Why are kittens so cute? You asked Google – here's the answer

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A few months ago, my family and I went to a nearby cat rescue shelter to get a kitten. There were five in the available litter to choose from, but as we were watching them play, one of the two tabbies boldly decided to scale a nearby sack of bedding, then promptly fell in head-first and couldn't get out. Obviously, we had to have that idiot. And that's how we ended up with Pickle.