A youngster is looking forward to the rest of 2004 after his lost kitten was reunited to him safe and sound.

Seven-year-old Tye Blackledge, of Drayton Close, Maldon, was devastated when five-month-old Tigger went missing on December 22.

But after an appeal for information a teenager who had been looking after Tigger contacted the family.

Tye's mother, Donna, said: "Tye is over the moon, you should have seen his face - he was all wide-eyed and he just grabbed Tigger and would not let him go."

Marmite, Tigger's sister, is also happy at his return. She had stopped eating when he went missing.

Published Thursday January 15, 2004

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