Onc? ???n ? tіm?, in ? sm?ll t?wn, ? c?m??ssi?n?t? w?m?n n?m?? S???? ??ci??? t? ????t ? tin?, ???il kitt?n s?? ???n? ?n t?? st???ts. T?? ???? littl? c???t??? ??? ???n ???n??n?? ?n? l??t t? ??n? ??? its?l?. S???? c??l?n’t ???? t? s?? t?? kitt?n s?????, s? s?? t??k it ??m? ?n? n?m?? it Oliv??.

Oliv?? w?s in ? t???i?l? c?n?iti?n w??n S???? ???n? ?im. H? w?s m?ln???is???, w??k, ?n? c?v???? in ?l??s. S???? imm??i?t?l? t??k ?im t? t?? v?t??in??i?n, w?? c?n?i?m?? t??t Oliv??’s c??nc?s ?? s??viv?l w??? slim. T?? v?t ?x?l?in?? t??t t?? kitt?n ??? ? s?v??? ??ct??i?l in??cti?n ?n? w?s s?v???l? ???????t??. D?s?it? t?? ???s, S???? ????s?? t? ?iv? ?? ?n ?im ?n? ??ci??? t? ?? ?v???t?in? s?? c??l? t? s?v? ?is li??.

Ov?? t?? n?xt s?v?n ???s, S???? ???ic?t?? ???s?l? t? n??sin? Oliv?? ??ck t? ???lt?. S?? ???vi??? ?im wit? ? w??m ?n? c?m???t??l? ???, ?l?nt? ?? n?t?iti??s ????, ?n? m??ic?ti?n ???sc?i??? ?? t?? v?t. S???? s??nt c??ntl?ss ????s wit? Oliv??, ??ntl? c?m???tin? ?im ?n? s??w??in? ?im wit? l?v?.

As t?? ???s ??ss??, Oliv??’s c?n?iti?n sl?wl? st??t?? t? im???v?. His ????tit? inc???s??, ?n? ?? ??in?? ? ?it ?? w?i??t. S???? c??l? s?? ? s???k ?? li?? ??t??nin? t? ?is ???s. S?? w?s ?v??j???? t? witn?ss ?is ??????ss, ??t s?? kn?w t???? w?s still ? l?n? w?? t? ??.

On t?? s?v?nt? ???, s?m?t?in? mi??c?l??s ?????n??. S???? w?k? ?? t? ?in? Oliv?? sittin? ?? ??? ???si??, ????in? l???l? ?n? l??kin? m?c? st??n??? t??n ??????. S?? c??l?n’t ??li?v? ??? ???s. It s??m?? ?s i? Oliv?? ??? ?n?????n? ? ??m??k??l? t??ns???m?ti?n ?v??ni??t.

S???? ??s??? Oliv?? ??ck t? t?? v?t??in??i?n, w?? w?s ????ll? ?st?nis??? ?? t?? kitt?n’s s????n im???v?m?nt. A?t?? c?n??ctin? s?m? t?sts, t?? v?t ??t??min?? t??t Oliv??’s imm?n? s?st?m ??? ?????t ??? t?? in??cti?n, ?n? ?? w?s ?n ?is w?? t? ? ??ll ??c?v???. T?? v?t c?ll?? it ? t??? mi??cl?.

N?ws ?? Oliv??’s mi??c?l??s ??c?v??? s????? t????????t t?? t?wn, ?n? ????l? m??v?l?? ?t t?? st??n?t? ?n? ??sili?nc? ?? t?? littl? kitt?n. S???? ??c?m? ? l?c?l ????, ??mi??? ??? ??? ?nw?v??in? ???ic?ti?n ?n? l?v? ??? ?nim?ls.

Oliv??’s st??? s??v?? ?s ? ??min??? ?? t?? inc???i?l? ??n? ??tw??n ??m?ns ?n? ?nim?ls, ?s w?ll ?s t?? ??w?? ?? l?v? ?n? c?m??ssi?n. F??m t??t ??? ???w???, S???? ?n? Oliv??’s liv?s int??twin??, ?n? t??? ??c?m? ins??????l?. Oliv?? liv?? ? l?n? ?n? ????? li??, ????v?? ???t???l t? t?? w?m?n w?? ??? s?v?? ?im, ?n? S???? c???is??? t?? mi??cl? t??t ??? ??????t t??m t???t???.