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The manager at the Hardee’s in Frankfort, Kentucky noticed something odd about the Honda Accord at the drive-through window. There was a tiny yellow tabby peeking out through a hole in the vehicle’s rear subframe. The kitten had ridden there all the way from Lexington and was hopelessly stuck. Even the fire department couldn’t free it. Luckily there was a Midas auto repair shop right next door. The mechanics there spent about an hour (and a lot of soap) separating the kitten from the car. The oddest part of the story is the kitty turned out to be a female – yellow tabbies are four times more likely to be male. They named her Marigold after King Midas’ unfortunate daughter in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Tale of King Midas and the Golden Touch” in A Wonder-Book for Boys and Girls (1852). Marigold has since been adopted. We sincerely hope she’s satisfied her curiosity – about cars, at least.