He hadn't even thought of that. That was too much for Mark. He felt worse than foolish and he felt he'd done something wrong. He should've told his mother and he felt bad that he hadn't. A little kitten couldn't have got there all by itself.
Some people can be so cruel.
Mark got told off about the sweater, of course, but not about the ham, which mum chopped up into tiny pieces and put on a saucer. And she lined the kitten's box with old newspapers and put fresh toilet paper in the corner away from the saucer of water. Mum said that cats shouldn't have milk because it upset their stomachs. The next day was Thursday and Mark told some of the other children at school about the kitten. And cats scratch up the furniture,' someone said helpfully.