{"id":214,"date":"2022-10-20T18:20:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T18:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/katrina.effexhost.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/20\/sneak-peek-mittens-new-home\/"},"modified":"2022-10-20T18:20:00","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T18:20:00","slug":"sneak-peek-mittens-new-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifewithkatie.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/20\/sneak-peek-mittens-new-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Sneak Peek: Mittens&#8217; New Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEj1b6A_U4amkvX_wU32gjr2H5IsrLk2i4K34Drv0qEG452Zqhh8xaj8OxGcDNJr8X0Rc_K1PRq5JNGpGdoi2D0b2ZmNTX4QJNkD5ss0uRN4Mrj3wBnduoOKZ7WenVNfzj8c8Rgf-aPEwwnHxJDhL-KKwytWew9bwUtmulOU0Uix-LUCGloRsdepOqZ6Aw\/s1974\/60743423_433817217408480_6337094266652721152_n.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"612\" data-original-width=\"1974\" height=\"99\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEj1b6A_U4amkvX_wU32gjr2H5IsrLk2i4K34Drv0qEG452Zqhh8xaj8OxGcDNJr8X0Rc_K1PRq5JNGpGdoi2D0b2ZmNTX4QJNkD5ss0uRN4Mrj3wBnduoOKZ7WenVNfzj8c8Rgf-aPEwwnHxJDhL-KKwytWew9bwUtmulOU0Uix-LUCGloRsdepOqZ6Aw\/s320\/60743423_433817217408480_6337094266652721152_n.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><u>Mittens&#8217; New Home<\/u><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><u><br \/><\/u><\/div>\n<p>Every day is pretty much the same. I wake up in the morning,<br \/>\neat some breakfast, play with my friend Sadie, eat some dinner and go to bed.<br \/>\nThe only thing that sometimes changes is what games Sadie and I play. We love<br \/>\nto play pirates. It\u2019s fun to swish a sword around and say \u201cargh\u201d. It\u2019s also fun<br \/>\nto play tag. Sometimes we play that if Rorschach comes over to visit. He lives<br \/>\nin an apartment nearby but likes to come out and hang out with all of us by the<br \/>\nschool. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p>Today seems different though. I woke up, ate breakfast, and<br \/>\nplayed with Sadie, but when I went to eat dinner, it wasn\u2019t sitting out like it<br \/>\nusually is. Sadie and I looked and looked, but we couldn\u2019t find it. It was so<br \/>\nweird! Then, after Sadie had given up and gone to lay down, I decided to look<br \/>\none more time. I knew I smelled it, but I just couldn\u2019t see it. Then, I rounded<br \/>\nthe corner of a bush and there it was! I thought about going to get Sadie, but<br \/>\nshe was probably asleep, so I decided to have dinner and then go and let her<br \/>\nknow where it was.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p>Except, when I walked up to the bowl, something strange<br \/>\nhappened. First, I heard a snap noise and then something came down behind me. I<br \/>\nturned around quickly, but instead of the bush, I saw a wall. It was so weird,<br \/>\nguys. I could see the bush through the spaces between the bars, but no matter<br \/>\nwhat I tried, I couldn\u2019t get past it. I was stuck! <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p>Then, a hand reached in and took away the food bowl. I<br \/>\nthought for sure that they were going to let me out, but nope! They removed the<br \/>\nbowl and then walked away. A few minutes later, they came back and suddenly I<br \/>\nwas floating. I wondered if this is what a leaf felt like when the wind picked it<br \/>\nup and carried it. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p>I wasn\u2019t scared. I know I should have been, but I wasn\u2019t. I<br \/>\nwas more curious. I was wondering what was happening, who was carrying me, and<br \/>\nwhere we were going. I didn\u2019t have very long to wonder because it seemed like I<br \/>\nhad just been picked up when whoever it was set me down again. I peeked through<br \/>\nthe crate\u2019s door and there was my friend, Kim. She smiled at me and told me<br \/>\nthat she would feed me again as soon as we got to where we were going. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p>I nodded and she closed the door to the car. Oooh, I forgot<br \/>\nto tell you, she put the crate on the backseat of her car. Then, we were off! I<br \/>\ncouldn\u2019t really see where we were going, but from the way that I swayed, I<br \/>\ncould tell that we took a few turns. I\u2019d sway to the left, sway to the right,<br \/>\nand then finally I just curled up before I fell over. The ride must have been<br \/>\npretty relaxing because I woke up when the car stopped. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p>The door opened and within moments after that, another door<br \/>\nopened, and we walked into a well-lit laundry room. The crate door was opened,<br \/>\nand Kim invited me to come out. \u201cSorry to scare you, Mittens, but I needed a<br \/>\nsafe way to bring you here.\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere? Where is here?\u201d I meowed.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m hoping that you\u2019ll like it here and decide to live here<br \/>\nfrom now on. I promise that you\u2019ll be well taken care of. You\u2019ll have delicious<br \/>\nfood, water, and lots of toys.\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p>I blinked up at her. Home? I was in a home? I had dreamed<br \/>\nabout living in a home, but I didn\u2019t think that it would ever happen. I decided<br \/>\nright there that I would give this home a try. I noticed that Kim seemed<br \/>\nnervous, so I smiled up at her and gave her a hug.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p>That night, I had a cozy bed made of blankets to sleep in.<br \/>\nKim fed me the best food I had ever tasted. It looked and smelled just like the<br \/>\nfood that I ate all the time, but somehow it tasted better. There was always<br \/>\nfresh water whenever I looked. It never had dirt or leaves in it. It was<br \/>\ngetting late, so I decided to get some sleep before I checked out these toys<br \/>\nthat she had mentioned. I had never really had anything other than sticks and<br \/>\nmy imagination for toys before. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p>The next morning, I woke up early and explored the house. It<br \/>\nseemed nice, but it was really quiet. I was used to the noise of being outside<br \/>\nand other cats being around me. That reminded me\u2026what about Sadie? Was she okay?<br \/>\nDid she know where I was? I had to talk to Kim immediately so I jumped up on<br \/>\nthe bed where she was and started nudging her with my paw. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, good morning, Mittens. What can I do for you?\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat about Sadie? She\u2019s my best friend. Does she know what happened?\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSadie knows. I made sure that she knew about it. I even<br \/>\nasked her if she wanted to come along too, but she said she\u2019s an outdoor<br \/>\nadventuring cat, but that she knows this is your dream. I hope she was right.<br \/>\nI\u2019d really like for you to stay.\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p>I nodded, thinking about my best friend. It would be just<br \/>\nlike her to want this for me while she followed a different adventure. I hoped<br \/>\nthat she had an amazing adventure and that I would hear about it. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t worry. I\u2019m sure you\u2019ll hear from her. She said she\u2019d<br \/>\nsend you postcards and letters.\u201d<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p>I smiled and hopped back down off the bed. It was time for<br \/>\nbreakfast, and I was ready to eat and then check out those toys. Guess what,<br \/>\nguys! Toys are awesome! Kim had bought me balls and things to chase and even a<br \/>\ngreat big tower for me to climb. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p>It took me a few days of thinking about it, but, in the end,<br \/>\nI decided to stay with Kim and to have a home of my own. I even convinced her<br \/>\nto get a kitten since I missed Sadie. I thought the best thing to do was to<br \/>\ngive another kitten a home so that neither of us would be alone. After all, I<br \/>\nhad plenty of toys to share.&nbsp;<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<div>To pre-order this book, head over to <a href=\"http:\/\/katscratchpress.com\/\">http:\/\/katscratchpress.com<\/a> by October 31st! 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