Валентина Басан
Adventures of Michael the Cat and Oleksandra the Kitten. Friends
– Mom, Michael said that girls shouldn't play with boys, that I'm too small, and that Cat Lev and Cat Mishuta are his friends, not my friends! I don't want to be a girl! Being a girl is bad! 
The Kitten Oleksandra sobbed loudly and blew her nose into her mother's kitchen apron.
– Oleksandra, let the boys play in the room, you and I will go to the kitchen. First of all, I need to look at the pie; otherwise it will leave horns and legs, or rather, embers. And secondly, I have a secret for you.
And the Cat's Mom mysteriously winked, put her finger to her lips, saying that the boys didn't have to hear, and took Oleksandra the Kitten with her to the kitchen.
In the egg-yellow and cozy kitchen there were aromas of baking and brewed mint tea. Mama Cat sat Oleksandra on a high chair, took a pie out of the oven and put it to cool. Then she poured tea for herself and her daughter into cups with flowers and opened a box of sweets that Lev and Mishuta gave to Oleksandra.
