In t?? ??lic?t? w??l? ?? ??lin? ?xist?nc?, t???? ??? t?l?s t??t t?? ?t t?? ????tst?in?s, ill?min?tin? t?? ??m??k??l? ??sili?nc? ?? t?? m?st v?ln????l?. T?is ?ss?? ??lv?s int? t?? ??i?n?nt st??? ?? ? tin? kitt?n, c??in? ??t in t?? s?lit??? ?? ???n??nm?nt, ?n? ??w t??t s?lit??? c?? ?v?nt??ll? ??c?m? ? s?m??l ?? st??n?t? ?n? s??viv?l.
Im??in? ? n?w???n kitt?n, ???s ????l? ???n, l??t t? n?vi??t? t?? v?st w??l? wit???t t?? c?m???tin? ???s?nc? ?? its m?t???. F?? ???s?ns ?nl? kn?wn t? t?? ??lin? w??l?, t?? m?t??? ??s ???n??n?? ??? ???ci??s ???s??in?, l??vin? ???in? ? s?lit??? c?? t??t ?c???s t?????? t?? l?n?l? ????s.
T?? tin? kitt?n’s c?? is ? s?m???n? ?? v?ln????ilit?, ? ?l?intiv? c?ll ??? w??mt?, n???is?m?nt, ?n?, ???v? ?ll, t?? m?t??n?l l?v? it s? ??s????t?l? c??v?s. In t??s? ???l? ???s, it ??c?s t?? ???s? ???lit? ?? s?lit???, ?nc??t?in ?? its ?l?c? in t?? w??l?.
Y?t, ?s t?? ???s t??n int? w??ks, s?m?t?in? ??m??k??l? ???ins t? ?n??l?. T?? s?lit??? c?? t??t ?nc? ??n? ??t in t?? sil?nc? ??c?m?s ? t?st?m?nt t? t?? kitt?n’s ??t??min?ti?n t? s??viv?. It is n? l?n??? ? ?l?? ??? ??l? ??t ? ??cl???ti?n ?? ??sili?nc?.
In t?? ??s?nc? ?? ? m?t???’s ?m???c?, t?? tin? kitt?n l???ns t? ??n? ??? its?l?. It s???c??s ??? sc???s ?? ????, s??ks s??lt?? ???m t?? ?l?m?nts, ?n?, t?????? t?i?l ?n? ?????, ?isc?v??s t?? w??l? ????n? it. E?c? ??? is ? n?w c??ll?n??, ? n?w l?ss?n in s??viv?l.
As t?? kitt?n ???ws, its ?nc?-???il ???? t??ns???ms int? ? t?st?m?nt t? its inn?? st??n?t?. Its c?i?s ??c?m? l?ss ??????nt, ???l?c?? ?? ? ??i?t c?n?i??nc? t??t s???ks ?? t?? ??sili?nc? it ??s c?ltiv?t?? in t?? ??c? ?? ??v??sit?.
T?? w??l? m?? ??v? ???lt t?is tin? kitt?n ? ?i??ic?lt ??n?, ??t it ??s ??s??n??? wit? ?nw?v??in? ??t??min?ti?n. It ??s ??c?m? ? s?m??l ?? s??viv?l, ? ??min??? t??t ?v?n in t?? ??s?nc? ?? ? m?t???’s l?v?, t?? will t? liv? c?n c?n???? ?ll.
In t?? ???n? n????tiv? ?? li??, t?? st??? ?? t?? tin? kitt?n l??t t? c?? in ???n??nm?nt is ? ??i?n?nt ??min??? ?? t?? inc???i?l? ??sili?nc? t??t ?xists wit?in ?ll livin? ??in?s. It ?n???sc???s t?? ?n???in? s?i?it ?? s??viv?l ?n? t?? ??m??k??l? st??n?t? t??t c?n ?m???? ???m t?? m?st v?ln????l? ?? ci?c?mst?nc?s.
T?is t?l? is ? t?st?m?nt t? t?? ??w?? ?? ??t??min?ti?n, t?? c???cit? ??? ????t?ti?n, ?n? t?? ?n???in? ??ilit? ?? li?? t? ?l???is?, ?v?n in t?? m?st c??ll?n?in? ?n? s?lit??? ?? m?m?nts. It ??min?s ?s t??t, in t?? ??c? ?? ???n??nm?nt, t?? s?lit??? c?? c?n t??ns???m int? ? ??w????l ??cl???ti?n ?? st??n?t? ?n? ??sili?nc?.