Genesis, who’s often a silver streak rushing to greet a friend, ended up in the shelter because he was too playful. The nine-month-old, neutered kitten was in the wrong place at the wrong time. That time, when Genesis is at his athletic peak, is for some cat aficionados, an entertaining, joyful time. Genesis’s family didn’t feel that way.

​That family had little children; children overwhelmed by so much fuzzy energy. An older child would have been delighted. So would an adult who felt home was boring, who wanted someone to be ecstatic, and show it, when she came home.

​Genesis is puzzled to be in the shelter. He can’t imagine what he did wrong. Actually, Genesis didn’t do anything wrong, other than be a kitten.