The Perfect Kitten. The Loneliest Kitten. The Mystery Kitten. The Saddest Kitten

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Abi stared at her mum and stepdad, her mouth hanging open. The cereal and milk slid off her spoon and Ruby giggled.“Look what you’re doing!” she said.

“Do you really mean it?” Abi asked her mum. “You’re not joking?”

Her mum and stepdad grinned at each other.

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“Of course we mean it,” Abi’s mum said. “We’re absolutely serious!”

“Oooh, your milk’s going everywhere,” Ruby said, and Abi quickly put the spoon back in her bowl.

“Didn’t you hear what Mum just said?” she asked her little sister, and when Ruby looked confused she told her, “We can get a cat!”

“Today?” said Ruby hopefully. Ruby was only four and she didn’t like waiting for things to happen.

Abi looked doubtfully at her mum and stepdad. She had a feeling that getting a cat would take a while, especially if they were going to an animal shelter to find one.

“No, Ruby, not today,” Chris, Abi’s stepdad, said gently. “But we can have a look at photos of the cats we might get, on the computer. There’s an animal shelter not far from here, Linfield Cats and Dogs. They put photos of the animals that need homes on their website.”

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