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Kitten with kittens.
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We did a kitten round-up in the backyard this week. We figured these little guys were still young enough that they could be socialized as pets. Plus, if they get any bigger, there's no chance we can catch the rascally varmints before they flee into the blackberry brambles that line the back fence. So it was now or never. Oddly, when we brought them to the shelter, they kind of gave us a hard time about it. In their words, they prefer it if the kittens be left with their mother a little longer. We tried to explain the blackberry bush dilemma, but they seemed unconvinced and a tad condemning, and we left feeling like our good deed had gone unappreciated.

The next day, I caught another, so we took it in to join its siblings. The shelter accepted it, but one employee there actually told us not to bring them any more "surprises." Huh?

The kittens sure were cute, though.