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Blackbeard: Kind of a True Story
There was a little kitten named Little Dipper. He was the cutest little kitten in the whole wide world. Little Dipper's mother was Dipstick. Dipstick was pregnant at the time and Little Dipper tried to make her as happy as he could, but for some reason he kept messing up. He tried to play with her, but that only worsened Dipstick's mood.

"It's hopeless! Hopeless! Hopeless!" meowed Little Dipper, "She will never have that kitten and she will always be in a horrible mood!" Dipstick was around the corner and she heard every word. She meowed and and Little Dipper knew that she had heard him. So Little Dipper scurried off into the kitchen where his owner would leave him food. Dipstick was following him when her owner, Trisha, started petting her.

"Ooooh! That feels good," Dipstick purred. Then her purring halted. She could feel the pain as it sprung upon her. She was about to have her kittens and had no time to get to the veterinarians, but she knew what she had to do. After all, she had had five other litters of kittens. Would this really be any different? The answer was soon to come.

Dipstick pushed with all her strength. It was extremely painful, but she couldn't risk losing her babies. Then, out popped a beautiful kitten, and that was it. She only had one adorable kitten. Trisha found a box and placed the tiny kitten gently inside. Like a good little mother, Dipstick followed. She gave the kitten its first drink of life.

The next day, some of Trisha's friends stopped by to see the kitten. Millions of thoughts raced through Dipstick's mind. She didn't want anyone to touch her precious kitten. To her approval, nobody hardly did. Little Dipper stalked the box, night and day. He wanted to make sure no one would hurt his helpless brother. He peered into the box and for the first time, noticed how beautiful he truly was.

Thing's went smoothly for the next couple of weeks. Nobody bothered Dipstick or the kitten an she was pleased with it that way Then, everything changed. Dipstick moved the kitten to different places in the house. She finally hose a small place near Trisha's dresser. Trisha tried her best not to be tempted to pick up the kitten, but the urge was to great. She picked him up and looked at the kitten's face. He was adorable! He had a black face with two white stripes. One was down the middle of his face and one covering most of the bottom. About at the chin area, there was a black spot that looked like a tiny beard. Therefore, Trisha called him Blackbeard.

Dipstick was coming into the room, so Trisha put the kitten down. Dipstick trusted Trisha so she didn't really mind if she pet her kitten hereafter known as Blackbeard. So Trisha pet the soft fur of Blackbeard and Dipstick.

Then, one horrible morning, the unthinkable happened! Blackbeard was dying. Dipstick knew, but didn't want to believe it. Blackbeard was only about a month old and he never got to see the outside of their house. He would never be able to meet a pretty girl cat and have kittens. Blackbeard would never be able to make Dipstick a grandmother cat. Then it happened, Blackbeard was dead.

Dipstick picked up Blackbeard and took him to the kitchen thinking her owners might be able to do something, but the couldn't. All they could do was sit by Dipstick's side and tell her that he was going to be in a better place.

Dipstick became depressed. She sulked around the house looking for something to cheer her up. Then, she found it. It had been with her all along. Even before she became pregnant with Blackbeard. That something was Little Dipper.

Little Dipper loved getting attention from his mother again, but was also sad that his little brother was now dead. Together the two cats soon took their minds off of little Blackbeard, but they never forgot him. They didn't think they ever could. For the rest of their nine lives, Blackbeard watched over his family from the heavens in the clouds.

The End

***This story was based on my kittens. Blackbeard really did die and Little Dipper has also taken the plunge. He got hit by a car. Now I have Dipstick, Zoey, and Sylvester. I wrote this story last summer. =]