JUSTICE!!! 
Minu came back from school and immediately went
to search for her cat Chinu. Minu’s actual
name was Meenakshi but it existed only in school’s register, even in school all her friends call her minnu.
She was a chubby, talkative lovely girl - everyone in the locality loved
her.
But where was the cat? She looked under the
staircase …no, not there. She looked near the dog’s kennel - no not there also!
Where did it go? After a long Search she was discovered the cat inside the
small shade where all the gardening tools were kept. But, hello! She was not
alone- who are there? Chinnu the cat
lying on the old mat and near her three cotton balls! Ah they were not
cotton balls- they were her kittens, they were moving! Minnu
went near, careful not to frighten the cat.
She sat there watching them with Wonder what lovable, little
creatures- eyes are still closed.
Within an hour everyone, who lived nearby had
come to know that minu’s cat chinnu y had delivered three kittens. All her friends crowded the shade to have a
glimpse. They peeped through the door;
they peeped through the windows and peeped through any holes they could find. And all of them agreed minu was very lucky,
now that she had not one but four beautiful pets!
Days Passed and the kittens opened their eyes
and looked at Minu know and she immediately fell in love with them. They were
very beautiful creatures with their mother’s green eyes and black and white fur,
playing gleefully under their mother’s watchful eyes. Minu adored them. Every day
she would bring milk for the kittens and Chinnu. “Now I have to find names for
them”- thought minu. After thinking for
some time she told her mother “I would like to call the Tina, Nina and Gina”. “Oh!
What beautiful names” - mother her friends also said they were lovely names.
Every day the kittens would be playing near
the car park where some place was still available and in the garden where
yellow flowers were in bloom. All the children
would play with them in the evening after school. Kittens provided with much more
entertainment and exercise than on a T. V
One day mother said “The kittens are growing
up fast; we need to find them homes. We
cannot keep that many cats!!!”Minu was sad but knew that mother was being
practical. She wrote a notice with the
help of her mother and also pasted a picture and stuck it to the gate post and asked her friends to enquire with the neighbours and
relatives if anyone was willing to adopt any of the them. Time passed but nobody came forward. Minu was not upset but rather happy that she
did not have to lose any of the kittens.
One day when she came back from school, Tina and Gina came running to
play with her but where was Nina? She searched her everywhere but in vain. “Don't
worry, she will be back. Maybe she went
to see how the outside world looks”, said her mother
it was almost evening, when heard her friend Deepa’s voice calling her urgently-“Minu a car ran over your cat
Nina on the road near our house only now
I saw it”. Immediately Minu ran to the
place- there lay her beloved Nina, the
White and Brown fur ball, No! No more white and brown, now it was red. Somebody
had moved her to the side of the road. The kitchen’s eyes were closed as if Nina did not want to see the
cruel world outside. Minu’s eyes was
full of tears, she thought “No no one
was kind enough to be careful because it was just s kitten, who did not know
the dangerous in the world yet. Is not her life as valuable as ours?” she bid
goodbye to Nina, came back and cried her heart out.
Next morning was bright and Shiny. It was a
new day, new hope, new joy and new beginning. Minu came down to get into school
bus. There!! Tina and Gina came to greet
her with their love written on their faces.
How glad Minu was!!! The kittens pawed her shoes, tugged
at her socks mewed as if saying “We are here for you”.
