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Apr. 17 Now, Now, Be Careful!': Kittens at three weeks are inclined to get adventurous and Henrietta like any other Other is concerned for their safety. She's always around watching carefully when they play in this old Wooden box.Fur Ans Feathers Blend together Hen Does Kitten Sitting For Mother Cat: Occasionally Mother nature played strangericks and provides an exception to the rule that fur and feather don't bet on. It's one of these phenomenons which has provided the main topic of conversation among the inhabitants of the Pretty Village of Well-nest-sea. Norfolk. In the corner of a local corn merchant;s yard a cat gve birth to five pretty little kittens. Mother cat earns her keep by catching mice in the yard and her zeal for the job is keener than her maternal instincts and nobody having thought of providing day nurseries for kittens, she left hem on their own and resumed her mice hunting career. Their plaintive cries attracted the attention of Henrietta, ainaen under whose feathery breast beats a tender heart. Henrietta took over the duties of mother and although the mother cat comes back to feed the little babies, Henrietta is in real charge and guards and watches them as jealously as she would her own chicks. The Kittens are anow three weeks old, they recepnise Henriestta's cluck and well come to her when she calls although they will not go to any other hen in the yard. Henrietta and her strange brood get a lot of visitors and their owner says anyone can have the kittens who wants them. and what will poor Henrietta do then, poor thing? she'll have to find some other feathered or furred waifs and strays to take under her wing

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