RICHLAND, Wash. -- Twice a day, every weekday, a large black cat named Sable trots from the garage where he lives to a nearby street corner in West Richland.




Sable has lived with the family for several years -- they couldn't quite remember how many -- ever since leaping over the 6-foot-high fence at their former west Pasco home into their back yard.

They gave him some food and he never left.







Each morning and afternoon -- in rain, snow or sunshine -- the 15-year-old cat goes out to watch the school's students wearing a neon-orange safety vest Tamara bought for him at a pet store, she said.

Sable typically arrives at the corner about five minutes before the children -- and he stays in on the weekend when children won't be in school.



