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[ KITTENS MEOWING ]
Narrator: WELCOME TO A WORLD WHERE CUDDLY KNOWS NO BOUNDS,
A PLACE WHERE PRECIOUS IS REDEFINED.
WITNESS THE MIRACLE OF CUTE.
[ KITTEN MEOWS ]
FROM THEIR FIRST STEPS INTO THE WILD...
[ KITTEN MEOWS ]
...TO THEIR ADVENTURES WITH NEW FRIENDS,
IT'S THREE DIFFERENT KITTEN COMING-OF-AGE STORIES.
AND THEY'RE AWE-INSPIRINGLY ADORABLE.
BECAUSE THESE KITTENS ARE JUST TOO LOVEABLE...
TOO DELIGHTFUL...
TOO CUTE.
-- Captions by VITAC -- www.vitac.com
CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
THE STORY BEGINS IN A LEAFY SUBURB,
WHERE A BIRMAN NAMED GODIVA KISS LIVES.
SHE'S JUST GIVEN BIRTH TO THREE LITTLE KITTENS...
...TWO GIRLS AND ONE BOY --
WEIGHING IN AT JUST SIX OUNCES EACH.
BIRMANS HAVE AN ANCIENT HISTORY.
AS COMPANIONS TO PRIESTS IN BURMA,
THEY WERE THE COUNTRY'S SACRED CATS
BEFORE WINNING OVER THE WESTERN WORLD.
THE SECRET OF THE BREED'S APPEAL LIES IN THEIR GORGEOUS COAT.
THE BIRMAN IS A COLOR-POINT CAT,
WHICH MEANS ITS LIGHT COAT IS CONTRASTED
WITH DARKER MARKINGS ON ITS FACE, EARS, LEGS, AND TAIL.
MOM GODIVA KISS HAS A CHOCOLATE-POINT COAT,
WHILE THE KITTENS' DAD, PHOENIX, HAS A SEAL-POINT,
OR DARK BROWN, COLORING.
WHAT'S SPECIAL ABOUT COLOR-POINT CATS
IS THAT THE KITTENS ARE BORN NEARLY ALL WHITE
AND GROW INTO THEIR MARKINGS.
IN THE WEEKS AHEAD, THEY'LL REVEAL EXACTLY WHAT COLOR POINT
THEY'LL BE -- WHETHER THEY'LL LOOK LIKE DAD OR LIKE MOM.
WHATEVER THEIR COLOR,
GODIVA KISS IS HOPING THEY'LL FOLLOW HER LEAD
AS PRIZE-WINNING SHOW CATS.
HER TWIN GIRLS ARE DOLLY AND POM,
WHO ARE CUTE ENOUGH TO LOOK LIKE FUTURE BEAUTY QUEENS.
AS THE GIRLS ARE ON THE SMALL SIDE
AND THE KITTENS ALL LOOK ALIKE,
THEIR PAWS ON DIFFERENT FEET HAVE BEEN MARKED
WITH A GENTLE DYE SO THEIR FEEDING CAN BE KEPT ON TRACK.
THOUGH THEY MIGHT ALL LOOK ALIKE,
THEY ALREADY DON'T ACT ALIKE.
WHILE THE SISTERS SNOOZE, THEIR BROTHER, FLOYD,
IS ON THE HUNT FOR LUNCH.
WITH EYES AND EARS STILL CLOSED
AND LEGS MORE WOBBLING THAN WALKING, IT'S NOT AN EASY TASK.
BUT HIS RUMBLING TUMMY IS A GOOD MOTIVATOR.
AND SOON, HE'S ENJOYING A RELAXING SOLO LUNCH...
...WHILE HIS SNOOZING SISTERS, WHO ARE NEVER FAR APART,
ARE HAPPY TO SAVE THEIR ENERGY FOR LOOKING CUTE.
A FEW MILES AWAY LIVES ANOTHER NEW MOM,
A DOMESTIC SHORTHAIR NAMED CUTIE.
DOMESTIC SHORTHAIRS ARE THE MOST POPULAR CATS IN AMERICA
AND COME IN EVERY KIND OF COAT COLORING.
THIS NEW MOM HAS A TORTOISE-SHELL COAT.
THOUGH THEY DON'T LOOK LIKE HER,
CUTIE'S BRAND-NEW TWINS ARE PRETTY ADORABLE.
