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Today was the worst day of my life. And I'm so upset and miserable I don't know what to say.

First two other humans I'd never seen before came and put Stripy One and Two in a box and took them away.

Then my humans stuffed me in a box and put me-in-the- box into a scary and noisy bad-smelling thing, that wobbled funny and made me slide all around.

Then, when some other humans took me out of the box, I didn't think I was at home any more.

And they put me in a wire cage!

This place smells really bad: fear, distress and something totally weird. There are other cats here and they're all in cages too. Some of them just sit there and don't say anything. Others at least make eye contact, but all they're saying is, Look, I know it's bad but maybe things will get better.

That's no help to me at all. I miss Mum and Black Kitten and Stripy One and Stripy Two and suddenly my world has fallen apart.

And I've got nothing to do all day but sit in my cage and cry. I cried a couple of times but the others asked me to stop because I was only upsetting everybody else. And of course I did, because I guess we're all in this together.

What will become of us? What's going to happen now? The only good thing about our cages is that there's food and water and a litter tray in every one. I don't think they're going to be cruel to us here, but I'm so upset and very lonely.

And Mum didn't even say goodbye! She just looked at me when the humans were carrying me away and didn't say a word. I think she looked sad.

Black Kitten was watching me, and she said goodbye to me. She sounded really sad too. She was staying there from the look of things. Why couldn't I stay too? I hate this place.

I didn't think I was going to get any sleep at all, but eventually I drifted off. I was listening to the other cats breathing. They're telling me we have to stay calm and be brave. And they're right. I'm being brave but I don't feel brave inside.