( This is how it starts )(6/9: Cleaned up the formatting, finally. 7/13/07: web site go bye bye. Stuck it in here.)
I'm dissatisfied with this piece, though, because the reader really ought to know right off the bat that my main character is eleven years old, but I couldn't gracefully fit it into this.
One of the kittens has gotten on top of the bookshelves, and I think she forgot how to get down. They do that sometimes. :-)