Julie Herckenrath

Then one day everything changed. Kitty awoke to loud meows coming from outside. She leaped through a hole in the barn door and sprinted across the muddy path to a large corn field where she saw two wild foxes chasing her parents.

Kitty’s parents were strays who roamed from place to place seeking shelter and warmth. Terrified, she meowed loudly for someone, anyone, to help. But it was useless. There was nobody there. Kitty watched helplessly as the foxes grabbed the cats by the scruff of their necks and disappeared into the tall corn stalks. Kitty never saw her mom or dad again.

Feeling sad and alone she returned to the barn and cried herself to sleep.