Pebblepup's Writing Den

To: Mr. Whiskers

Date: 6 April 2025

Subject: Mission Report

I am going to get this group of kids ready for the academy. They are an unruly group, more interested in play than learning. Agent Winnie thinks they are not well trained in the art of stalking. I took umbrage on their behalf, but they proved Agent Winnie correct. I will work on teaching them to stalk and hunt. At least two of them like pouncing. Sadly, that’s all they do.

I feel old. I don’t recall ever being that unready for the world. I suppose I must have been, back before I was weaned. I have confered with Agents Probie, Cuddles, and Winnie about how to train them to stalk and hunt.

I need to get them to the point where they can work stealthily to observe the humans. Agent Cuddles observed that it would be an uphill battle to teach these youngsters how to stalk and hunt prey. How did their mothers fail them so badly? I fear for our species.

This is our position at this time. If nothing else, we will teach this group of youngsters how to survive even if they don’t end up coddled by humans. Perhaps this was the humans’ plan for us? To weaken us by making us dependent on them. That’s my theory anyway.

I am not giving up, even if I sound as though I believe we have lost the battle. I am certain we haven’t. That day has not yet dawned. I will turn these unruly kittens into cadets the academy can be proud of.

At the very least, I will get them to the point that they will be able to provide for themselves without human intervention. I’m determined to ensure that my students will be useful members of feline society when I am finished with them.

I will stake my career on the fact that this pre-training will pay off. I just don’t know why these kittens are so woefully untrained. Did we get a group of orphans whose mother was killed in the line of duty? Or, if they weren’t orphaned, but were abandoned? I tried to ask them, but they didn’t seem to know what happened to their mother. I’m not even sure they are an actually litter.

I hope they realize they need to learn to stalk before they can feed themselves in the field. It’s not good.

My lesson plans that I created before the recruits got here are completely useless. I will have to work on new plans. I have to make contingency plans for this group. I must warn you that they may not be ready before the deadline to enter the academy in the cooler time. I’m just stating the facts as I see them. I will do my best, but I cannot be sure that they will be ready for the academy. They will be hunters. I’m determined to get them to that point, at the very least.

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