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 Contents
Chapter 1: The Kittens Get a New Home . . . . 1

Chapter 2: Bobby’s Stinky Adventure . . . . . . 11

Chapter 3: Pixie’s New Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Chapter 4: Animal Habits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Chapter 5: Pixie’s Surprise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Chapter 6: Favorite Foods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Chapter 7: Franky Goes Fishing . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Chapter 8: The Dogs Have a Bath . . . . . . . . . 47

Chapter 9: Pixie Goes to the Vet . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Chapter 10: The Daring Rescue . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Chapter 11: The Mango Surprise . . . . . . . . . . 75

Chapter 12: Franky and the Flowers . . . . . . . 81

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Chapter The Kittens

1 Get a New
Home

Once there was a

family of kittens born in
a small shed under a
huge oak tree. There
were six kittens in the
litter.
The kittens loved to snuggle
with their warm mother cat and all
their brothers and sisters. They
loved to play under the oak tree.
They were happy.
The kittens grew quickly and
soon their owner, Lizzie, decided it
was time to find new homes for
them. The kittens said goodbye to
their mother, and Lizzie put them all
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in a big basket with a lid and took

them to the car.
“Where are we going?”
wondered all the kittens. “What will
become of us?”
They meowed loudly.
“Don’t cry, little kittens,” said
Lizzie. “You are going to meet your
new families. You will like your new
homes.”
First, she drove to her neighbor
Ezra’s house. Ezra was ten years old
and he wanted a kitten. Lizzie lifted
the basket out of the car.
Ezra came running out of the
house. He was very excited.
“My kitten is here!” he shouted.
“My kitten is here!”
The kittens meowed. They were
scared. Ezra’s voice was so loud!
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Before Lizzie could carry the

basket into the house, Ezra lifted
the lid.
“Six kittens!” he yelled. “There
are six kittens!”
The kittens jumped out of the
basket and ran to hide.
One kitten ran under a bush.
Two raced up a tree. Two rushed
under the fence and into the
backyard. One hid under Lizzie’s car.
“Oh no!” cried Lizzie. “The
kittens are scared of all the sounds!
Ezra, go inside and bring out some
cat treats. We have to find the
kittens.”
Ezra ran inside and came back
quickly with the treats.
Lizzie said, “We must be very
quiet so we can find the kittens. We
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must move very slowly. The kittens

are shy.”
“Here, kitty!” Ezra called in a
soft voice. “Here, kitty!”
Slowly one of the kittens crept
out from under the car. Ezra held
out the treat. The kitten ate it up.
Ezra gently picked up the kitten
and petted it. The kitten meowed.
“Hush, little kitty. You’re safe
now.” He gave the kitten to Lizzie to
put in the basket.
Lizzie found the two kittens in
the tree. They did not want to come
down.
Ezra came to help. He climbed
up into the branches and got the
kittens. He handed them down to
Lizzie, who put them safely into the
basket. She gave each kitten a treat
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to eat, and then closed the lid of the

basket again.
Soon, Ezra found another kitten
under a bush. He carefully picked it
up. He spoke very softly to it. He
held it gently.
“It’s okay, little kitty, I won’t
hurt you. Do you want to be my
kitten and live here with me?” Ezra
tucked the kitten under his chin and
the tiny kitten purred.
Ezra’s parents came outside and
he showed them his new kitten.
“We are still missing two
kittens,” said Lizzie. “I don’t see
them anywhere. I don’t hear them
crying.”
“We will keep looking for them,”
said Ezra’s father. “Why don’t you
take the other kittens to their new
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homes and then come back. While

you are gone, we will try to find the
two that are still missing.”
“All right,” said Lizzie. “I’ll be
back soon. Thank you for helping.”
Lizzie drove away and Ezra’s
family went in the house to get their
new kitten settled.
When all was quiet, the two
missing kittens crept out. One was
under a bush in the backyard. He
was striped with gray, black, and
white fur. He had big green eyes
and a clean white bib of fur in the
front that matched his little white
feet.
The other kitten was under the
back porch. She also had gray, black,
and white stripes, and she had some
orange fur too. Her eyes were very

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yellow. She had little white feet, just

like her brother.
She peeked out from under the
porch and looked around. What a
big world it was! She heard her
brother meowing from under the
bush in the backyard. She ran to
him.
They were happy to find each
other but they did not know what to
do. The world was so big, and they
were lost!
The two kittens curled up
together under the bush and went
to sleep. They were tired from their
adventure.
Soon, Ezra came out and found
them. He picked them up and put
them in a box with a little blanket.
He gave them tasty kitty treats.

