Crack!
“Oh no, a wolf!” Wolves are all over the place. What am I, a squirrel?
Finally I found an abandoned den made of a bramble bush, and I went in.
“Oh, hello,” I mewed to a black kitten lying in the corner. “Where is your mother, little kit?”
For a moment, it was silent, then the kitten said, “I-I don’t know where Mom is. Who are you?”
“I’m Leopardson. What is your name?” I asked.
“My name is Shadow,” the kitten replied.
“Shadow suits you. You look like a shadow, and I will help you find your mother,” I replied.
Shadow hesitated, then asked, “Isn’t that going to be hard?” …show more content…
Wolf again! It’s going to break through the wall! “Run!” I yelled, leaping up and running to the entrance. I turned around to face Shadow, who also leaped up and started to run.
“I am,” Shadow replied, running out of the den.
“Hide under that thorn bush,” I yelled after him. I hope that wolf doesn’t catch us.
I turned and faced the wolf so it wouldn’t catch Shadow. I scratched the wolf in the face and ran to the thorn bush where Shadow was waiting for me.
“I thought that wolf got you for sure!” he exclaimed, out of breath.
“By the way, what is your mother’s name, and does she have blue-grey fur?” I asked.
“Her name is Jay, and yes, she does have blue-grey fur,” Shadow answered.
“I’ve meet her before at my barn, where I used to live,” I explained. “She was looking for a black kitten named Shadow, and that kitten is you.”
“Well, what can we eat?” Shadow asked.
“I’ll go hunting,” I answered.
“Shadow!” a voice called.
“Mother!” Shadow cried.
“Shadow? Is that you,” a she-cat with blue-grey fur asked.
“Yes, it’s me, Shadow,” Shadow mewed happily.
“Oh, my kit. Thank you for looking after him,” Jay said, looking at