T?? ?isc?v??? ?? t?? kitt?n w?s ? ????t????kin? m?m?nt. Its ???il ???? w?s ????l? ??c??niz??l?, ?n? it l?? in t?? m?st ?il??i??t?? ?? c?n?iti?ns, s??min?l? ?t ???t?’s ????. It ??? ???n ???n??n?? ?? l?st, l??t t? ??c? t?? w??l?’s c???lt? ?n its ?wn, wit? littl? c??nc? ?? s??viv?l. Its ???s, ?nc? ??i??t wit? c??i?sit?, w??? n?w ?imm?? ?? s?????in?.
T?? in?ivi???l w?? st?m?l?? ???n t?? kitt?n, in ? ?l?c? ?? ??s?l?ti?n ?n? ??s??i?, w?s ?ill?? wit? ?m??t?? ?n? ? ??t??min?ti?n t? ?iv? t?? ????il? c???t??? ? ?i??tin? c??nc?. Wit? ??ntl? ??n?s, t??? sc????? ?? t?? kitt?n ?n? c???l?? it cl?s?, ?????in? t?? w??mt? ?n? c?m???t it ??? ???n ??ni?? ??? s? l?n?
T?? kitt?n’s t??ns???m?ti?n w??l? ?? n?t?in? s???t ?? mi??c?l??s. It w?s t?k?n t? ? s??lt??, w???? ? t??m ?? ???ic?t?? c????iv??s ???vi??? it wit? t?? m??ic?l ?tt?nti?n it s? ??s????t?l? n?????. Its ??t? t? ??c?v??? w?s ??????t wit? c??ll?n??s, ??t t?? kitt?n ?is?l???? ? ??m??k??l? will t? s??viv?.
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As ???s t??n?? int? w??ks, t?? kitt?n ???i?? t?? ???s. It ????in?? its st??n?t?, its ????tit? ??t??n??, ?n? its ?nc?-?imm?? ???s ????n t? s???kl? wit? li??. T?? t??ns???m?ti?n w?s n?t?in? s???t ?? ?st?nis?in?, ? t?st?m?nt t? t?? ??sili?nc? ?? li?? w??n ??????? ? ?limm?? ?? ????.
B?t t?? t??? mi??cl? w?s ??t t? c?m?. An in?ivi???l wit? ? ????t ?s ?i? ?s t?? ?niv??s? t??k n?tic? ?? t?? kitt?n’s st???. T??? ??ci??? t? ???n t??i? ??m? ?n? t??i? ????t t? t?? ?nc?-?il??i??t?? ??lin?, ???vi?in? it wit? ? l?vin? ????v?? ??m? w???? it w??l? n?v?? kn?w ???n??nm?nt ?? s?????in? ???in.
T?? kitt?n’s n?w li?? w?s m??k?? ?? l?v?, w??mt?, ?n? t?? j?? ?? ?isc?v???. It ?l???? wit? t??s, ??sk?? in t?? s?ns?in?, ?n? ??v?l?? in t?? sim?l? ?l??s???s ?? li??, ?ll ?? w?ic? ??? ?nc? s??m?? ??t ?? ???c?. T?? ?il??i??t?? st?t? it ??? ???n ???n? in w?s ? ?ist?nt m?m???, ???l?c?? ?? ? t??ivin? ?n? c???is??? c?m??ni?n.
T?? st??? ?? t?? ?il??i??t?? kitt?n ?n? t?? mi??c?l??s t??n ?? ?v?nts s??v?s ?s ? ??w????l t?st?m?nt t? t?? c???cit? ??? t??ns???m?ti?n, ???lin?, ?n? ????m?ti?n. It ?n???sc???s t?? ???n?l?ss ??t?nti?l ??? ???? t??t ?xists wit?in in?ivi???ls w?? ??? willin? t? ?xt?n? ? ??l?in? ??n? ?n? ????? ? s?c?n? c??nc? ?t li??.