The Babysitter, by Kitty

Soon after she began eating in Mama M's carport, white shorthair Little Bit had kittens in the laundry room. Five of them, three white plus Patches and Tiger (see last post).

Three weeks later, Babe, also a white shorthair and obviously Little Bit's daughter, also had kittens; but Mama M could not find them.

One day soon afterward, Mama M heard mews coming from the back yard next door. Knowing the neighbor would not object, she went looking for the kittens. She found them in the well protecting a basement window: five tiny white babies. In their midst was taller, larger orange Tiger. Babe had plucked him from Little Bit's litter to become her babysitter.