THEY GET THEIR TABBY COATS FROM HANDSOME DAD KING ARTHUR.
8-DAY-OLD BOOTS WITH THE WHITE PAWS
TALKS IN HER SLEEP...
[ KITTEN SQUEALING ]
...WHILE HER BROTHER, LITTLE BEAR, JUST SLEEPS.
[ KITTEN MEOWS ]
THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE MOM'S COLORING,
BUT BOOTS IS SHOWING A TOUCH
OF THE FAMOUS TORTOISE-SHELL PERSONALITY
KNOWN AS TORTITUDE.
[ KITTEN MEOWS ]
TORTOISE SHELLS HAVE A REPUTATION
FOR BEING STRONG-WILLED AND FIERCELY INDEPENDENT.
[ KITTEN MEOWS ]
SO FAR, LITTLE BEAR ISN'T FIERCE ABOUT ANYTHING.
HE HASN'T EVEN OPENED HIS EYES YET, UNLIKE SISTER BOOTS.
[ KITTEN MEOWS ]
LITTLE BEAR DOES MAKE AN EFFORT TO TRY A FEW STEPS.
BUT THIS WOBBLY KITTEN CHOOSES THE HUDDLE OVER THE HIKE.
[ KITTEN MEOWS ]
THIS IS CUTIE'S FIRST LITTER,
AND THOUGH HER TWO KITTENS
ARE LESS THAN THE AVERAGE OF FOUR TO FIVE,
HAVING JUST A PAIR ALLOWS HER TO GET THINGS JUST RIGHT.
SO, WHEN DAD TRIES TO HELP WITH BATH TIME...
...CUTIE SHOWS HER TORTITUDE
AND USHERS HER LITTLE ONES OUT OF THE ROOM.
[ KITTEN MEOWS ]
[ KITTEN MEOWS ]
WHILE MOM IS GIVING LITTLE BEAR A LIFT,
FEISTY BOOTS GETS IMPATIENT WITH HER DRIVER.
[ KITTEN MEOWS ]
WHAT'S TAKING HER SO LONG?
[ KITTEN MEOWING ]
BUT MOM SOON SHOWS UP...
[ KITTEN MEOWS ]
...AND RESETTLES HER FAMILY...
UNDER A COZY BED --
THE PERFECT SAFE HIDEOUT FOR HER PRECIOUS NEW FAMILY.
[ KITTEN MEOWS ]
IN A HOUSE IN THE WOODS NOT FAR AWAY,
THERE LIVES A DIFFERENT KIND OF CUTE.
THESE FIVE PEACH-FUZZ CRITTERS ARE CORNISH REX KITTENS
BORN JUST FOUR DAYS AGO.
THE CORNISH REX WAS A BREED DEVELOPED BY ACCIDENT,
RESULTING FROM A MUTATION IN CORNWALL, ENGLAND,
IN THE 1950s.
THEIR COAT IS EXTREMELY FINE, LIKE DOWN.
THEY LACK THE OUTER-HAIR LAYERS OF OTHER CATS.
AS A RESULT, THEY'RE SAID TO HAVE
THE SOFTEST OF ALL CAT COATS.
[ KITTENS MEOWING ]
CORNISH REX COME IN ALL COLORS AND PATTERNS.
MOM BEANIE IS ALL WHITE, WHILE DAD LINUS HAS A RED TABBY COAT.
THE BREED IS KNOWN FOR BEING ATHLETIC AND PLAYFUL LIKE A DOG,
AND THEY USE THEIR PAWS LIKE SKILLFUL HANDS.
AND LINUS LOVES TO CLOWN AROUND.
JUST BECAUSE HE'S A DAD,
IT DOESN'T MEAN HE'LL STOP PLAYING LIKE A KITTEN.
[ KITTENS MEOWING ]
THOUGH THESE FIVE CORNISH REX -- FOUR GIRLS AND ONE BOY --
CAN'T DO MUCH YET,
ONE DAY, THEY'LL HAVE TO KEEP UP
WITH THE LIVELIEST DAD ON THE BLOCK.
[ KITTEN MEOWS ]
WHITE-COATED TOFU SETS OFF AWAY FROM THE GANG OF FOUR GIRLS.
THE ONLY BOY ALREADY FEELS THE NEED TO PROVE HIMSELF
AND GET TO THE FRONT OF THE DINNER LINE.
