Mother And Kid: Gestation takes 16 days; 7-15 in litter; young born pink, naked, and blind. Do not disturb young or mother and kid for at least a week after birth; if disturbed mother and kid will either kill and eat the young or neglect them and allow them to die. After 3 weeks, remove young from mother and kid; otherwise, mother and kid fights with them and often kills them. Sexes should be separated before young reach maturity at 43 days.
After school, on their way home the child asked timidly, "mother and kid, chocolate malted?" and looked up at her mother and kid beseechingly.
"No pea soup, no chocolate malted," her mother and kid answered firmly.
At home the mother and kid began to prepare dinner. The child stayed around, asked for water and got it. Seeing that she was going to get nothing else, she went to play quietly with her blocks. Sitting on the floor she put the blocks one on top of another forming a tower and then suddenly she smashed them down on the floor. She did the same thing five times, perhaps as an expression of aggression that she dared not even feel toward her mother and kid. |