Unexpected Surprise

Эйдемиллер Вика, 5 класс

Unexpected Surprise

A little sick girl named Kate was sitting on her bed with a sad face. Her friends were playing outside laughing and having fun. She sighed and closed the window.

• Darling, what’s wrong? – her mother asked concerned.
• Nothing… I just envy them… They’re not sick, unlike me…

And the girl lowered her head.

• Do you want some tea?
• I don’t like tea…
• Some buns, then?
• No… I don’t want anything…
• I’ve bought some oranges.
• I hate them… Mum, please leave me alone…
• As you wish, my dear.

Kate’s mother left the room and the girl started crying.

A week later she felt a little better. Happy and cheerful Kate went outside looking for her friends. No one was there. A smile left her face. The girl was about to go home but suddenly she heard meowing from the bushes.

• Oh? Who’s there?

Kate approached them and saw a little kitten with damaged right paw. She gasped.

• You poor thing…

The girl lifted it up while the kitten continued meowing. She smiled.

• I’ll call you… Um… “Miss Meow”.

Kate took off her jacket, wrapped it around kitten’s fragile body and went home. The girl’s mother was at work, so Kate went into the kitchen, stood up on the chair and took bandages.

Kate treated the kitten's wounds and fed it up. After a few hours her mother came home.

• Kate! I’m at home! – she said.

Kate showed a little kitten to her mother. Her mother gasped.

• Oh my God! Where did you get it?
• In the bushes… I like it… May it be with us? Please…

Kate’s mother agreed. Miss Meow was no longer homeless.

Meow!