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THE KITTEN   By Tessa Harvey     A month later, virtually all the school parents, carers, grandparents, other interested family members had signed and delivered to the local council a mammoth petition. It was not ignored and the principal, Elspeth McLeod was re-instated.     Immediately she changed the curriculum to being morally centred using tenets of faith long-held by people of character and courage, instilling a Christian worldview in the students. The change in the children in every aspect of their lives was dramatic.     They were able to learn, play and just be children. Velma was much happier. Jackson was slowly changing. Velma loved helping children. Hope made a dark world bearable. THE END ------------------------------ THE WORTH OF ONE     The tall woman towered over the slim, somewhat dishevelled child. Slowly, she surveyed the girl from head to toe. "I have heard," the woman declared, ponderously, "that you ain't worth tuppence....
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THE KITTEN  By Tessa Harvey     There was a loud tapping on the principal's door, then the secretary peered around the door, looking a little flustered.      "Mr. Poulson is here to see you." The secretary sounded upset. The principal smiled at her.  "Five minutes.  Just discussing ideas with Mr. Bryant."      "There was no need to try to protect me, Mrs.  McLeod. You see, I will no longer teach anything but what is morally true, just as my grandfather did." Elspeth came  round her tidy desk and patted his arm.     "Mr. Poulson is here to talk about my resignation. The board have warned me about my lack of inclusivity and for advising senior girls that unborn foetuses are actually people from conception.     "I cannot betray Jesus. But you, Jackson, perhaps you could read Mark, chapter 13 in the Bible and the first five verses of the Gospel of John. They will change your life!"     Realising h...
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THE KITTEN  By Tessa Harvey     Mrs. McLeod rose from her chair and turned to look out of the window. "Mr. Bryant, I do not like this situation. I am a Christian. We are praying against this Misinformation and Disinformation Bill which is meant to silence the Christians. This year I was going to retire. Perhaps I should refire instead."     "I know the child you speak of. I was asked by an unscrupulous man to take her to a party. Immediately I looked into the child's eyes. I knew she was different. She backed away from me. Then I was told this child was autistic, reacting badly to loud noises and crowds.     This man, knowing I was a Christian, the father of the girl's friend wanted to cause chaos at the sports centre and to me.     "What happened?" asked Jackson, intrigued. "My husband and I prayed. The child calmed, and came with us. There was no trouble with loud noises, lots of children....etc. In fact, my own granddaughter dropped a piec...
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THE KITTEN  By Tessa Harvey     Later they shared a meal together and became friends. Velma ventured "I hear your little boy does not like day care." "That is a huge understatement!" Daisy Phillips remarked, turning to her husband, Richard, who laughingly agreed.     "I work at the library," said Velma softly. "We have two toddler groups every week. Would he like that better?"     "Well, it's that we both work," explained Daisy, tentatively. "This is really cheeky, but Harry really likes you. Would you consider looking after him if we paid you fairly? It's a lot to ask though."          "Velma's face lit up, then fell. "Maybe Jackson would find it difficult....." "Ah so," said Kitty, their outspoken Irish friend, "would you look how happy Velma would be! A man would be an eejit not to see that, sure he would!" --------------------------------------------     After the vacation, pr...
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THE KITTEN  By Tessa Harvey     Jackson had no ide a his lovely, obliging wife had suddenly become an unknown quantity. She no longer fitted into his perfect ordered life.     He felt lost - after all most men, even those claiming to be Christian were involved in porn - even children, though that seemed wrong to him. Suddenly he felt himself to be without a moral compass. Or had he ever even owned one? Why should he?     He had patiently explained that other men were far more involved. "I don't look every day" he had defended himself. "You can change neural pathways in the brain," Velma had countered. "What walks in the parents (and I have faults also) runs in the children. That is why we have none." He was left speechless.     Suddenly he had called out as Velma was almost out of sight  "I am not a murderer!"     To his consternation, he realised people were watching, including to his horror, a family he knew and two children....
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THE KITTEN  By Tessa Harvey     Velma was sitting on a rock by the shores of the beautiful lake. The rock was grey granite, pitted and fissured from wind and winter ice expanding in cracks and thawing again. Beautiful whorls of lichen coloured the rocks and tiny cups of moss grew in sheltered cracks.     The lake water was icy always, but sparkled in the welcome sunlight. Suddenly she heard a little voice calling, "Tom, Tom! Smokey, Smokey!" Surprised, she turned, and a small boy was splashing through a nearby stream, singing softly to himself, then calling again.     "Hello," Velma called gently. "Hello," the boy paused, "are you lost?" "I don't think so," she answered and suppressed a smile. "What about you?" "No, I am here on holly day, but I want my kittens to come too. So I am calling and looking for them." He turned to go.     "Wait, Please," called Velma, as the child moved beyond the lake into t...
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THE KITTEN   By Tessa Harvey     A storm swept in as the children were leaving school, the rain lashing almost horizontally on a freshening cold wind. The skies were very grey.  The children going by bus were helped up the steps of the vehicles as fast as safely possible. Most were shivering as the unexpected, almost freezing rain pummelled adults and children alike.      Some of the children scurried to the line of waiting cars or 4WD's, bringing friends with them for a lift to their own homes. One small girl huddled near Jackson in the door as he waited for parents to come. "Mum's sick and dad's working," the girl Daphne explained. "What will I do, sir?"     It had been a beautiful day earlier and the child had been going to walk home. "I will call Mrs. Bryant," he replied, " but I will ask your mother first." ------------------------------------------------------ VACATION     Harry, Henry and Anna were going on vacation! It was a...
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