The Conley Garage car inspection station was too busy in Wimberley the other day at 11:00 a.m. so we decided instead on an early picnic lunch at the H-E-B supermarket. Ensconced on our chairs in the little picnic area under the trees with our salads, we were enjoying our lunch until a harried-looking man hove into view on our left coming from the lower end of the parking lot. He noticed us and said, “There's a little kitten paddling for its life inside that fenced area”, pointing behind him, “ down in the drainage ditch and it needs help.” He continued on up to the store and came back with one of the employees. They both assessed the situation and went back toward the store. The worried gentleman seemed loath to leave the situation without it being solved but he also seemed anxious to get back to work. He finally returned to his truck telling us in passing that a very helpful fellow he spoke to would tend to the cat in a few minutes with a ladde...