Day 5 - Tuesday
On Tuesday morning, Gobbles followed Jack into the kitchen.
"You must be ready for your meal today," said Jack, as he reached into a cupboard.
Upstairs, Mother heard shuffling and called out to her son.
"Have you fed Gobbles yet?" she shouted down to Jack.
"Now doing it, Mother," he yelled back.
"Good boy, Jack," Mother shouted down, "Don't forget not to overfeed her!"
It was then that Jack panicked. He didn't want too overfeed his pet and he most certainly did not want to disobey his mother. However, her words of warning echoed around in his head and he became anxious to do what was right.
"I don't know how much to give you?" he confessed to the waiting kitten.
Gobbles just looked up and purred. It was then that Jack had a marvellous idea: he would simply give Gobbles one bowl at a time, until she stopped eating. That would surely mean that he had given her the right amount. Jack poured a bowl full of Kibbles and placed it upon the floor. Then he filled a second a second bowl, another, another and then another. Gobbles stopped eating after the fifth bowl and then settled down onto the carpet for a snooze. Jack felt her stomach: it seemed that she was full and content.
Gobbles was happy and so Jack was too.
