her most grievously. Any information would be gratefully appreciated. Peter Gillespie 412-441-7790