It w?s ? ?ist??ssin? si??t t??t ?n??l??? ?????? ??? ???s—? sm?ll, ????ns?l?ss kitt?n l?in? ?nc?nsci??s ?n ? ????l? ?? stinkin? s?w???. T?? ??t?i? ???? ?ill?? t?? ?i?, int?nsi??in? t?? ????nc? ?? t?? sit??ti?n. tіm? w?s ?? t?? ?ss?nc?, ?n? w? kn?w w? ??? t? ?ct swi?tl? t? s?v? t?is inn?c?nt li?? ???m t?? cl?tc??s ?? ? ??im ??t?.
Wit? ? mixt??? ?? ?????? ?n? ??t??min?ti?n, w? c?????ll? w???? t?????? t?? ?ilt?, ??? s?ns?s ?v??w??lm?? ?? t?? ????lsiv? s?????n?in?s. T?? kitt?n’s ???il ???? l?? m?ti?nl?ss, its ??? m?tt?? ?n? ?is??v?l??, ? st??k c?nt??st t? t?? vi???nt li?? it s???l? ??v? ???n ?x???i?ncin?. T?? ?nc? ?l????l ?n? c??i??s c???t??? n?w ???????? li??l?ss, its tin? c??st ????l? ?isin? ?n? ??llin?.
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Wit???t ??sit?ti?n, w? sc????? ?? t?? ?nc?nsci??s kitt?n, s?i?l?in? it ???m t?? ???ln?ss t??t s?????n??? ?s. Ev??? ?i??? ?? ??? ??in? sc???m?? t? ???t?ct ?n? n??t??? t?is ????il? li??, t? ???vi?? it wit? ? c??nc? t? ?x???i?nc? l?v? ?n? ????in?ss. As w? c???l?? t?? kitt?n in ??? ??ms, ? s???? ?? ??t??min?ti?n c???s?? t?????? ?s, ???ti??in? ??? ??s?lv? t? ??in? it ??ck ???m t?? ??ink ?? ??s??i?.
R?s?in? t? t?? n????st v?t??in??? clinic, w? ?x?l?in?? t?? ?i?? ci?c?mst?nc?s ?n? ?l????? ??? imm??i?t? ?ssist?nc?. T?? ???ic?t?? st??? ??c??niz?? t?? ????nc? ?n? s???n? int? ?cti?n. T??? w??k?? ti??l?ssl? t? cl??n t?? kitt?n, ??m?vin? t?? ?ilt? t??t cl?n? t? its tin? ????, ?n? ??minist???? li??-s?vin? t???tm?nts.
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H???s t??n?? int? ???s ?s w? ?nxi??sl? m?nit???? t?? kitt?n’s ??????ss. G?????ll?, si?ns ?? li?? ????n t? ??t??n—? ?lick?? ?? m?v?m?nt, t?? ??int?st ????. It w?s ? t?st?m?nt t? t?? ??sili?nc? ?n? will t? s??viv? t??t t?is tin? c???t??? ??ss?ss??, ??s?it? t?? ?nim??in??l? c?n?iti?ns it ??? ?n?????.
As ???s t??n?? int? w??ks, t?? kitt?n’s ???lt? im???v??. Its ???s, ?nc? ??ll ?n? li??l?ss, n?w s???kl?? wit? c??i?sit? ?n? t??st. It ??? ???n? s?l?c? in ??? c???, ?n? w? ??? ???n? ?????s? in n??t??in? t?is ?nc?-???n??n?? s??l. W? n?m?? ?im H???, ? s?m??l ?? t?? mi??cl? t??t ??? t?k?n ?l?c? ?????? ??? ???s, ? ???c?n ?? ??sili?nc? in t?? ??c? ?? ??v??sit?.
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H???’s j???n?? s??v?s ?s ? ??min??? ?? t?? inc???i?l? c???cit? ??? li?? t? ?v??c?m? t?? m?st ?????wіп? ci?c?mst?nc?s. It ?i??li??ts t?? im???t?nc? ?? c?m??ssi?n, n?t ?nl? in ??sc?in? t?? v?ln????l? ??t ?ls? in ???vi?in? t??m wit? t?? l?v? ?n? c??? t??? n??? t? ???l ?n? t??iv?.
T????, H??? ?l???is??s in ? s??? ?n? l?vin? ?nvi??nm?nt, s?????n??? ?? ????l? w?? c???is? ?im. His st??? is ? t?st?m?nt t? t?? ??w?? ?? ??t??min?ti?n, ?m??t??, ?n? t?? mi??c?l??s t??ns???m?ti?ns t??t c?n ?cc?? w??n w? ????s? t? t??n ?w?? ???m t??s? in n???.
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M?? H???’s st??? ins?i?? ?s ?ll t? ?? vi?il?nt ?????i?ns ?? t?? v?ic?l?ss, t? ?xt?n? ? ??l?in? ??n? t? t??s? in ?ist??ss, ?n? t? n?v?? ?n????stim?t? t?? ??w?? ?? c?m??ssi?n in c???tin? ? ??i??t??, m??? ??m?n? w??l? ??? ?ll c???t???s, n? m?tt?? ??w sm?ll.
