Opening The Box

The vet was amazed when he opened the box and he couldn’t believe his eyes. He whispered in Alice’s ear, “I’ve never seen anything like this.” But somehow he examined the kittens and baby hedgehogs. And he was done and assured everyone that they were fine, he separated the hedgehogs and cats in different boxes. But when they returned to the room again they were amazed to find what they saw.

Reunited

When the staff returned after a while, they saw that the mother had moved the kittens to the box where hedgehogs were and she sat in the middle of box snuggling all her kids. They were surprised to see the baby hedgehogs were not hurting Musya or her young kittens. But Alice was worried about the kittens, she had to do something. What would she do?

Feeding Them

It was strange for all the people but Musya seemed like she had adopted all the hedgehog’s babies, they too seemed to understand that she was taking care of them and never tried to prick her. She would nurse the babies just like she would feed her own kittens. It was adorable but Alice knew she had to take care of the baby hedgehogs so she tried to nurse them with a bottle. Would her plan be successful?

Confusing

Though she had done this to help the kittens, it seemed to her that hedgehogs found it offensive. She tried everything from giving them a bottle of milk to using syringe but the babies simply refused to eat and were starving themselves. She was surprised as she had been in the zoo for so long and she had not seen such a connection between two different species of animals before. What would she do now?

No Choice

She had no choice left but to return the baby hedgehogs to their adoptive mother. And as soon as she put them in the box where the cat was, they hurried to her side. The cat too, took them all in her arms just as a mother would do and gave then all her warmth. The kittens too didn’t protest as if they had too accepted their adoptive siblings. At one point she was amazed by the bond but she wanted to know where did the cat find the baby hedgehogs?

The Truth

She tried to find the truth and went to the same place where she had found the newly formed family. After investigating further, she found out about the hedgehogs’ mother. When she came to know about the truth, she was aghast and touched. The hedgehogs’ mother had died on the same zoo ground and it seemed like had been hit by a lawnmower.