THEN, WHEN HIS SISTERS MAKE IT TO THE MEAL,
HE'S NOT TOO CONCERNED ABOUT CHIVALRY.
AND WHEN TOFU'S HAD HIS FILL...
[ KITTEN MEOWS ]
...HE PUTS HIMSELF AT THE HEAD OF THE TABLE.
HIS RED TABBY SISTER KIKI IS DINING...UNCONVENTIONALLY.
HER COAT COLOR IS JUST LIKE HER DAD, LINUS.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE SHE'S ALSO INHERITED
HIS LOVE FOR ACROBATICS.
DAD LINUS CAN'T WAIT FOR THE DAY
WHEN THESE KITTENS CAN BE HIS PLAYMATES.
COMING UP...
BOOTS MEETS SOME AMPHIBIOUS HOUSEMATES.
Narrator: AT 3 WEEKS OLD, THE DOMESTIC SHORTHAIRS
ARE STARTING TO EXPLORE THE WILDS OF THEIR DOMESTIC JUNGLE.
IT INCLUDES SOME EXOTIC NEIGHBORS
WHO MOM CUTIE FINDS VERY ENTERTAINING.
EVEN WHEN THE AFRICAN DWARF FROGS AREN'T VERY WELCOMING,
STRONG-WILLED CUTIE STILL WANTS TO PLAY.
GOOD THING THEY'RE SAFE AND SOUND IN THEIR CAT-PROOF HOME.
LIKE MOTHER, LIKE DAUGHTER.
BOOTS IS EQUALLY FASCINATED WITH THE SLIPPERY SWIMMERS.
IN FACT, PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING MOM DOES,
BOOTS WANTS TO DO, TOO.
THOUGH MOM MAKES THINGS LOOK EASY.
WHEN CUTIE CLIMBS THE SOFA,
BOOTS DECIDES TO SCALE THE SOFA, TOO.
SHE TRIES OUT THE GRIP ON HER UNTESTED CLIMBING GEAR...
...AND FINDS A FEW FAULTS IN HER EQUIPMENT.
BUT THIS DETERMINED GIRL DOESN'T GIVE UP EASILY.
SHE NEARLY MAKES IT.
BUT BOOTS NEEDS TO WORK ON GETTING A GRIP.
WHILE BOOTS HAS BEEN ADVENTURING,
HER TIMID BROTHER, LITTLE BEAR, HAS BEEN...HIDING.
EXPLORING IS OVERRATED
WHEN YOU CAN FIND A COZY SPOT TO CURL UP IN.
BUT SEEING HIS SISTER GET ALL THE DINNER
SOON GETS THIS KITTEN OUT OF HIS DEN.
AND MULTITASKER MOM PUTS A MEAL UNDER THE TABLE...
...WHILE STILL GETTING TO WATCH HER FAVORITE SHOW.
BACK AT THE CORNISH REX HOUSE,
THE KITTENS ARE NOW 3 WEEKS OLD AND LOOKING EVEN MORE UNUSUAL.
THEIR EYES HAVE NOW OPENED,
AND THEIR VOCAL CHORDS SEEM TO HAVE LOOSENED UP...
[ KITTENS MEOWING ]
WHICH COMES IN EXTRA HANDY FOR ONLY BOY TOFU,
WHO'S GOT FOUR SISTERS TO SPEAK OVER.
[ KITTEN MEOWS ]
[ KITTENS MEOWING ]
MOM BEANIE IS TAKING A BREAK
FROM ALL THE COMMOTION ALONGSIDE A SUNBATHING COMPANION.
THIS IS DONNA THE IGUANA.
IT SEEMS BEING SHORT OF HAIR
IS THE NORM IN THIS UNUSUAL HOUSEHOLD.
BEANIE GIVES HER LIZARDY HOUSEMATE AN INVITATION TO PLAY.
BUT IT SEEMS DONNA IS NOT MUCH OF A PARTY ANIMAL.
AS SHE MAKES HER ESCAPE THROUGH THE LIVING ROOM...
...DONNA NOTICES THE NEW ARRIVALS.
AND THEY NOTICE HER.
RED TABBY KIKI TRIES TO WARM UP HER NEW COLD-BLOODED FRIEND.
[ KITTENS MEOWING ]
BUT DONNA'S NOT IN THE MOOD TO CUDDLE.
