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sounded like community cats rarely became adoptable. Weren’t they the S.A.V.E. Squad?
The girls were waiting.
“The”—she thought quickly—“Great Cat Caper Adoption Event!” She stood, held out her arm with the Squad bracelet on it. “It will be for the cats. Agreed?”
And bring the kitten home.
That sad little voice was getting louder. Vee pushed it away. And
Everything Animal
would be there.
That should make Dad proud.
Three other bracelets joined hers until their fingers were intertwined.
“Agreed!” the girls chorused.
She would e-mail the show tonight. As soon as the answer came, she would tell the girls. She imagined their leaping and shrieking. Operation Catness was still a stellar plan.
Chapter 15
Cat Taming
B y Monday, the girls had decided the mom cat would be Sunny’s project, Aneta would take one of the adult cats, and Esther would work with the other adult cat. That left Vee the curious kitten—a male, they learned—and the second kitten the girls figured was the brother to the curious kitten. The two kittens seemed to do well in their trap together. Frank and Nadine had decided the cats would stay in an empty conference room at the Senior Center while the girls socialized them. When the Squad arrived, the Cat Room was already open.
The girls stood outside. “Frank told us we had to keep it closed for the people who have allergies,” Vee said, frowning.
The shuffling steps of Hermann sounded, and the old man approached them. “Wild kots to pets,” he said. “It vill never verk.” He shuffled into a nearby room and slammed the door.
Vee sniffed. Medicine-y mouthwash. Weird. Now there was no one but the girls in the hall. Hermann didn’t smell like mouthwash.
When Frank strolled down the hall a few minutes later, they made sure to tell him it had been open, but it wasn’t their fault.
On Tuesday, the girls raced each other to the lake and back and then spent time reading to the cats in the sheet-covered cages. Esther brought books from the children’s side of the library.
“All stories about cats who love people,” she said, passing out the books. Sunny read in funny voices and made everyone laugh. At first Aneta didn’t want to read until the other three got on their knees, clasped their hands, and begged her.
“You like people, you like people,” Vee told the curious kitten behind the sheet. “So does your brother.” The brother hissed. She wondered if Bill liked cats. She wondered about mouthwash and the box of rat poison by the senior center door. Fortunately, it was unopened, but why was it there? Frank was looking a little more serious about Vee’s report of mouthwash.
“I think it’s Hermann, trying to wreck our projects,” Esther said.
“That would be mean. He would not do that,” Aneta argued.
In the end, there was nothing left to talk about. Maybe these things were just mistakes.
That day, the moment Vee returned home from the cat training session, she headed for the family computer and checked her e-mail. None from
Everything Animal.
She finished her homework early, left Bill to his weird leftovers, and joined Heather and the Twin Terrors at Burger Mania. The Terrors bonded by sticking french fries in each other’s ears and spilling orange drink. Vee bonded to the idea that she didn’t want to do that again anytime soon.
On Wednesday, she checked her e-mail before leaving for school. Nothing. She survived learning how to reduce a fraction in math—again. After school, the first to arrive at the Cat Room, she surveyed the cages, smiling at the cats and in particular, at the curious kitten. Her smile died. The door to the curious kitten and brother cage was slightly ajar. Fortunately, the two kittens were sitting in the rear litter box, watching Vee.
Fastening the door as Esther arrived, Vee said, “Okay, I am not crazy, but this is the second time I’ve smelled super mouthwash and there’s been something not right with the Cat Room.” She
The girls were waiting.
“The”—she thought quickly—“Great Cat Caper Adoption Event!” She stood, held out her arm with the Squad bracelet on it. “It will be for the cats. Agreed?”
And bring the kitten home.
That sad little voice was getting louder. Vee pushed it away. And
Everything Animal
would be there.
That should make Dad proud.
Three other bracelets joined hers until their fingers were intertwined.
“Agreed!” the girls chorused.
She would e-mail the show tonight. As soon as the answer came, she would tell the girls. She imagined their leaping and shrieking. Operation Catness was still a stellar plan.
Chapter 15
Cat Taming
B y Monday, the girls had decided the mom cat would be Sunny’s project, Aneta would take one of the adult cats, and Esther would work with the other adult cat. That left Vee the curious kitten—a male, they learned—and the second kitten the girls figured was the brother to the curious kitten. The two kittens seemed to do well in their trap together. Frank and Nadine had decided the cats would stay in an empty conference room at the Senior Center while the girls socialized them. When the Squad arrived, the Cat Room was already open.
The girls stood outside. “Frank told us we had to keep it closed for the people who have allergies,” Vee said, frowning.
The shuffling steps of Hermann sounded, and the old man approached them. “Wild kots to pets,” he said. “It vill never verk.” He shuffled into a nearby room and slammed the door.
Vee sniffed. Medicine-y mouthwash. Weird. Now there was no one but the girls in the hall. Hermann didn’t smell like mouthwash.
When Frank strolled down the hall a few minutes later, they made sure to tell him it had been open, but it wasn’t their fault.
On Tuesday, the girls raced each other to the lake and back and then spent time reading to the cats in the sheet-covered cages. Esther brought books from the children’s side of the library.
“All stories about cats who love people,” she said, passing out the books. Sunny read in funny voices and made everyone laugh. At first Aneta didn’t want to read until the other three got on their knees, clasped their hands, and begged her.
“You like people, you like people,” Vee told the curious kitten behind the sheet. “So does your brother.” The brother hissed. She wondered if Bill liked cats. She wondered about mouthwash and the box of rat poison by the senior center door. Fortunately, it was unopened, but why was it there? Frank was looking a little more serious about Vee’s report of mouthwash.
“I think it’s Hermann, trying to wreck our projects,” Esther said.
“That would be mean. He would not do that,” Aneta argued.
In the end, there was nothing left to talk about. Maybe these things were just mistakes.
That day, the moment Vee returned home from the cat training session, she headed for the family computer and checked her e-mail. None from
Everything Animal.
She finished her homework early, left Bill to his weird leftovers, and joined Heather and the Twin Terrors at Burger Mania. The Terrors bonded by sticking french fries in each other’s ears and spilling orange drink. Vee bonded to the idea that she didn’t want to do that again anytime soon.
On Wednesday, she checked her e-mail before leaving for school. Nothing. She survived learning how to reduce a fraction in math—again. After school, the first to arrive at the Cat Room, she surveyed the cages, smiling at the cats and in particular, at the curious kitten. Her smile died. The door to the curious kitten and brother cage was slightly ajar. Fortunately, the two kittens were sitting in the rear litter box, watching Vee.
Fastening the door as Esther arrived, Vee said, “Okay, I am not crazy, but this is the second time I’ve smelled super mouthwash and there’s been something not right with the Cat Room.” She
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