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The kitten was so scared. It was running as fast as it could but something sharp dark and terrifying was following it everywhere.
The kitten didn’t want it at all. It only wanted to have fun! The day was fine at the beginning.
The kitten basked in the sun, exposing its delicate fur to the gentle rays. The sun warmed it up and left some shining stripes on the kitten. It became exited for a little time. The stripes were so beautiful! The kitten was happy but then it saw the tree
And it thought
Im not safe :(
The kitten remembered some bad bad things. And it felt scared. It couldn’t see the danger but it knew the truth now.
It was too noticeable. It was too little and cute and fluffy and it really liked the world! The kitten didn’t think so before. But now it understood something is wrong
it was dumb and they did bad things to it.
So the kitten run so so fast just like the wind! (maybe even faster!)
But wherever it run, it returned to the tree. And the kitten decided to climb.
When the kitten climbed up to a branch as thick as its tail, it heard the rustling of leaves much better than before.
“You shouldn’t be that scared, little one. It’s fine. You’re safe. You’re free.”
“What?” Asked the kitten. “I don’t understand. How can I be safe when they are able to see me and perceive me?how can I be free after what they did tto me?”
“Oh little kitten.” The tree said. “Oh my dear tiny being. I think you need to climb higher.”
It could climb well even though it was so small. The wind touched its fur and the leaves stroked it with their tips. The kitten has never climbed so high before.
“I want to go back” it cried “I want to feel okay. Why am I not okay?”
“It’s because you’re doing something wrong. You should hide in the old barn all the time! This way you’ll never be hurt again!” the tree said
“I don’t like it.” The kitten sighed “Despite my growing anxiety and desire to find refuge in the frightening world, I do not want to isolate myself from life in this way. I am afraid of losing the last things dear to me, because in this case I will most likely lose not only myself but my whole identity”
“Oh little kitten.” Said the tree. “You re still too low, you need to climb higher.”
“Okay :(”
And the kitten climbed higher. Its legs were trembling and it felt tired but it was fine. It wanted to listen to the tree. It wanted to beprotectedfromharm ;
_
“You should just deal with it. Does it even matter? I don’t think so. When you’ll celebrate your 100th birthday, you wont remember how bad it hurt.”””
I think im still too little :<
The kitten said. I wasn’t ready before. Im not ready now. I don’t want to remember it or deal with it I only want to beprotectedfromharm. Im just a little kitten…
“Its fine” the tree rustled “they like it when you’re small and helpless”
---- -ll please please please please please
Don’t say so !
>:
oh okay
you need to climb higher
“oh wait”the tree said”you want to beprotectedfromharm?
yes! the kitten said
the tree. said/ Heey! 1 know
youneed to fly away.its easy just be brave!
But hooow?
You must climb higher^^
imalready too high I cant do it
do you want to stay then? No, no!i don’t want..but…I cant get back either… you should fly then! Maybe I can handle this pain >: Oh haha really?did u say the same when they did it?no please it wasn’t my fault I just 0_you wont be a good kitten again.do you understand it
yes.
The branches of the old tree intertwined into bizarre patterns, repeating again and again, but the rays of the setting sun blurred the outlines of the twisted shoots. And the sun set, and the cool blue-black darkness hid the branches because no one wanted to see the nauseating abomination. The clouds were so high and no stars were visible, but they still gave shining stripes to the little inhabitants of small spheres, flying in the dark, and loved them deeply and sincerely!
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The kitten died 2 seconds after its paws touched the ground.