Cats

Cats are common domestic pets all around the world. Purring quietly when you stroke its fur and looking at you with its innocent eyes, it simply melts your heart. Cats being cute and cuddly makes children or even elders to be fond of them. However, my fondness in cats began to sway after an incident.

As I was walking home from school on an afternoon, I saw a group of boys whom I had recognized as my class’s bullies. There were seven of them, all with a built figure. They were surrounding something and had raised their fist at their chest level in an intimidating manner. “Who or whatever is the circle must be in trouble. I must help the victim,” I thought. With that, I approached them cautiously, afraid of being heard. Then, I realized that their target was a female cat with its kittens! Unable to defend itself, the mother tried to secure its kittens by wrapping them with its body. There were obvious scars of abuse on the legs of the cat. Without much thought, I barged into their circle. “How could you even bully helpless cats? You are so heartless! I am going to report you to the teachers!” Upon hearing this, the group of them dashed off. Trying to comfort the mother, I bent down and tried to pat it. It suddenly looked up at me and hissed loudly as a warning for me to back off. “What’s wrong with you? You are such an ungrateful brat! I’ve just saved you!” With that, I ignored the injured cat and walked away in anger.

The next day, I went to report the case to my form teacher. She told me that she would look into the case. Meanwhile, as I strolled back to class, I wondered what happened to the injured cat and its litter of kittens. As though someone could read my mind, an answer came. “Hey, the cat and its kittens are fine. You did a great job yesterday.” Turning around to see the person who gave me that information, it was Arthur. He saw the event yesterday and immediately brought that family of cats to see the vet after i went off.

From that incident onwards, I found out that female cats are protective of their kittens. However, my impression of cats had been affected because I feared being attacked by cats after experiencing the fierce warning.




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