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“You will be safe and warm

there,” he said. “Soon Lizzie will
come back and take you to your new
home.”
Ezra petted the kittens until
they fell asleep again.
When Lizzie came back, the
two kittens woke up from their nap.
Lizzie put them in the basket and
drove them to the home of her
friends, the Carters, and their
daughters, Abby and Tara.
When she arrived, the Carter
family came out to meet the new
kittens.
“What sweet kittens!” said Tara.
“Are they boys or girls?”
“The one with the orange is a
girl. The one with the little white bib

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is a boy,” said Lizzie. “They have just

had a big adventure. They will be
glad to settle down now.”
“We are happy to have them,”
said Mrs. Carter. “We love cats!”
“Let’s call the boy kitten Franky,”
said Tara.
“All right,” said Mr. Carter.
“What shall we call the girl kitten?”
“I think we should call her
Pippi,” said Abby. “She is tiny—a
little pipsqueak! But Pipsqueak is
too big a name for such a tiny
kitten.”

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“Welcome to our family, Franky

and Pippi,” said Tara.
“Meow!” said Franky and Pippi.
They were happy to be home at
last.

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Chapter Bobby’s

2 Stinky
Adventure

Franky and Pippi

soon settled in to their
new home. They loved
the Carter family, and
they especially loved the
family dog, Bobby. He
was an old black-and-white dog who
had no tail.
Bobby was kind and gentle with
the kittens. He never minded if they
climbed on him while he was
sleeping or if they played chase
around him. Bobby was a good dog.
One day, the Carter family piled
into the car. They called Bobby to

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come too. Bobby did not like to ride

in the car, but he liked to be with his
family. He was willing to ride in the
car if he was with them.
“We are going for a picnic,” said
Tara. “Jump into the car! We want
you to come with us.”
“You will like the picnic,” said
Abby. “And we are bringing a bone
for you.”
She helped Bobby into the car.
He was a little stiff, and he moved
slowly.
When Bobby was a puppy, he
was hit by a car. He lost his tail and
broke his leg. Since then, he had
always been a little stiff. Now Bobby
was ten years old, and he didn’t
move very fast most of the time.

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Bobby lay on the floor of the

car. He put his head on Tara’s foot.
“Good old Bob,” said Tara. She
petted his black-and-white head.
The drive took a long time.
Bobby went to sleep. He woke up
when the car stopped at last.
“We’re here!” said Abby.
“Come on out, Bobby,” said Tara,
as she helped him out of the car.
Bobby looked around.
There was a lake. There were
lots of trees. There were many good
smells. He sniffed and wiggled his
nose. If he’d had a tail, he would
have wagged it.
“I like picnics,” thought Bobby
as the family spread the lunch out
on the picnic cloth.

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“I am hungry,” said Dad. “Let’s

eat lunch first. Then we can play ball
and take a walk. We can swim in the
lake when we get hot.”
There were many good things
to eat. There were hard-boiled eggs,
carrot sticks, and apples. There was
cheese with crackers. There were
cookies too. But best of all, there
was a big bone for Bobby.
After lunch, it was time for a
walk. Mom said, “Let’s walk in the
woods.”
Bobby liked walking in the
woods. There were many new
smells. He walked and sniffed,
walked and sniffed.
There were many new sounds.
His ears perked up. He heard birds
and bugs. He heard the breeze in

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the trees. He heard squirrels

chattering.
Bobby trotted along the path.
He wandered away from the family.
He chased a squirrel and it ran up a
tree. He raced with a bird.
“What fun!” he thought. “I
wonder what other animals live in
the woods?”
In the bushes, Bobby saw a
black-and-white face peek out.
“Are you a puppy?” asked
Bobby.
He sniffed. It didn’t smell like a
puppy. Its face looked a little like a
puppy’s face, but longer.
“It is black and white, just like
me,” Bobby thought to himself.
“Maybe if I chase it, it will play
with me.”
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So Bobby chased the black-and-

white animal. It ran a few feet and
looked back at the old dog.
Bobby ran closer. “Let’s play!” he
barked.

The animal lifted its big tail. It

sprayed something all over Bobby.
What a smell!
“I don’t want to play with this
animal,” yelped Bobby. “This is not a
puppy!”

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He ran away from the black-

and-white animal.
“Bobby!” called Tara.
“Bobby, where are you?” yelled
Abby.
“Come, Bob!” cried Mom and
Dad.
Bobby was happy to hear his
family calling him. He ran to find
them. When he saw them, he ran up
to say hello.
“Oh no!” cried Tara.
“What an awful stink!” said
Abby.
“Bobby met a skunk!” laughed
Dad.
“Oh, Bobby, you smell terrible!”
groaned Mom. “We’d better go back
and have a swim in the lake.”

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Everyone raced back to the lake.

They were glad to jump in the cool
water.
They swam and played in the
water for a long time.
But when they got out, Bobby
still smelled terrible.
On the way home from the
picnic, Bobby slept in the back seat
of the car. The family kept all the
windows open for fresh air. When
they got home, Mom gave Bobby a
bath with tomato juice to get rid of
the bad smell.
“You smell much better now,”
she said, “but we will have to do this
again every day for a few days. Poor
stinky Bob! Next time we go on a
picnic, don’t try to make friends with
any skunks!”

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