My kindergarten class of animal lovers was fascinated by a new book about cats. One illustration showed a cat cerryying her kittens by the scruff of the neck. The text made the point that although this was a safe way for the mother cat to cerry her kittens,children should not carry kittens in this manner. When I asked the children to think about why this was so,they had some thoughtful replies. One child said, we might drop them