Six years ago on my birthday I had many presents from my family and friends. It was a great birthday. After my party was over, I was very busy and I forgot about my presents. I only opened them later. I opened a box and I couldn’t believe it because it was a big surprise.

It was a cat! She was very cute and soft like a sweater; very fat and big like a blanket. When I went to sleep I put her with me on the bed. It was a wonderful night, but in the morning when I got up I didn’t see my present. She was gone. I was very nervous. I didn’t know what to do or where to go to find my surprise.

The next night I heard voices from my closet. It sounded like, “Meow! Meow!” I opened the closet and what did I see? It was simply horrible. My cute present was not alone. Many kittens lay around my big present. The present which I received was a pregnant cat! I didn’t see or feel that she was pregnant and my friends didn’t know about it. My parents were in shock. We had a new family.

Time went by and the kittens grew up a little bit. They were small but fat like their mother. Later I asked my friends where they found this cat and why they gave me a present like this. And they said, “Because we found her on the street and didn’t know what to do. We thought about your birthday and about a home for this cat. It was a great idea to present you with this cat.”

After a few months I saw a newspaper advertisement about a lost cat with her picture. In the picture was a cat exactly the same as my present. We called and they came to see our cat. Her name was Kiki and she went with her kittens to her original owner.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jenny Fooks is an advanced beginner ESOL student at the Maynard Adult Learning Center.