100 words: Education

There are two new tumbling grizzled kittens in the house. He has a three-quarters length tail; she, a small little nubbin. Without the tail’s disparity they can be hard to tell apart. They play very hard and explore the house fearlessly. They also nap hard; together; alone; and with their adopted “mother,” an older three-legged orange male. This unrelated, no resemblance tabby offers instruction on the fine points of licking oneself clean, reinforced by a pinioning paw, while emitting a diesel-engine quality purr. These good habits are so-so-necessary to learn; but not some of his more adult, post-adolescent bad habits.