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A bedraggled orphaned kitten is nursed back to health on a Yorkshire farm and when he recovers turns out to have a very unusual idea about the identity of his mother.Tags
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A tiny, bedraggled kitty is found tucked beside a frozen pond, and nursed back to health on a nearby farm. But when he is fit enough to join the other animals, he turns out to have a very unusual idea of who his mother is.
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Moses the kitten is found by James Herriot and brought to a neighboring farm. He finds a family in the newly born piglets and their mother the sow. A heart-warming story about finding one's place in life. I love the James Herriot books for adults, and it was fun to find that some of his stories have been broken down for young readers. This would be a great story to share when talking about adoption, or accepting others that are different.
This is the story of a black kitten found by the vet James Herriot. Making his rounds throughout the beautiful country side of a very cold winter's morning, he spotted a speck of black through the bramble on the side of the road. Stopping, he saw a teeny, tiny black kitten, shivering in the bitter wind, he placed the kitten in his warm coat to take to the farmer he was about to visit.
The farmer's wife told James she would place the bitty baby in a side space in warm stove. She named him Moses, just as the biblical man who was found in the rushes.
Returning to the farm a fortnight later, wondering if he survived, James looked for the black kitten. The farmer showed him a great surprise. As he looked where the farmer directed him, there show more was a large sow, and there among the large amount of baby piglets, was Moses, teat in his mount absorbing nourishment.
When ever he returned to the farm, he look for Moses in the peg pen. And, there he was by the side of Bertha, his foster mother, happily among the other baby pigs. Bertha saw nothing amiss and casually accepted Moses.
As Moses grew older, and the piglets were weaned, Moses followed Bertha around the farm, side by side happily walking were a cat and his friend. show less
The farmer's wife told James she would place the bitty baby in a side space in warm stove. She named him Moses, just as the biblical man who was found in the rushes.
Returning to the farm a fortnight later, wondering if he survived, James looked for the black kitten. The farmer showed him a great surprise. As he looked where the farmer directed him, there show more was a large sow, and there among the large amount of baby piglets, was Moses, teat in his mount absorbing nourishment.
When ever he returned to the farm, he look for Moses in the peg pen. And, there he was by the side of Bertha, his foster mother, happily among the other baby pigs. Bertha saw nothing amiss and casually accepted Moses.
As Moses grew older, and the piglets were weaned, Moses followed Bertha around the farm, side by side happily walking were a cat and his friend. show less
A tiny, bedraggled kitty is found tucked beside a frozen pond, and nursed back to health on a nearby farm. When he is fit enough to join the other animals, he turns out to have a very unusual idea of who his mother is.
Certainly cute and cuddly enough, but something about it just didn't do a whole lot for me. Sorry I can't say why - I just can't put my finger on it. I have read the four All Things..." books and enjoyed them - about 30 years ago. "
A kitten who is sick. Farmers wife nurses him back to health. Believes the Mother Pig is his mother.
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James Herriot was born James Alfred Wight in Sunderland, England on October 3, 1916. He and his family moved to Glasgow, Scotland in late October of 1916. Herriot attended Yoker Primary School from August 1921 to June 1928. He went on to attend Hillhead High School from September 1928 to 30 June 1933, before graduating from Glasgow Veterinary show more College in 1939. Herriot got a job at the Yorkshire practice of J. Donald Sinclair in 1940. He was a part of the Royal Air Force from 1941 to 1943. In 1966 Herriot began writing at the age of 50. In 1972, All Creatures Great and Small is published, followed by All Things Bright and Beautiful in 1974. On February 4, 1975, Herriot received the American Veterinary Medical Association's Award of Appreciation. In 1977, All Things Wise and Wonderful is published, and a year later the BBC television series of All Creatues Great and Small begins. In 1979, Herriot receives the Order of the British Empire and honorary Litt.D. From Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. He follows that honor with the publication of The Lord God Made Them All in 1981.The following year, Herriot is made a fellow of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons and in 1983, receives an honorary D.V.Sc. from Liverpool University. Nearly a decade later, Herriot publishes Every Living Thing in 1992. He had written 15 books, which sold 50 million copies in 20 countries and worked as a vet for over 50 years before finally retiring. James Herriot died February 23, 1995, at the age of 78 of cancer. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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