[ KITTENS MEOWING ]
WITH ALL THE KITTENS CAUSING A FUSS...
...SOMEONE POPS IN TO SEE WHAT ALL THE NOISE IS FOR.
IN THIS FULL HOUSEHOLD, THERE'S A NEW FACE AROUND EVERY CORNER.
[ KITTENS MEOWING ]
AND THIS ONE BELONGS TO TIMBER THE GERMAN SHEPHERD,
WHO'S GOT LOTS OF LOVE TO GIVE.
SO MOM BEANIE TRIES HIM OUT AS A BABYSITTER.
TIMBER'S INTENTIONS MAY BE GOOD, BUT TO A SMALL KITTEN,
A NANNY THIS BIG POSES A FEW HAZARDS.
BUT THE KITTENS WARM QUICKLY TO TIMBER'S THICK, SNUGGLY FUR.
WHEN YOU HAVEN'T GOT MUCH OF IT YOURSELF,
YOU'LL GET IT WHERE YOU CAN.
TOFU IS GLAD TO HAVE A GUY AROUND TO EVEN OUT THE NUMBERS.
AND HE GETS SOME MALE-BONDING TIME ALL OF HIS OWN.
BACK AT THE BIRMAN HOUSE, AT 3 WEEKS OLD,
THE THREE LITTLE KITTENS' EYES HAVE NOW OPENED.
AND AS FOR THEIR DOWNY COATS,
THEIR COLOR POINTS HAVE STARTED TO APPEAR
WITH THEIR NOSES AND THE TIPS THEIR EARS
SHOWING TRACES OF SMOKY GREY.
TWIN SISTERS DOLLY AND POM ARE NEVER FAR APART.
[ KITTENS MEOWING ]
AND NOW THAT THEIR VOCAL CHORDS ARE WORKING,
THEY DISCOVER THE JOY OF CHATTING.
[ KITTENS MEOWING ]
BIRMANS ARE SAID TO HAVE DISTINCTIVE SOFT VOICES,
SOMETIMES DESCRIBED AS BELL-LIKE.
[ KITTEN MEOWS ]
FLOYD NEEDS A BREAK FROM HIS GOSSIPING SISTERS
AND IS EAGER TO EXPLORE THE WORLD
BEYOND HIS PURPLE BLANKET...
...IF ONLY HE COULD FIGURE OUT WHERE TO START.
[ KITTEN MEOWS ]
THIS FURRY CRITTER GIVES FLOYD SOMETHING TO FOCUS ON.
THE KITTENS HAVE NEVER SEEN SO MANY TOYS IN ONE PLACE.
DOLLY AND POM LEAVE PLAYTIME TO THEIR BROTHER.
[ KITTEN MEOWS ]
A LITTLE PLAY IS A LOT OF WORK FOR A TINY KITTEN.
AND NOW THEY NEED A REST.
THEY'VE LEARNED WELL FROM SHOW-CAT MOM GODIVA KISS.
FUTURE PAGEANT PRINCESSES NEED THEIR BEAUTY SLEEP.
COMING UP...
LITTLE BEAR GETS LOST IN TOY WONDERLAND.
Narrator: BACK AT THE CORNISH REX HOUSE,
THE KITTENS ARE 5 WEEKS OLD AND STRETCHING THEIR LONG LEGS.
AS THE ONLY BOY, SNOWY TOFU FEELS THE NEED
TO SHOW HIS FOUR SISTERS HE CAN STRETCH THE FURTHEST.
MOM BEANIE AND DAD LINUS ARE JUST BIG KIDS AT HEART.
THEY'VE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD
TO THE DAY THEIR KITTENS WERE BIG ENOUGH TO JOIN IN THEIR FUN.
[ KITTEN MEOWS ]
[ KITTEN MEOWS ]
KIKI IS DAD'S LITTLE LOOK-ALIKE AND HIS BIGGEST FAN.
AND SHE'S EAGER TO TAKE IN ALL HIS TRICKS...
...EVEN WHEN HE PLAYS ROUGH.
AND KIKI'S SIBLINGS FOLLOW HER BOLDNESS
AND START TO CLOWN AROUND, TOO.
[ KITTEN MEOWS ]
AFTER THE PLAY SESSION, THE KITTENS CURL UP
UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF BABYSITTER TIMBER.
