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the rest of thepacket in the doorway just in front of her, then sat hugging her knees and staring over the gardens, searching for a little black figure.
    Amy and Lily had meant to be totally silent, so as not to scare away the kitten, but they couldn’t resist chatting. They were deep in a discussion of exactly why Luke Armstrong in Mrs Dale’s class was so mean, when Amy suddenly clutched Lily’s arm.
    “Look!” she ordered, in a hissing whisper.
    “Oh!” Lily gave a little squeak of excitement. “Is that her?”
    “I think so.” Amy leaned out to look further along the fence, where a black shadow was clambering over theivy branches. “Yes, it’s her! Oh, I hope she can smell the cat biscuits.”
    Scrambling through the leaves, her paws slipping on the thin branches, the kitten certainly could. She was terribly hungry. Charlie was still stealing all her food, and no one seemed to notice – Sarah was always busy, and Mrs Jones wasn’t very well and was spending most of her time resting in her chair. Quite often she had Charlie sitting on her now, and she would stroke him, while the kitten watched miserably from under the sofa, or peeping out from under the bookcase.
    But now she could smell something tangy and lovely, and her stomach was making little rumbling noises. She trotted eagerly along the fence.Oh, the smell was getting even stronger and better.
    The kitten stopped suddenly, and wobbled on the fence. She was there – the girl from yesterday! And there was another one with her. The kitten watched them warily.

    Then the girl she’d seen before held out a little packet, and tipped something out of it, and the kitten knew that was where the wonderful smell was coming from. The tip of her little pink tongue stuck out, she was so hungry.
    Amy couldn’t help giggling. The kitten was so cute, with her tongue just poking out like that. It made her look really silly.
    The kitten put her front paws up on the tree branch, and the girls exchanged excited glances. Then she jumped all the way up, and found the first cat treat. She crunched it up in seconds, and scampered forwards, sniffing for more. When she got to the end of the branch, after about six more treats, she stopped and looked anxiously at Amy and Lily. She could see – and smell – the big pile of treats just in front of them.
    Amy sighed. “Perhaps she’s too frightened to come closer,” she whispered.
    Suddenly, the kitten sprung up on tothe tree house ladder, and Amy and Lily held their breath. Then, keeping one eye on the girls, she started to gobble up the treats from the doorway.
    When they were all gone, she licked the place where they’d been, then looked up hopefully.
    “She’s still hungry!” Amy said. “Let’s open another packet.”
    Lily shook her head. “No way. She’ll be sick. A whole packet’s loads more than she should have, anyway!”
    Amy nodded. Then she held out one hand, very slowly, to the kitten, who was staring at her seriously. Amy scratched her gently behind the ears, and she half-closed her eyes with pleasure.
    “Hello, Misty,” Amy whispered.

Chapter Five
    The kitten sat there a little nervously, still ready to run, as Amy stroked her and then Lily joined in too.
    “Isn’t she beautiful?” Amy said proudly.
    “The prettiest kitten I’ve ever seen – except Stella,” Lily added, out of loyalty. “Oh, Amy, she’s started purring!”
    She had. Amy had just found the exact itchy spot behind her left ear, and the kitten had her eyes closed, and a tiny little throaty purr was making Amy’s hand buzz.
    “Tea, girls!”
    The kitten’s eyes shot open. She leaped off the ladder and raced back along the branch, jumping down on to the fence and disappearing away.
    “Bye, Misty!” Amy called after her quietly. “Why did Mum have to pick just then to call?” she complained to Lily, as they scrambled down from the tree house. “I think Misty might even have let us pick her up.”
    Lily nodded. “She was