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e destroyed. We all missed himso much that I decided we reallyinust get another cat. There wasno welcoming mew in the morning.I even missed the smallmouse or large rat that he usedto deposit at my feet (usually atbreakfast time). I had to dosomething about it. Nqw wasmy chanCe. I would get-anotherMiss FIuff and breed some BluePersian kittens.Early DisappointmentsIt wasn't as easy as all that.It was war time and for variousreasons Blue Persian kittensseemed to be very rare creatures.After a number of enouiries andtelephone calls, a well-knownbreeder wrote to say she had akitten she had been keeping toshow, hoping that the war wouldsoon be over and that cat showswould begin again. Would Ilike hcr?So again one Christmas time abasket arrived and was openedby *y children. Dolly of Allingtonbegan her reign. She is oneof the sweetest natured cats Ihave ever known. At last, Ithought, there will be somekittens. But, due to the war dietor most probably my inexperience,Dolly's kittens never livedfor more than a day.I bought another cat, IdmistonTerina (known as Misty) andher kitten, Miss Fluff II. Dollyobjected most vigorously to thisinvasion and for some days therewere spittings and swearingseverv time thev met. After awhile, peace wis declared, and itwas most amusing to s'atch thethree cats go off rabbit huntingtogether.Came the time for mating, andI felt sure that Misty would producekittens. But her litter onlvlived two days and then MissFluff copied her mother. I beganto despair. I had read all theinstructions, kept strictly to diet,but still no kittens.I called on another breederand told her of my disappointments.Whilst there, I saw alittle male Blue Persian, andNeuburie Victor duly joined myhousehold.Victor showed sreat'interest inall his queens and'I just kept onhoping. Mrs. Brunton, the wellknownbreeder, called to see thecats, and prescribed a course ofVitamin E for them. All seemedto be going well. Came the day,or rather the night, and Doily ofAllington produced three beautifulkittens. The next night Mistyproduced five and the followingnight Fluff had three. I began tofeel that I should put up a boardoutside the house, " Cats MaternityHome " !Conceited FluflFluff's three didn't look tooh"ppy. I tried giving one toDolly, but after two or three daysFluff had only one left, whichbecame the apple of her eye. Ihave never seen such a conceitedcat as Fluff with her first kitten.To her, it was the kitten ofkittens. If I dared to look at theother kittens first, she would carryit out of the box for me to see.Too soon, they all grew up,developing characters of theirown, keeping us amused by theirantics, chasing each other's tails,catching sunbeams, pattingpaper, etc. But they had to go ;nine kittens were really too much.So thev deoarted to varioushomes, -and -are all still goingstrons. I had bred. some kittenst