BUT ONLY BOY TOFU DOESN'T SEEM TO BE TIRED
AND IS GIVING THE SITTER SOME ATTITUDE.
SO GENTLE GIANT TIMBER GIVES TOFU A LOVING REMINDER
OF WHO'S IN CHARGE.
AND THIS NANNY SOON FIGURES OUT
HOW TO GET EVEN THE FEISTIEST KITTEN TO SLEEP.
AT THE BIRMAN HOUSE,
THE TRIPLETS ARE NOW 5 WEEKS OLD AND FULLY UP ON THEIR PAWS.
DOLLY AND POM'S COATS ARE GROWING FLUFFIER,
AND THEIR DARK MASKS ARE COMING IN,
PUTTING THEM NICELY ON TRACK TO FOLLOW MOM'S SHOW-CAT LEAD.
THE BIRMAN IS FAMED FOR ITS LONG, SILKY COAT,
WHICH ONLY HAS ONE LAYER AND, AS A RESULT,
STAYS RELATIVELY TANGLE-FREE.
[ KITTEN MEOWS ]
FLUFFY-COATED DOLLY AND POM ARE DOING THEIR VOCAL WARM-UPS.
[ KITTEN MEOWS ]
AFTER ALL, EVERY PAGEANT CONTENDER NEEDS A TALENT.
AND TODAY, THE SISTERS HAVE DISCOVERED
A LITTLE PERFORMER'S STAGE
AND THE CHALLENGE OF CLIMBING UP TO IT.
DOLLY IS THE FIRST TO THE TOP,
WHERE SHE PRACTICES HER PRINCESS POSE.
POM CAN'T HIDE HER JEALOUSY AND TRIES TO TAKE DOLLY DOWN.
BUT DOLLY'S GOT SOME BITE IN HER, TOO.
AND THE INSEPARABLE SISTERS HAVE THEIR FIRST CAT FIGHT.
FLOYD IS WISE TO STAY OUT OF THE DIVAS' DISPUTE.
AND THIS EASY-GOING BROTHER SKIPS THE TANTRUMS
AND GOES FOR THE TOYS.
BACK AT THE DOMESTIC SHORTHAIRS' HOUSE,
CUTIE'S TWINS ARE NOW 5 WEEKS OLD.
THEY'VE GROWN IN CONFIDENCE AND CURIOSITY
AND ARE READY TO VENTURE DEEPER INTO THE DOMESTIC OUTBACK.
BOOTS THE PIONEER LEADS THE WAY
INTO A WHOLE NEW WORLD OF PLAY THINGS.
TIMID LITTLE BEAR FINDS A LITTLE CHALET TO SCOPE OUT...
...WHILE BOOTS HAS TO GO ONE BETTER THAN HER BROTHER...
AND SCORES HERSELF A PALATIAL PENTHOUSE.
LITTLE BEAR TRIES TO JOIN HER.
COULD THESE STAIRS BE THE WAY?
BUT HE ONLY MAKES IT HALFWAY UP.
SO, LITTLE BEAR GOES OFF ON HIS OWN,
PASSING STRANGE SIGHTS...
AND RUNNING INTO A FEW DEAD ENDS.
BUT SOON ENOUGH, LITTLE BEAR UNEARTHS A POT OF GOLD.
COMING UP...
THE CORNISH REX KITTENS GET A ROWDY NEW PLAYMATE.
Narrator: THE CORNISH REX KITTENS ARE NOW 7 WEEKS OLD.
AND THEIR BODIES ARE SLOWLY CATCHING UP
WITH THEIR OVERSIZED EARS.
ONLY BOY TOFU ALWAYS HAS TO PROVE
TO HIS FOUR SISTERS THAT HE'S THE STRONGEST.
[ KITTEN MEOWS ]
DADDY'S GIRL KIKI TRIES TO FIGHT BACK,
BUT TOFU HAS THE SIZE ADVANTAGE.
AND THIS BIG BROTHER WON'T CUT HIS SISTER A BREAK.
UNTIL THE KITTENS REALIZE SOMETHING IS WATCHING THEM.
THERE IT IS.
BUT WHAT IS IT?
WILBUR THE PIT BULL PUPPY IS THE NEW KID ON THE BLOCK
IN THIS GROWING HOUSEHOLD MENAGERIE.
TOFU ISN'T SURE ABOUT A PUPPY PLAYMATE.
