Killer Kitten

• Amanda Yang, Grade 8
• Short Story
• 2017

There was a young girl who loved to sing and run. She did all she wanted and all she did was fun. Running on a path, oblivious to a death, she ran her way forwards without any dread.
On the road next to her was a cute clumsy cat, but little did she know that there was more than that.
“Oh no!” she panicked and ran towards the kitten. I guess she never knew by then that she was already bitten. The kitten meowed and the girl took it in her arms. Up ahead was a truck zooming fast in alarm.
Absorbed in her task, the girl trotted to the path. Then the truck came crashing and the little kitten laughed.
A red pool of blood, a harmless display? A splatter of luck, a price to pay?
A man rushed out and shook the girl. All he wanted to do was fall down and hurl. Before the girl slept, she realised her smitten. She swore as she wept, she saw it smile and grinning.