The Adventures of TC

By Lauraine Snelling

Acclaimed author Lauraine Snelling originally wrote this short story as a gift for her family and close friends. Now she shares the delightful tale of three kittens who lived in her mother's barn with her readers.

Three kittens quickly learn that there is a big world outside the haymow w

• Language: English
• Publisher: Books & Such, Inc.
• Release date: May 21, 2021
• ISBN: 9781087967264

Lauraine Snelling

Lauraine Snelling has been writing and publishing books across all genres and for all reading levels since 1980. She received a Career Achievement Award for inspirational fiction from RT Books Reviews and has consistently appeared on the Christina Booksellers Association's bestseller lists. She has written over sixty-five books, and a hallmark of her style is writing about real issues within a compelling story. She and her husband, Wayne, reside in California and have two grown sons.

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The Adventures of TC

The Adventures of TC

The Adventures of TC

Lauraine Snelling

Copyright 2020 Lauraine Snelling

Published in association with the Books & Such Literary Management, 52 Mission Circle, Suite 122, PMB 170, Santa Rosa, CA 95409-5370.

www.booksandsuch.com

All characters and events in this book are fictitious. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or to actual events is purely coincidental.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the written permission of the author.

Illustrated by Kay Hogg

Layout by Marci Seither

DEDICATION

To my mother, Thelma, who owned the barn and enjoyed the generations of kittens that lived and grew in the hole in the hay mow floor.

She touched everything and everyone with unconditional love.

Contents

1 Enter TC

2 The Silver Shadow

3 A Brave New World

4 Attacked

5 Down The Ladder

6 Catch It If You Can

7 The World Outside

8 Not For Kittens

9 TC To The Rescue

About the Author

1

Enter TC

Soft shadows hovered. The only light flowed through narrow cracks above. Light didn’t matter to the newborn, squirming kitten. He couldn’t see yet. His mother roughed him up with her tongue until he was dry.

He wiggled and pushed until he found a nipple. Milk trickled down his chin. Mother Cat cleaned him up again. Sleep hit him and he went limp.

He awoke hungry again. Now there were two other bodies to climb over and push out of