The Clever Little Kitten by Holly Webb

Author:Holly Webb
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic
Published: 2012-01-17T16:00:00+00:00

Kitty looked up at Molly, wide-eyed. “Is Posy looking for my elephant?”

Molly hesitated. Kitty didn’t know about her magic, but her little sister loved animals too. Even if she did always want to dress them up. And right now, anything that made Kitty feel better was a good idea.

She nodded and whispered to Kitty. “Yes. But I wouldn’t tell Mum. It’s a special secret.”

“I promise!” Kitty breathed, her eyes wide and miraculously emptied of tears now. “She’s so clever!”

Molly and Kitty giggled as they watched Posy search, her tail swishing from side to side. The kitten was concentrating so hard on sniffing her way along the carpet that she walked straight into the sofa, and then sat down, looking cross with herself and shaking her head as though her nose hurt.

“Poor Posy!” Kitty patted her gently. “Please keep looking!” she whispered. “He’s grey, and he’s got a long trunk. His nose thing.”

Posy looked up at Molly. Oh good. I wasn’t actually sure what an elephant was, she admitted. She stood up and prowled out into the hallway. Mum and William had gone into the kitchen now, and Molly could hear a banging of pans, as though William was emptying out the kitchen cupboards in search of Kitty’s elephant.

Posy stuck her nose into a corner under the stairs and backed out sneezing, little delicate snorty sneezes, that made Kitty laugh. “She’s the cleverest kitten ever,” she told Molly. “How will she know where my elephant is?”

Molly shrugged her shoulders and smiled. “Magic,” she whispered, and Kitty nodded, wide-eyed. “I thought so!”

It’s dusty under there! Posy complained. But I’m close, I’m sure of it. It’s here somewhere.

Molly crouched down beside her as Posy sniffed along the hall floor. “They were playing here,” she whispered. “It would make sense.”

I know it’s here. I can feel your little sister. Posy looked up at Kitty, who was staring at her hopefully, her blue eyes filling her face, they were so wide. She needs it back, doesn’t she? Some things belong to people so much that you feel it. The elephant wants her back too.

Molly blinked in surprise. Kitty had said her elephant would miss her, but Molly hadn’t realized it was true. Maybe it was. Perhaps Kitty had loved the elephant so much, he really belonged, and he knew he was lost. He was calling Posy to find him.

Oooh! Posy purred excitedly, her tail sticking straight up in the air like a furry flag. We’re close, we’re close! She was nosing through the neat line of shoes and wellies standing by the front door. William’s were green with dinosaurs on, and Molly and Kitty had left theirs next to his, Molly’s pawprint purple ones and Kitty’s pink, scattered with little red hearts.

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