It was a good morning in winter. The birds were twittering and the cars were moving on the traffic. Miaowing sounds took my attention and I looked out of the window. It was like a kitten and its parents in the garden were calling me. They were looking hungry and cold. I opened the window and called them them saying "pisi pisi".

I brought some milk and bread for them soon. They ate them happily and licked my hands for thanking me. The next day came again. I prepared their food before they came. We prepared fluffy cushions and made a kitten house for them with my mom. But day by day their numbers were increasing. We took lots of cartoons from the market and we made a cat hotel for all the cats that came to our house. They had food, milk and shelter to protect from the cold weathers. When my friends in our neighborhood saw our situation, they supported me and we started to work for the cat hotel together. Everybody  brought some food, milk, blankets, cartoon houses and some of them brought even wooden houses for the cats. This small cat hotel movement expanded gradually and went beyond our neighborhood. The municipality of our city made hotels for all the cats and even the dogs stayed in those hotels, too. One day, they called my parents from one TV channel and wanted me to talk about “the cat hotel movement” in the news I was very excited. Now it started to practice as a social responsibility project in all parts of Turkey. And I man many awards as I started this movement first. Animals are our silent friends we shouldn’t leave them alone! :) 

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