There's nothing nicer to me these days, than to read a short short story with no grammatical errors, nor one presented with the necessity of having to rearrange sentences so that they make sense.

So today, reading your book has given me a momentary lull in my usual erratic reading patterns. So thanks.

I did actually find one thing that jolted me from this easy flowing read, and that was when you wrote 'now awake'. You plonked it in the middle of a sentence and it's not good. I think you should perhaps just tell us the baby is awake and then carry on with the tale, rather than make us have to go back and re-read it, to see what you meant.

Apart from that enormous error in this story (I'm kidding with the 'enormous')you actually caught me on the twist-in-the-tale. Maybe its because I'm reading stuff at the moment that have no twists, so I wasn't expecting it. Or maybe you just wrote it so well, giving no clues to upset the balance, that you genuinely entertained me.

i thought it was charming and as one reader here said, a lovely tribute to those loyal little creatures.

Well done
Wendy

I enjoyed the twist from human to feline perspective. Thanks!

to the creatures that truly know how to love.

The emotions evoked were not lessened by the conclusion of the story but validated by the mastery of leading us into such a beautiful ending.

I didn't read the comments (thank goodness); the effect would have been lessened a bit because as it's written I had the image of a destitute woman and her young ones in mind!
Either way, the short story has a real moving power. I was honestly on edge with each rescue, wondering, "Will she make it?"
So good, honestly. So good!

You are killing me! I have a cat that I rescued out of a tree when he was a tiny kitten. I wanted so much to help this poor momma rescue her babies. Once again you painted a very clear picture.

Thanks Sereni...I would too.

Through your words I pictured a mother during a time of danger wanting to rescue all of her children, even at the risk of losing her own life. I would have done the same thing, great ending.