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My friend works in a shelter, and when I decided to get a second cat, I told her to call me as soon as she got any black kittens. "The first black kitten is mine," I told her.

She called in December, which is usually not a time for kittens to be born. They rescued the mom and dad from a hoarder, and they had never seen the light of day. The parents were also mother and son, and they had three inbred babies. They were all healthy, though, two black and white girls and one black boy.

We went to the shelter to see them, and the first kitten that came to me was one of the girls. She had two white spots on her belly, and I fell in love with her ears immediately. The fur inside her ears was white, and she looked at me curiously.

The black kitten I intended to pick up didn't like me at all and hissed at my purse. I took his sister instead, and it took a while to find a name for her. My then-boyfriend was into Babylonian mythology and found a name: Mulan, which translates to heavenly star.

So the kitten settled in and grew. She was healthy and there were no obvious signs of her being inbred, except for her extreme clumsiness. I am a very clumsy person, but this cat? She really manages to walk along the windowsill and stumble over her own paws. She fell off trees and ran into walls and I had to take her to the vet (who loves her, too) a few times.

One day, my boyfriend asked me at what age cats grow up. I said that it's usually when they are around a year old that they start to behave less like kittens. Well, Mulan turned five in December, and she still behaves like a kitten. I adore her playfulness and clumsiness, and I love her with all my heart. And when she gives me a cat kiss and bumps her head against my forehead, I think she loves me, too.

Story submitted by Marie from Cologne, Germany.

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