Many many years ago......

A 9 year old kid with red short boy like hair jumped out of the house and into the snow. Winter was their favorite season, for they wanted to pelt the whole neighborhood with snowballs.

"Crimson! Don't forget to wear your winter gear before playing!" Artemis, aka Mrs. Moon, called out to her child.

Crimson went to her mother and put on a sweater and mittens. Then she proceeded to play with the snow.

She quickly spotted Ash, who was now buried in a pile of snow.

"Ash, what happened to you?!" She asked, both worried and wanting to laugh.

"I got an ice ambush from the kids on the next street" He tried to get out of there but the ice was too heavy. "Mind helping me? And stop laughing!"

"Hahaha, okay okay" She started digging him out of there using her hands.

She helped Ash stand up. They were about to leave when they heard a whimper underneath more snow. They started digging and found a small kitten. Crimson got excited about it and picked it up. She waved goodbye to Ash and ran back to her home.

Artemis was surprised that Crimson went home early today. She was used to her playing outside all day up to 6:00 pm. She noticed her kid was carrying a cat.

"Mommy, look! I found a kitty! Can I keep them?" The little kid asked with puppy eyes.

The mother nodded then examined the cat. It was in poor health. She took them from Crimson's arms and placed them on a pillow and covered them with a warm blanket.

Everyday Crimson would play with the kitty. She would feed them, bathe them, and overall took care of them. She loved them so much and even created a song dedicated to her pet.

At 8:30 pm, she would tuck the cat in and start singing to it.

"Neko, neko, chitcha neko (Kitty, kitty, little kitty)"

"Kumo no yō ni yawarai kegawa (Fur as soft as clouds)"

"Atama o agete watashiwomite kudasai (Lift your head up and look at me)"

"Ichinichiijū asonde irunode (As we play all day long)"

She pet the cat and left them there to sleep in peace.

Monday....

Mr. Moon was cleaning up the house while Artemis and Crimson were out. He was sweeping in the child's room when he saw that the cat was still asleep even if it was already 9 am.

1 hour later and they were still asleep. Mr. Moon bent down and poked the cat's head, it didn't respond. He checked if there was still any breathing, but there was none.

He heard the door open. He rushed to her wife and whispered to her that the cat kicked the bucket.

Mrs. Moon led Crimson to the kitchen while Mr. Moon made it look like the kitty was just sleeping.

Crimson ran to her room and gave her pet a hug. She felt that something was odd.....the cat was...colder..

She shrugged it off and just thought it was just cold from the weather.

Days passed, and Crimson was getting suspicious about her cat. While her parents were out, she went to her pet and tried to shake it awake.

"Kitty! Wake up! It's been days!"

There was no response.

"Kitty? Don't you wanna play?"

She kept shaking it, trying to wake them, but it was no use. She then realized that....it's breathing.....it stopped...

She sat there in silence while clutching the cat's cold body.

About an hour later, her parents came back, only to see their daughter sobbing while holding the dead body.

Artemis took the cat from her hands and asked her husband to grab a shoebox.

At 4:30 pm, they went to the backyard to give the pet a proper funeral.

Mr. Moon placed the cat in the shoebox while Mrs. Moon grabbed a shovel and started digging.

Crimson gently laid down the box, tears flowing through her eyes as her soft, aching voice sang for the kitten for one last time.