One fateful day Emily slipped on a wet patch of moss and fell hard, breaking her leg in two places.
She was in agony. Her parents rushed her to the hospital, where she was told she would need to have her leg in a cast for several weeks. Emily was devastated; she had been looking forward to exploring the forest all summer, and now she was stuck inside with a painful injury. But one day, her parents brought home a small gray kitten. The kitten was shy at first. But then Emily picked it up, and it began to purr.