[ KITTEN HISSES ]
BUT THE TWO OF THEM AREN'T SO DIFFERENT.
THEY BOTH LIKE TO THROW THEIR WEIGHT AROUND.
[ HISSING, GROWLING ]
EXCEPT ONE HASN'T REALIZED JUST HOW MUCH WEIGHT HE'S THROWING.
AND WHEN CLUMSY WILBUR TAKES IT TOO FAR...
[ KITTEN YOWLS ]
...IT'S LITTLE KIKI WHO COMES TO HER BROTHER'S DEFENSE,
SHOWING THE PUP WHO'S BOSS.
AFTER ALL THAT ADVENTURE, TIMBER THE EVER-PATIENT NANNY
SETTLES THE KITTENS DOWN FOR NAP TIME.
AND KNOWING THEY'RE PROTECTED FROM ROWDY, LITTLE DISTURBANCES,
THE KITTENS CAN FINALLY REST HIGH UP IN THEIR BEDS.
BACK AT THE DOMESTIC SHORTHAIR HOUSE,
CUTIE'S TWINS ARE NOW 7 WEEKS OLD.
BOOTS IS BECOMING AN EXPERT INVESTIGATOR.
MOM'S CLEARLY PASSED ON HER BOLD TORTITUDE TO THIS FEISTY KITTEN.
BUT HER BROTHER, LITTLE BEAR, IS STILL FEELING A BIT...TIMID.
SO, BOOTS TRIES TO LURE HIM INTO A GAME.
AND BIT BY BIT, LITTLE BEAR GETS HOOKED IN...
AS LONG AS HE GETS TO KEEP THE BAIT.
BUT THERE'S ONE THING THAT MIGHT JUST TEMPT HIM OUT --
SNACK TIME.
TURNS OUT THAT FOOD IS THE WAY TO ENTICE THIS SHY KITTEN,
AND SOON, LITTLE BEAR IS HAVING FUN WITH THE FAMILY.
IT'S A NEW DAY AT THE BIRMAN HOUSE.
THE 7-WEEK-OLD TRIPLETS HAVE NOW GOTTEN SOME SILVERY TRIMMINGS
FOR THE TIPS OF THEIR TAILS.
DOLLY AND POM, SITTING PRETTY, SEEM TO KNOW
THAT IN THE PAGEANT RING, PRINCESS TWINS ARE DOUBLY CUTE.
BUT THEIR BROTHER, FLOYD, IS LESS SHOW CAT AND MORE SHOW OFF.
MEANWHILE, DOLLY MAKES A NEW DISCOVERY...
...HER OWN PRETTY FACE.
[ KITTEN MEOWS ]
BUT SISTER POM DOESN'T APPRECIATE DOLLY'S ATTENTION
BEING FOCUSED ON, WELL, DOLLY.
[ KITTEN MEOWS ]
AND BEFORE LONG, THE CATTY CLAWS COME OUT AGAIN.
WHILE HIS SISTERS SQUABBLE,
FLOYD FINDS HIS OWN ENTERTAINMENT.
COMING UP...
TOFU PUSHES SOME HOUSEMATE BOUNDARIES.
AND NOW A "TOO CUTE" QUIZ.
IS IT THE DASHING DOMESTIC SHORTHAIR,
THE UNIQUE CORNISH REX,
OR THE BEAUTIFUL BIRMAN?
THE ANSWER AFTER THIS.
Narrator: THE ANSWER -- THE CORNISH REX.
THESE ELEGANT CATS HAVE A WAVY COAT
THAT RESEMBLES THE FUR OF THE CURLY-HAIRED ASTREX RABBIT.
THE CORNISH REX KITTENS ARE NOW 9 WEEKS OLD
AND AGILE ENOUGH ON THEIR FEET TO TACKLE A NEW ADVENTURE.
[ KITTEN MEOWS ]
[ KITTENS MEOW ]
MOM BEANIE AND DAD LINUS NEVER SETTLE FOR ORDINARY.
WHY DRINK FROM A BORING BOWL
WHEN THERE'S A WILD WATERING HOLE AROUND?
MANY CATS CHOOSE AN AQUARIUM DRINK OVER TAP WATER.
MOVING WATER APPEARS TO THEM TO BE FRESHER
AND LACKS THE UNPLEASANT CHLORINE TASTE.
