My grandmother ended up with a cat because it came with the house she bought. Midnight's first family took her with them when they moved out but she came back to the house a couple weeks later and wouldn't leave. They came and got her, and a day or two later she was back at my grandmother's door. After the 3rd or 4th time, my grandmother had a cat.

She was en excellent mouser who would beg for popcorn (and nothing else).