Mother cat and her kittens

Title: Mother cat and her kittens
Year: 1940
Rights
Fulltext: 410 .Vqv fmbtr, 1940 MOTHER CAT AND HER KITTEtJ~; . MOTHER CAT is giving her kittens a lesson in hunting. They make no noise as they walk thr9ugh the grass on their padded feet They are following scin~thing that is moving in the grass. Mother Cat will show the. ki. ttens ~()\Y : ~o. pounce upon it ... F>erh~ps therare looking for a T hanksgiving dinne:i;. Baby kittens are. very playfof Mother Cat is often i;een playing with them ... She keeps them clean by licking them with · her. tongue. Nature gave her this rough tongue for other uses, tcio. A cat ca:1 strip' melit from bones with it~ ··· mgue. IfMother·Cat wants to move h·:"c·. kittens she carries them in he~· moutl;l. She. catch.es tL: ,-n by the back ·; the· neck. Little kitten:, purr when they . are happy. Someiimes they purr to . . :.;1eir mothe~.. :Ha:ve you heard tb •:m do this? ''faby kittens soon learn to growl. \;:haps they '.<.'c.fri th":.drcrn ,,;,,;_mother. They ~. :)n ;<o£n, how tu scr11tch and bite. They :earn this in their play. Do you have a mother cat and her kittens? What is the name of each one? · · ·