TOFU ALWAYS WANTS TO DRINK LIKE MOM AND DAD.
SO, HE AND HIS SIBLINGS SET OFF ON A QUEST
TO SCALE THE AQUARIUM.
BUT ONCE THEY REACH THE HEIGHTS OF THIS WATERY KINGDOM...
...THEY LOSE THEIR SEA LEGS.
[ KITTEN MEOWS ]
LUCKILY, THERE'S A RESCUE SQUAD ON HAND.
AND MOM AND DAD DEMONSTRATE THE REFRESHING DELIGHTS
OF THE WATERING HOLE...
...AND PROVE THAT GETTING DOWN ISN'T SO HARD AFTER ALL.
[ KITTEN MEOWS ]
ON THE WAY BACK FROM HIS ADVENTURE,
TOFU BUMPS INTO DONNA THE IGUANA,
WHO WAS PLANNING TO BASK PEACEFULLY IN HER SUN SPOT.
TOFU CAN'T RESIST SEEING HOW TOUGH-SKINNED SHE REALLY IS.
DONNA TRIES TO MAKE A GRACEFUL EXIT
FROM HER OVER-EAGER, YOUNG FRIEND...
...BUT TOFU CAN'T TAKE A HINT.
SO, DONNA HEADS TO HIGHER GROUND TO DITCH THE PESKY FELINE.
OVER WITH THE DOMESTIC SHORTHAIRS,
9-WEEK-OLD BOOTS IS SPRING-LOADED AND READY TO PLAY.
BUT SHE'S MISSING SOMETHING.
AND THOUGH SHE LOOKS FAR AND WIDE,
SHE CAN'T SEEM TO FIND HER BROTHER, LITTLE BEAR.
BUT SOON ENOUGH... LITTLE BEAR DROPS IN.
IN THIS DOMESTIC JUNGLE, THERE ARE PERILS AROUND EVERY CORNER.
SO, THE KITTENS HEAD FOR THE SAFEST SPOT THEY KNOW...
...THE VERY NOOK THAT MOM TOOK THEM
WHEN THEY WERE ONLY 8 DAYS OLD.
AND THERE, THEY FIND SOME FAMILIAR FACES --
THEIR DAD, KING ARTHUR, AND THEIR MOM, CUTIE.
TURNS OUT THIS HIDEOUT ISN'T JUST FOR KIDS.
IT'S A QUIET GETAWAY FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY.
OVER AT THE BIRMAN HOUSE,
AT 9 WEEKS, THE KITTENS' SILKY COATS
ARE SHOWING WHICH SHADE OF COLOR POINT THEY'LL BE.
DOLLY AND POM, WITH THE DARKER MARKINGS ON THEIR NOSES,
ARE SET TO BE CHOCOLATE-POINT BIRMANS,
JUST LIKE MOM GODIVA KISS,
WHILE FLOYD, WITH LIGHTER MARKINGS ON HIS MASK,
WILL GROW UP TO BE A LILAC-POINT CAT.
TODAY, DOLLY AND POM
ARE DISCOVERING THE JOY OF A GLITTERY ACCESSORY.
TROUBLE IS BOTH SISTERS HAVE TAKEN A SHINE
TO THIS SPARKLY, EMERALD TRINKET.
AND SHARING ISN'T ON THEIR AGENDA.
[ KITTEN YOWLING ]
IT'S POM WHO CLAIMS THE PRIZED POMPOM...
...AND HOLDS ONTO IT TIGHT.
WHO NEEDS A SIBLING PLAYMATE
WHEN GLITTERY THINGS ARE SO MUCH FUN?
COMING UP...
KIKI MEETS A NEW GIRLFRIEND,
AND POM LAPS UP SOME NEWFOUND ATTENTION.
Narrator: THE RESIDENTS OF THE CORNISH REX HOUSEHOLD
ARE GATHERING FOR AN EXCITING EVENT.
IT'S GRADUATION DAY.
AT 11 WEEKS OLD,
IT'S TIME FOR BEANIE'S KITTENS TO GO ON TO THEIR NEW HOMES,
AND THEY'VE GOT SOME GOODBYES TO MAKE.
WILBUR THE PIT BULL PUPPY WILL MISS THEIR REGULAR ROUGHHOUSING.
[ PUPPY GROWLS ]
AND THESE DAYS, TOFU CAN HOLD HIS OWN AGAINST HIS PUPPY PAL.
