Kitso

Mili was returning home from her morning walk, she has already reached the door of her home all of a sudden she heard a strange noise, from the drain opposite her home. She went there out of curiosity and saw a tiny kitten, hardly a fistful, most probably landed in the drain in search of its mother. So Mili just screwed up her nose and rescued him from the drain with the help of a polythene bag.

The dilemma started after that, she was deeply worried what will she do now! If she will just leave him there either the crow will peck him to death or he will be swallowed alive by the next dog which will see him. So, she took him home reluctantly.

She first placed him inside a bird cage, gave it a good bath, which it simply hated and bristled up all his hair to show the limit of his anger. And after that he snorted at Mili for next half an hour whenever she dared to venture near his cage. After drying his fur, Mili gave him milk and bread to eat. Eat ate it all up and curled up to sleep. Mili slowly brought him out of the cage in the noon and left him on his own. He straight went to her pet dog, tawny who was a very sweet natured bitch, had previous experience of pestered by rabbits and birds, so she took kitso non chalantly. But kitso was not at all grateful, he used to bother her to no end. Tawny was completely blind, but as she was in the home for 10 years she knew it by every inch. But whenever Tawny used to go out to the garden to relieve herself he used to sneak upon her and pounce at her, tawny used snarl at him, and he used hang from her neck with the help of his tiny claws.

He used play the same trick with Mili also, and as Mili used to get equally furious he used to run away and climb the nearest tree. But Mili used to watch with amusement that when Kitso used to pounce on her, his claws were never out. As if he knew that Tawny’s fur will save her from getting pierced, but Mili wont be able to save her from wound if he doesnot hides his claws.

Slowly Kitso grew up, but contrary to all the myth, he never stole a single thing from the household. Or ever scratched any one. Tawny was his playmate. They used to share a very cute relationship, playing, fighting all the day but never hurting each other.

But with age Kitso slowly started his nocturnal activities with great gusto, he used to disappear at the sunset and return at midnight. And finally started to disappear for the entire night and one day disappeared like he entered Mili’s life, suddenly.