However, I still I do not know why people dislike cats.
Once, there was a white and grey mummy cat who brought 3 cute and playful ginger kittens to our back garden.
Like all mother cats, this mummy cat was very protective of her kittens. Maybe, she was overprotective.
Even though my mum, brother & I would give her and her kittens food and water everyday, she would growl and hiss at us - even when we were 5 feet away. It was as if she thought we were going to kick her.
This went on for about a month. Finally, she became tamer and stopped growling and hissing at us. A few weeks later, when her kittens were old enough to be on their own... she left them.
Finally, we could ACTUALLY touch the kittens and raise them up to have a good life. However, it was not that easy. Everytime we went near the kittens, they growled and hissed at us, or they simply ran away. Instincts learnt from their mother! However, there was one kitten out of the three, which had a crooked tail, which did not do any of those things. He would let us pet him for a while, and then leave.
After about 3 weeks, we finally made friends with the kittens. I said to myself, 'Mission accomplished!'
The kittens grew up in our back garden. We gave them food and water and had much fun playing with them.
Then, disaster struck!
One kitten... grew sick and disappeared ...
About a month later, another kitten grew sick and went away too...
And there remained, the kitten with the crooked tail; alone, without any friends (of his own species that is...).
But no! The story doesn't end there! The mummy cat came back with 4 more kittens!
That was about 3 months ago, and the 2nd batch of kittens have grown a lot since then... but disaster struck again! My favourite kitten from the 2nd litter has gone missing... I fear she's dead...
And now, there remains the ginger cat and the three kittens...
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