[ GROWLING, HISSING ]
GOOD, OLD NANNY TIMBER HAS A GENTLER WAY
OF SAYING GOODBYE TO TOFU AND HIS SISTER KIKI.
[ KITTEN MEOWS ]
ONLY 10 WEEKS AGO, BEANIE'S FIVE KITTENS
WERE PEACH-FUZZ NEWBORNS
WHO COULDN'T DO MUCH MORE THAN WIGGLE AND SQUIRM.
[ KITTENS SQUEALING ]
BUT THEY SOON GREW INTO THEIR GRACEFUL, LONG LIMBS
AND PLAYFUL PERSONALITIES.
HI. COME ON IN.
TOFU GETS A GOOD MATCH FOR HIS NEW HOME --
A PLAYFUL, YOUNG GUY WITH AS MUCH ENERGY AS HIM.
AND AS FOR FEISTY KIKI, SHE AND A SISTER
GET TWO NEW SISTERS TO SHARE MANY MORE ADVENTURES.
Woman: BYE, BABIES.
THE DOMESTIC SHORTHAIR TWINS
ARE NOW THE TOP CATS OF THEIR DOMESTIC JUNGLE.
THEY'VE COME A LONG WAY
SINCE BOOTS FIRST TRIED TO PLAY WITH THESE EXOTIC HOUSEMATES.
JUST 10 WEEKS AGO, THE TWINS WERE TINY, TABBY FUR BALLS.
FROM THE START, BOOTS WAS THE FEISTY GO-GETTER...
...WHILE HER BROTHER, LITTLE BEAR,
BEGAN LIFE A BIT WARY OF THE WORLD.
BUT ALONG THE WAY,
HE FOUND THE COURAGE TO GO ON HIS OWN ADVENTURES.
TODAY, A NEW CHAPTER BEGINS
AS BOTH KITTENS GO TOGETHER TO THEIR NEW HOME.
BOOTS GETS A NEW PAL WHO CAN'T WAIT TO PLAY...
...WHILE LITTLE BEAR GETS A LOT OF LOVE
FROM A NEW FRIEND WHO'S AS GENTLE AS HE IS.
AND OF COURSE, THE TWINS WILL ALWAYS HAVE EACH OTHER.
THE ROAD AHEAD IS BEST TRAVELED TOGETHER.
THANK YOU.
YOU'RE WELCOME.
[ KITTENS MEOW ]
OH, HOW CUTE.
AT THE BIRMAN HOUSE,
THE THREE LITTLE KITTENS ARE SO EXCITED,
THEY JUST CAN'T SIT STILL.
TODAY'S THE DAY THE 10-WEEK-OLD TRIPLETS
MEET THEIR NEW FAMILIES.
[ KITTENS MEOW ]
IT'S BEEN A LONG ROAD FOR GODIVA KISS' THREE KITTENS.
FROM THE START, DOLLY AND POM WERE NEVER FAR APART...
...THOUGH THE PAGEANT PRINCESSES
HAVE HAD THEIR DIFFERENCES ALONG THE WAY.
BUT WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT,
SISTERS ARE THERE FOR EACH OTHER.
FLOYD, ON THE OTHER HAND,
WAS ALWAYS CONTENT TO DO HIS OWN THING.
[ KITTEN MEOWS ]
BUT TODAY, HE'LL GET A NEW FAMILY,
AND HE'LL NO LONGER BE THE ONLY BOY.
HE'S GOT A BRAND-NEW PLAYMATE
WITH WHOM TO SHARE PLENTY OF FUN.
YOU GET TO COME HOME WITH US.
DOLLY HAS SOME BRAND-NEW ADMIRERS, TOO...
Woman: HERE'S THE KITTY.
...WHO CAN'T HELP BUT ENJOY
THE ACCESSORIES ON THEIR BEAUTY QUEEN'S SILKY COAT.
[ KITTEN MEOWS ]
POM IS THE CENTER OF ATTENTION IN HER NEW PAGEANT RING.
[ KITTEN PURRING ]
WITH HER FAMILY, SHE JOINS THREE OTHER PRINCESSES
FOR WHAT LOOKS LIKE A PAMPERED LIFE AHEAD.
WANT TO COME HOME WITH US?
Woman: THANK YOU.
BYE BYE.
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