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A Silver Kitten Guarded the Cooling Pie With Her Eyes Alone

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A silver tabby kitten with a rounded face sits on the kitchen counter and looks sideways at a pumpkin pie cooling on its wire rack. She does not move, but her eyes follow the pie. Autumn leaves and a few cranberries lie on the wood, a blue dish towel sits folded behind her, and a window lets in soft light over a tidy, cozy kitchen.

British Shorthairs are known for a calm, easygoing manner, a plush dense coat, and a sturdy build. Many are less acrobatic than other breeds, but a kitten is still a kitten, and a counter is a very tempting vantage point. Kitchen counters are best kept off-limits when food is out, since hot dishes, knives, and foods like onions, garlic, and chocolate are risky. Pies can contain nutmeg, sugar, and eggs, none of which kittens should eat. A sturdy cat tree by the kitchen window gives her a better lookout, and a treat or chew toy rewards her when she stays on it. Setting a cooling pie in a spot she cannot reach is simplest.

Cats are patient hunters, which is why a watching stare can last a surprisingly long time.

The pie cools, the kitten waits, and the counter is quiet. Somewhere down the hall, the family is setting out plates, unaware of the small, patient lookout who has already decided how the story should end, with or without a slice for her.

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