In ? w??l? ??t?n m??k?? ?? c??ll?n??s ?n? ??v??sit?, ? ????tw??min? st??? ?n??l?s—?n? ?? ?n ???n??n?? kitt?n, ???n ?i?????nt ???m t?? ??st, ?n? t?? ?nw?v??in? l?v? ?n? ???? t??t l?? t? ?n ?xt?????in??? t??ns???m?ti?n. T?is t?l? s??v?s ?s ? t??c?in? ??min??? ?? t?? ??w?? ?? c?m??ssi?n ?n? t?? ???n?l?ss ??t?nti?l ??? ??sili?nc? in ?v??? livin? ??in?.

Im??in? t?? sc?n?: ? l?n?l? ?ll??, w???? t?? ???s? ???liti?s ?? li?? ??? c?st ? s????w ?v?? t?? ??lin? in???it?nts. Ami?st ? litt?? ?? kitt?ns, ?n? st??? ??t, ???n wit? ?i?????nc?s t??t s?t it ????t ???m its si?lin?s. Its ??t? s??m?? ?nc??t?in, ?s it st????l?? t? k??? ?? ?n? ?in? n???is?m?nt, ???n??n?? ?? t?? w??l? it ??? j?st ?nt????.

F?? t?is ?ni??? kitt?n, t?? ???s ?? ?in?in? ? l?vin? ??m? ???????? ?l??k. Its ?i?????nc?s, ??t??? t??n ??in? c?l????t??, m??k?? it ?s ?n ??tc?st. Y?t, in t?? ??c? ?? s?c? ??v??sit?, ???? ?lick???? in t?? ????ts ?? ? ??w kin?-????t?? s??ls w?? ??c??niz?? t?? v?l?? ?? ?v??? li??, n? m?tt?? ??w ?i?????nt.

T??s? c?m??ssi?n?t? in?ivi???ls, m?v?? ?? t?? ?li??t ?? t?? ???n??n?? kitt?n, ?xt?n??? t??i? ??n?s ?? c??? ?n? l?v?. T??? ???vi??? n???is?m?nt, w??mt?, ?n? t?? ???ss???nc? t??t it w?s n?t ?l?n? in t?is w??l?. Wit? ??c? ??ssin? ???, t?? kitt?n’s st??n?t? ???w, ?n? its ?i?????nc?s ??c?m? n?t ? ?????n, ??t ? ????? ?? ?ni???n?ss.

T?is st??? is ? t?st?m?nt t? t?? t??ns???m?tiv? ??w?? ?? l?v? ?n? ?cc??t?nc?. It s??wc?s?s t?? inc???i?l? ??sili?nc? ?? ?nim?ls w??n ?iv?n t?? c??nc? t? t??iv? in ?n ?nvi??nm?nt ?? c??? ?n? ?n???st?n?in?. T?? ???n??n?? kitt?n, ?nc? s??n ?s ????l?ss, ?l?ss?m?? int? ? s?m??l ?? c?????? ?n? t?? limitl?ss ??ssi?iliti?s ?? li??.

As t?? kitt?n ???w st??n???, its ?i?????nc?s ??c?m? its ????t?st st??n?t?. It c??t???? t?? ????ts ?? t??s? w?? ??? c???? ??? it, ?n? in t??n, it ??c?m? ? s???c? ?? ins?i??ti?n ??? ?ll w?? ?nc??nt???? its st???. T?? j???n?? ?? t?is s??ci?l kitt?n ??m?nst??t?? t??t w??t s?ts ?s ????t c?n ?ls? ?? w??t m?k?s ?s ?xt?????in???.

T?is ????tw??min? t?l? c???i?s ? ?niv??s?l m?ss??? ??? ??m?nit?. It ?nc??????s ?s t? l??k ????n? s?????ici?l ?i?????nc?s ?n? t? ??c??niz? t?? in????nt w??t? ?n? ??t?nti?l in ?v??? in?ivi???l, ??t? ??m?n ?n? ?nim?l ?lik?. It is ? c?ll t? ?m???c? ?iv??sit? ?n? t? c?l????t? t?? ????t? ?? ?ni???n?ss.

In t?? ?n?, t?? st??? ?? t?? ???n??n?? kitt?n ???n ?i?????nt ?n? t?? l?v? ?n? ???? t??t t??ns???m?? its li?? is ? n????tiv? ?? t?i?m?? ?v?? ??v??sit?. It ??min?s ?s t??t ?v??? li?? ??s v?l?? ?n? t?? ??t?nti?l ??? ????tn?ss, n? m?tt?? ??w ?i?????nt it m?? ??. It s??v?s ?s ? t??c?in? ??min??? t??t, wit? l?v? ?n? ?cc??t?nc?, w? c?n n??t??? t?? ?xt?????in??? in ?ll livin? ??in?s.