Lost and Found

A. Gautam

​ This past September, my little sister and I had a surprise waiting for us when we got home from school. A tiny, gray kitten was on our front porch! My sister squealed happily when she saw it, but I told her not to get excited.​

“She is probably lost, Laura,” I said. “Her family might be looking for her.”​

Our mother said that we could keep the kitten until we found her owners. The only problem was that we had never owned a cat. My mother and I found a book at the library about how to take care of a kitten. Then we went to the store. We got a few cans of food, a litter box, a bag of litter, and some cat toys. We were determined to make that kitten as happy as possible while she was visiting.​

That weekend, Laura and I made posters to hang around the neighborhood. We included our mother’s phone number so that the kitten’s owner could contact us. We also spent some time playing with the kitten.​

“I hope the owner doesn’t see these posters,” Laura said as we hung a poster to a stop sign. “I want to keep that kitten forever.”​

I smiled at my sister. “Imagine how her family feels without their pet,” I said. “They are probably very sad.” Laura nodded.​

The following morning, my mother’s phone rang. It was the kitten’s owner! She came to our house right away, along with a little boy. The boy seemed shy at first, but as soon as he saw the kitten his eyes lit up like fireworks and he smiled from ear to ear.​

“Molly!” he shouted, scooping up the kitten with both hands. “I missed you so much!”​

A picture of a cat who has food in front of them with a toy attached to it and the gray cat is looking at the toy

The picture best supports the details provided in —

A Paragraph 3​
B Paragraph 4
C Paragraph 7
D Paragraph 1​

C Paragraph 7

In Paragraph 7, the owner of the kitten is described as being overjoyed and excited to be reunited with their pet. The picture of the cat with food and a toy in front of them reinforces this idea of the kitten being happily returned to its owner.