We were walking the dogs the other night, and we saw something ahead of us in the road. The sun was going down, and it was shining in our eyes. “What is that?” my husband asked. “Is it an animal?”
He held the dogs, while I went up to see. It was a tiny black kitten, sitting in the middle of the road. At first, I thought its eyes were not yet open, but as I peered into its face I had the terrifying thought that perhaps it had no eyes at all.
I picked it up reluctantly, and cuddled it against my sweatshirt, while my husband took the dogs and continued on the walk, figuring that their feelings toward the kitten might not be especially altruistic. The kitten and I went home.
I dabbed warm water on his eyes with a paper towel, and wiped away the crust that was keeping them shut. He had been completely blinded, but now his eyes were open.
I found some powdered milk in the pantry, and made some warm milk with brown sugar, and he lapped it up, trying, as Auggie does, to put his feet into it. 
Out in the country at our cottage, the township had no contract with the local humane society, so the Sheriff’s department contacted an emergency number, and somebody from the humane society called me back. They wouldn’t pick up, so we would have to bring him in.
By now he was getting lively, and didn’t want to be held, but I was afraid he would disappear under the porch or a bush and we wouldn’t find him again. When the dogs arrived the kitten stood on my shoulder and hissed and spit. Moses just looked puzzled. Pete and Auggie didn’t even notice him.
We drove him to the humane society, where nice people took him in, assured us that he wasn’t seriously ill, and made us sign a statement that he didn’t belong to us. “What’s his name?” asked the woman.
“Doskar,” I said. “Felix,” said my husband.
We missed the sunset, which had been the whole reason we had gone to the cottage, but we didn’t really mind. That kitten had a lucky, lucky day. I doubt he would have survived a night blind, in the woods, with raccoons and foxes and coyotes, swamps to get stuck in, water to fall into. I can’t help worrying about what happened to his littermates.
Every time we left the house we found ourselves looking for kittens in the road. Hope they are safe somewhere, and warm.
J.F. Riordan 
I thought you had a kitten like the one we found; so many years ago. Momma up and left one kitten due to we could take better care of it than she could. We took milk in a bowl for three kittens left in a pole shed. The vet said, “Mom was probably looking for food and would be back, but give them some milk to help supplement.” Mom did come, but left the smallest behind. It was September and the nights were getting colder. I noticed one kitten outside in the sun a few days later. Checked no Mom or siblings. Went to town to get new tires. On return, I came checked the pole shed and yelled for any cat. Suddenly I heard a faint meow, there was the littlest kitten. Called the vet and was advised to take it in due to the temps and wild animals. That was the first day of Autumn. So we adopted her and of course named her- Autumn. She was the best kitty/ friend in a house of boys!
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Lucky kitten!
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