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Maybe a fox by kathi appelt5/13/2023 And one kittens one moment of curiosity sets off a chain of events that is astonishing, remarkable, and enormous in its meaning. Kittens, however, are notoriously curious creatures. But they are safe in the Underneath.as long as they stay in the Underneath. Ranger urges the cat to hide underneath the porch, to raise her kittens there because Gar-Face, the man living inside the house, will surely use them as alligator bait should he find them. They are an unlikely pair, about to be an unlikely family. She dares to find him in the forest, and the hound dares to befriend this cat, this feline, this creature he is supposed to hate. A calico cat, about to have kittens, hears the lonely howl of a chained-up hound deep in the backwaters of the bayou. Book Synopsis There is nothing lonelier than a cat who has been loved, at least for a while, and then abandoned on the side of the road. This harrowing yet sweet story won a Newbery Honor and was a National Book Award finalist. About the Book Abandoned and about to have kittens, a calico cat is befriended by a hound dog who urges her to raise her kittens underneath the porch of his owners house, where they will be safe-as long as they stay in the Underneath.
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