Kittens are so cute, sometimes it seems a shame they grow up to be cats. I can't complain too much about this particular cat, though. She does have the serious defect of being distinctly unfriendly toward me, but she has produced a first litter of four healthy kittens and she is showing them the ropes - the body count in one week has been three mice, two chipmunks and two birds. I'm not thrilled about the bird kills, but the success in thinning the small rodent population is more than adequate compensation.