I'll see about it. He gets out to pick up the little kitten. Back home they go. Tomorrow we'll fix a place in the garage. They fix a comfortable bed, fit for a pharoah.
Several weeks pass.
One day the father walks in, feels something rub against his leg, looks down, and there is the cat. He reaches down toward it. No, it is NOT the same as that frightened, hurt, hissing kitten on the side of the road. Of course not. I what has made the difference.