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Real cats - the life of a kitten

My grandparents cat Jellylorum had kittens about eight weeks ago. She had three females and one male.


MUNKUSTRAP
As the only male he considers himself head of the family, always trying to protect his mothers and sisters. He is a grey tabby.

MRS. MISTOFFELEES
Very shy and doesn't like being touched. She really likes privacy and often disappears. She is mostly black with a white face and white paws.

DEMETER
Very much like her brother. Loves to fight and is often found in the tree-tops unable to get down. She is a ginger, grey and black cat.

ETCETERA
Looks very much like Demeter except she has a tabby pattern and only her paws are white. Loves to play and loves attention.

MACAVITY
A nasty old male cat who is always after the kittens. Especially Munkustrap because he is the only other male and possibly a future rival. Macavity is ginger, white and black.

JELLYLORUM
Mother of the kittens. She is very small. She often disappears, leaving the kittens all alone.



Here you can read about how the kittens are doing.

Munkustrap and Macavity


When the kittens were about five weeks old I saw them for the first time. While the kittens were playing, that nasty old cat Macavity suddenly interrupted their peaceful lives. He started growling at Jellylorum who placed herself between the kittens and the intruder.
The little Munkustrap runs out in front of her, wheezing at Macavity trying to scare him! Jellylorum had to grab him by the neck and pull him to safety. Macavity disappeared soon after.

Munkustrap and Macavity's second encounter
A day or two later, Macavity came back. I wasn't around at the time but my grandfather told me about it:
He heard a loud noise from the yard, and when he looked out he saw Macavity chasing Munkus around. Jellylorum and the other kittens were nowhere to be found. He went outside and chased ol' Macavity away, and later he found lil' Munkustrap hiding under a bush, licking his paw which was bleeding quite a bit. My grandfather brought him inside and put a bandage on the wound. Munkustrap is alright now, but I'm not so sure about Macavity!

Macavity & the BB-gun
The next day when I went to see the kittens, my grandfather told me about the incident. I got so mad that I got my BB-gun and went looking for Macavity.
I found him lurking around the garage, he was stupid enough to just stand still and glare at me, and I shot him in the behind. He made a loud "WHEEEEEEZZZ!" noise and then disappeared. I haven't seen him since!

Demeter and Mrs. Mistoffelees missing
A couple of days ago when I went to see the little ones, something was completely wrong. Jellylorum was really tense . Munkustrap and Etcetera were just watching her. Then it struck me: Where was Demeter and Mrs. Mistoffelees?
The first thought that popped into my head was "Macavity!" but then I realised that two kittens would be too much for even him. Where could they be then? And why hadn't Jellylorum gone searching for them? I'm not sure that cat is fit to be a mother.
So I went looking. They weren't in any of the usual places: The barn, the kitchen, my grandma's flowers, the garage or the old stables. Finally there was only one place left and I was getting really worried because that place was the small pond! When I was 10 years old, another cat drowned in that pond.
But when I got there, I saw that my grandfather had put a net over it to prevent anymore accidents. I was able to breathe again! But not for long,because the two kittens were still missing.
When I was just about ready to give up and call it a day, I heard some strange noises from a nearby tree. Could it be? Yes it could! The two kittens were stuck in the tree. Demeter on a branch in the top and Misto on one of the lower ones. But they were both unable to climb down the poor kitties.
My grandfather got a ladder and got them down. Jellylorum was happy to see them and so were Munkus and Etcetera. What I still don't understand is why Jellylorum didn't go get them herself!