"Hey Chloe! Wanna play?" Zack asked. He was rolling around on the floor with a ball of blue yarn. Four months had passed. Now six months old, Chloe was enjoying life with her owner Suzan and playmate Zack. In fact, she had developed a little bit of a crush on the brown tabby. Looking down from the windowsill, the gray tabby kitten purred in reply, "Okay!" She quickly hopped down and bounded over.

"Alright, here's the game," Zack declared, puffing his chest out. He batted the yarn ball as he addressed the rules, "Your job is to protect your goal at the fireplace. Mine is under the chair. If one of us scores a goal, we get a point. Ready?" Crouching down with her green eyes fixed on the blue yarn ball, Chloe mumbled, "Ready..." The two kittens slowly counted, "Three... two... one!"

"It's mine!" Chloe cried. Reaching the yarn ball before Zack, she batted it away from him and towards the chair on the other side of the room. She could hear him running behind her, trying to catch up. But it was already too late. With one mighty whack, she sent the toy sailing under the legs of the chair. She had scored a goal. Triumphant, she tipped her head back and yowled, "One point for me!"

"Not for long!" Zack retorted. Grabbing the yarn ball out from under the chair, he put it back in play and made a beeline towards the fireplace. Growling playfully, Chloe chased after him. The two kittens continued playing their little game for quite some time. They at last stopped when they were winded and out of breath. By then, the score was tied. Both had scored ten points each. Laying on his back on the floor, Zack purred, "We should play this more often."

"Yeah, we should," Chloe agreed, smiling. Once again, she was perched on the windowsill, staring outside. Cars of all sizes and colors zoomed by on the street in front of their house. On the sidewalk between the lawn and the road, people walked their dogs or rode on their bicycles. And above all of this activity was a bright blue sky with a few fluffy white clouds here and there. And beyond that were worlds unknown and unseen to the kitten. Chloe sighed softly as she thought of that. Her green eyes brightened up though when an idea popped into her head.

Turning around to face Zack, Chloe chirped, "How do you feel about exploring?"