Black
kitten one.
A short
story
Muthu
karthikeyan,Madurai
When it said ”meow” the first time I noticed it. it was a
cute black and brown mixed kitten.
It look at my face and once again said ”meow”.
I thought it asked- me some food.
I mixed rice and sambar and put to it.
It didn’t accept it.
My mother laughed and said”it will not accept sambar rice.
It will accept only non-veg or curd rice”
I got into kitchen and get away with curd rice to it.
It ate it. When it was taking food it inclined its head. It
adds more beauty to it
After having food it entered in side
I said ”su,su”.
My mother once again laughed and said “it will not take any
food and unless we offer to it”
I noticed. There was milk in a cup. It just ignored it. It got
into kitchens upper slab and slept
“It ‘s very good cat”.
At that time we were living in a house which has both ground
floor and upstairs.
Ground floor only accommodated me and my mother.
In upstairs my brother and his family were resided.
There is one interesting character called Ravin in our family,
younger son of my brother. He is not just naughty but we received
daily based complaint from his school
and my brother and sister-in-law would attend the principal of the
school with bowed heads. he was studying
10th standard in a good named school.
Management of the school said only because of Ravin the whole school get bad name.
It was many no of times they were ready to give the transfer
certificate.
Simply saying he is a type of child which was portrayed in
pasanga-2 film.
He is very intelligent and good in his studies but because
of his bad friends he didn’t care about lessons.
When he was just three I went to telephone booth near by
house and I ran out of money . when I told to booth manger and he just said” it
‘s all right I think you are Ravin’s chithappa(uncle)”.
It made me feel differently about his influence at the age
of only three. When walking in the street, he will have a conversation with
everyone.
But by getting in age of fifteen he has many bad friends.
And he formed as a head of that group of rowdies.
Even though very bad characteristics we cannot deny he has
excellent inter-personal skills.
Akash first son of my brother didn’t study well .but he was
not as naughty as Ravin .
Ravin’s intention was having a pet dog with him.
But my brother Ram never accepts it.
Because pets have only short term of life theirs loss
will be a big depression to children like Ravin.
But at the same time in ground floor we fed that cat every
day.
This cat is feminine. Some time it will come with another
male cat. My mother will not allow mw to feed male cat. After making left of
male cat we fed our black kitten .
without taking food it will simply
stands calm. I could understand our cat about its feeling.how ever we decided
too feed our cat only.
There will be a fight between my brother and Ravin when
there is a cat grown-up by me and my
mother
Why should not he adopt a dog?
My brother ram adviced my mother not to feed our cat. But we
didn’t accept.
“it will not end up to current position.it will put kittens
and all will settle here” he strongly said.
But without known to my brother we fed it.
What he said was happened one day. In our long room ‘s
corner there will be a unused waching machine without working condition.
One bad morning.
In the unused washing machine there is a small kitten.
But without knowing seriousness my mother called Ravin. “Ravin
come here there is a small kitten”
My brother came from upstairs scold my mother for 10
minutes. My mother came to the stage of cry.
We took out that new kitten we simply put it outside of the of our house.
Within three days new kitten was disappeared..
Within few months my mother had heart stroke. She was
admitted in the hospital and she went to my sister rani’s house as here there
is no person to take care of her.
Mean time I received food from my brothers house. It
couldn’t be guaranteed that I will receive curd rice. I made a different plan.
Instead of come by bus from the institute
worked I saved five rupees.
I bought a curd cup for five rupees I simply put a cup of
curd for its night food.
My sister-in-law always showed opposition to our cat for the
only reason it was grown up my mother.
Every time she made compliant about dog that it scared her. Nobody
is admitting her statement because all of us known that it was very good type.
It put another kitten. But this kitten was different one . Whenever
I feed mother cat ,the child cat will
Oppose and fight with its mother’s cat. Mother cat simply
stand calmly. It only known that is its kitten. That kitten didn’t know that it
was its mother.
With in few days second kitten also disappeared.
There was a continuous mental torture by my sister-in law to
my brother that mother cat shouldn’t be fed by me..
My mother came back from my sister’s house. After 10 months
my mother died.
After my mother’s dead there was strong opposition from my
sister-in-law to not to feed the cat.
My brother advised me about this .but I didn’t care about.
But unfortunately it put three kittens same time.
That is also with in inside of my house.
I put the entire kitten in the outside but within the
outside wall of my house. It simply tried to take each one in inside of my
family. Each time I strongly opposes and put out side. Daily I fed all the four
cats.
When the mother cat sit along with its three kittens there
will be pride in its eyes that it is a mother of three kittens.
It irritates my sister-in-law eyes.
There is no strong reason to be told by her to not to feed
the cats.
Days passed .one morning
Ravin tried to punch one of a kitten by silver rod . Suddenly mother cat tried to
make a scratch in Ravin’s hand.
House exploded. my sister-in-law suddenly got angry.
But I want to ask only one simple question. If Ravin was
attacked by other she will simply watch it?
But I didn’t ask it.
Within two days entire cats were disappeared.
One day I was told by brother that mother cat died in an
accident. And all the kittens were disappeared after its mothers dead. I didn’t
know whether it was true or not
I remembered pride in its eyes when it was surrounded by
three kittens.
Because of Ravin forming of head of a group, my brother sent
him to erode for higher secondary studies
Ravin was admitted in the hostel and he was crying whole the
year in the remembering of his parents
(But after watching pasanga-2 movie and its resemblance to
Ravin I cry about thinking him is another story)
Six month passed. I was laying in the mat in the floor. A
cat come from outside and run inside speedily and returned back to outside of
my house.
I could identify it was one of the kitten which was in my
house.
I could identify it was one of the kitten which was in my
house. A
thought appears to ananth that why shouldn’t we feed it?suddenly he decided ‘no this story must end here’.
