HADLEY'S STORY
		Hadley was born in Washington , DC and came to live with the Bean's mom and dad, because the Bean's aunt brought him home, and he decided to stay. His family named him for Hadley's Rille, a geologic formation on the moon that was being explored by  the astronauts of Apollo XIV. The original Hadley was a famous astronomer who discovered the rille (canyon) on the moon that bears his name. Hadley the cat was very proud to have the name too.  Hadley was just a regular cat. No fancy breeding. He was an American short haired cat, a name for a breed that doesn't really exist. Just a regular mottled brown cat. Hadley would have it no other way.    Hadley used to chase the birds in the back yard and one day even jumped up off the ground and caught one. After that the birds went crazy whenever he went outside, and would swoop- dive right at him and try to peck him. Hadley tried to fight back, but his yard  was never the same again. He could never just go out and lie in the sun and stretch out his whole body as he loved to do.  Hadley also learned to come when you called him with a high pitched "ki, ki, ki"  This was very useful because Hadley's parents had to go away for over a year and they left Hadley with good friends in California. Hadley was sad, but he loved the sunshine, and his big new yard, and his new parents were very nice to him. But after 16 months he heard "ki, ki, ki" and came running to see  that his real parents were back. Hadley was a smart cat.  He moved to Seattle, Washington, and then came the Bean, and the Beans' baby brother.  One day he even helped fight the invisible monkeys ... but that's another story for another day. Hadley lived a long and wonderful life, and even now many years later, his family remembers, and misses him.