There are many cats with “grumpy” faces, and we can’t help but love them. They might not be the most conventionally cute or cuddly cats, but they do reflect the sort of can’t-deal-with-this mood we all feel from time to time, and many of these cats have become internet icons (most notably the late great Grumpy Cat.)
So it’s hard to believe that one of these “grumpy” kittens would be so unloved and passed over at the shelter. That was the case for one poor kitty until she found the perfect owner who would love her just the way she is.
Meet Bean:
Francisca Franken is a big cat lover, and was eager to adopt after moving to her own apartment: “I moved into a bigger flat so I could have a cat again,” she told Bored Panda.
It didn’t take long for her to find a cat who quickly won her over: an exotic shorthair rescue named Bean.
Bean definitely had a distinct look, and was described as “feisty.” Francisca was immediately smitten.
“I saw her photo and fell in love the second I saw her. Well, at first I laughed because the pictures were so funny and I’d never seen a cat like this before.”
But when she contacted the shelter, she got an unexpected response: they seemed to not understand why she would want Bean.
“The lovely lady asked me if THAT was the cat I wanted to apply for because nobody had ever been interested in her,” she wrote on Instagram. “I teared up at the thought that no one wanted her.”
The woman was so perplexed that she thought Francesca pushed the wrong button. Apparently nobody had ever expressed interest in Bean, even though she had been available for a month.
Bean had been rescued from a neglectful living situation in a trailer home and had some medical issues, but it seemed she was just being written off because of the way she looked.
“A lot of people who saw her at the shelter said she was ugly,” Francesca told The Dodo. “But I think she’s the most perfect girl ever.”
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