A tender-hearted sixth grade girl who had been waiting for a school bus saw a cat who was injured and bleeding. She gathered up the poor thing in her coat and brought it to school and straight to my classroom. Her sympathetic friends gathered around her as she prepared to show me the cat so that I could work my magic and help the poor thing. When she unwrapped the cat,............three kittens! And two more came shortly. Everyone in that classroom, including me, were dumbfounded. Needless to say, there was a lengthly discussion in science class followed by many discussions in several homes that night. Even the most worldly and wise kids in that class were taken totally off guard.