Once upon a time there was a mother cat, and she had a little son—a kitten, whom she named Fluffy.
They lived deep in the forest in a cottage belonging to a forester. The kitten had a happy childhood; his mother loved him, she caught mice for him every day and played hide-and-seek with him.
The forester would sit the kitten on his lap in the evenings and stroke his soft fur for a long time, and Fluffy would purr with pleasure.
There was much to explore around the house. The kitten loved to investigate everything—he would crawl into burrows under tree stumps, play with fallen leaves, bask in the sun's rays stretched out on the porch.
One early morning, the kitten woke up next to his mother and told her about an interesting dream he'd had. He dreamed that he had many friends, and they played and had fun together.
Little Fluffy became sad, realising it was only a dream. He decided that he absolutely must find friends for himself, because living alone was very boring.
When his mother cat went hunting again, the kitten quietly slipped out of the house and headed along a path towards the forest thickets.
Making his way through them, brave Fluffy found himself in a small clearing with a stream running through it. Coming closer, he saw fish in the water and tried to talk to them, but they all remained silent.
Crossing the stream, the kitten continued on his way. After going a bit further, he nearly collided nose-to-nose with a wolf. Fluffy tried to talk to the wolf, but it only bared its teeth and tried to catch the kitten. The little one barely managed to escape from the grey predator.
Making his way through the bushes, the kitten met a beautiful red fox and offered her his friendship. The little fox smiled and licked her lips. She slowly began to approach Fluffy, wanting to trick him and eat him. But the little traveller managed to climb a tall tree, and the kitten stayed there until the fox got tired of waiting for him.
After the fox left, the kitten climbed down from the tree and was about to head back home, as he realised he wouldn't be able to find friends.
But suddenly he heard cheerful voices and headed towards them. In the clearing where the kitten had already been, little rabbits were playing, and above them squirrels were jumping through the trees, and even little hedgehogs were there. They were playing a fun game of tag.
The kitten politely greeted everyone and asked to join the game. The little forest creatures gathered around Fluffy and looked at him with interest. The kitten explained that he lived in the forester's cottage but was bored there without friends. And then the squirrels, rabbits and hedgehogs offered him their friendship. Fluffy happily accepted their offer.
The little ones played almost all day and didn't notice in their game that the sun was already setting and evening was approaching. Then the squirrels offered to walk the kitten home and promised they would visit him every day to play. The rabbits also asked to visit Fluffy, which made Fluffy very happy.
The kitten returned home, and his mother cat was very pleased. She had been worried, as there was much danger lurking in the forest for little ones. But the kitten reassured her and told her about his adventure and how he had made many friends. Mother cat was happy for her son.
From then on, Fluffy was visited by his friends every day—sometimes one at a time, sometimes all together. They always found something to do, because it's always more fun with friends.
