Sin No.1
I opened my creaking kitchen door gently and heard a strong flutter of wings of a pigeon. It flew dashed out of the kitchen via the steel railings when it saw me coming. The fear of capture I suppose.
Then, I heard chirping on the kitchen cabinet. I dragged a stool, stood on it, cranked my head over and saw two featherless little baby pigeons nestled neatly.
I slowly, gently and carefully brought down the two wrinkled baby pigeons and put them on a sheet of paper and left them by the back door of the kitchen. Two hours later there were dead.
This happened 3 weeks ago.
Sin No.2
A mother cat had six kittens given birth in a huge basket left for old papers. Upon seeing me, in a flash the grey-stripped cat jumped out of the basket and disappeared into the neighbour's garden.
I again, slowly and gently collected all the six new arrivals, put them again on an old newspaper and left them in the garden under the blazing sun hoping the mother cat will come and take all her six to another safer hiding.
Ten minutes later, rain came. It poured like hell. It always does in Penang. Later that evening two kittens drowned. The other four had gone missing. I never saw the mother cat and her kittens after that.
This happened 2 days ago.
I have sinned.
Here now am awaiting what punishment awaits me for killing two helpless pigeons and two kittens.
Piece of advice: The baby pigeons as well as the kittens should have been left at the same spot as they were before.
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