124. A Cat Scratch

Kenny was crying. “Why are you crying?” Mom asked Kenny. “The cat scratched me,” said Kenny. The cat had scratched Kenny on his hand. Kenny showed his hand to his mom. The scratch didn’t look too bad. It wasn’t a deep scratch. Mom went to the kitchen. Kenny went with her. She turned on the water. She put his hand under the water. She washed the scratch with soap. She rinsed off the soap. She took a Band-Aid out of the kitchen cabinet. She put the Band-Aid on the scratch. She said he would be okay. “Why did the cat scratch you?” she asked. Kenny said he didn’t know why the cat scratched him. Just then, Kenny’s little sister walked into the kitchen. She knew why the cat scratched Kenny. “I know why Tiger scratched him, Mommy,” she said. “He was pulling Tiger’s tail!”