<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">More photos (LOTS more) at the Daily Mail link.</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">Courtesy of the<b> Daily Mail</b> (London, England) at:</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "><a href="http://tinyurl.com/m9u5zuu">http://tinyurl.com/m9u5zuu</a></span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: nowrap; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-text-size-adjust: none; "> </span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">--------------------------------------</div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; "><h1 style="text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; font-weight: bolder; "><font size="3"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Cute as a button (mushroom): Tiny kitten who was attacked by a crow wears heart-melting crocheted costumes that - believe it or not - are aiding her recovery</span></font></h1></p><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font><br></font></span></p><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font>What could be cuter than a tiny, wee kitten dressed up as a button mushroom?</font><br></span></p><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font><br></font></span></p><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font>Nothing of course - and when you realize that this adorable creature isn't just wearing the outfit for the 'awww' factor, but for her own good, it might just make you lose your cool.</font><br></span></p><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font><br></font></span></p><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; "><font style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Wasabi-chan, the adorable Japanese rescue kitten, was attacked and seriously injured by a crow who fractured her jaw and ripped her tongue in two.</font></p><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; "><font style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></font></p><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; "><font><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; "><font>Taken in by her kind owner, who goes by the Twitter handle @jessiepon, Wasabi-chan's recovery was hampered by the fact that she wouldn't take to feeding through a tube.</font><br></p><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; "><font> </font></p><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; "><font>Thinking outside the box, her rescuer realized that sticking her in cute crocheted costumes would be a fun and sensible way to stop her removing the tube from her mouth.</font></p><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; "><font><br></font></p><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; "><font><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; "><font>'She was attacked by a crow,’ explained Reddit user DopeSk1llz. ‘Her top jaw was fractured, a hole in her throat, tongue was ripped, and part of gum was eaten.</font><br></p><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; "><font><br></font></p><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; "><font>‘The rescuer was feeding her with a tube which Wasabi-chan hates, thus created this crochet to hold her down while feeding.'</font></p><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; "><font><br></font></p><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; "><font><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; "><font>‘She’s gaining lots of weights and is now looking adorable!’</font><br></p><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; "><font><br></font></p><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; "><font>Once the pictures of Wasabi-chan were picked up by social media in Japan, the cute ball of fluff snapped up almost 50,000 fans - all wanting to hear how her recovery was going.</font><br></p><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; "><font><br></font></p><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; "><font>Updating Twitter and Instagram daily to update everyone as to her progress, @jessiepon has added to Wasabi-chan's wardrobe of outfits, all made by her grandmother.</font></p><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; "><font><br></font></p><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; "><font><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; "><font>Describing the moment she found Wasabi-chan on June 2nd, @jessiepon described the harrowing scene.</font><br></p><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; "><font><br></font></p><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; "><font>'I heard a horrible cry of a kitten, getting attacked by crows in front of my house. I immediately rescued her and brought her to the vet. Crows have eaten inside of the kitten’s mouth, to the point she can’t drink milk on her own.'</font><br></p><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; "><font><br></font></p><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; "><font>By the end of the month and a few cute costumes later, Wasabi-chan was well enough to eat by herself and join the family.</font></p><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; "><font><br></font></p><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; "><font>--------------------</font></p><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; "><font><br></font></p><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; "><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="text-align: left; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Button Mushroom: Wasabi-chan's mushroom cover was specially created by her rescuer's grandmother to allow her to be fed without stopping her feeding tube</span></div><font><div style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: -webkit-auto; "><br></div><div style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: -webkit-auto; "><img src="cid:58330187-54DA-4ADD-8F42-8D273DE0D4B8" alt="article-2360017-1AC23A29000005DC-957_634x632.jpg" id="58330187-54DA-4ADD-8F42-8D273DE0D4B8" width="634" height="632"></div><div style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: -webkit-auto; "><br></div><div style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: -webkit-auto; ">--------------------</div><div style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: -webkit-auto; "><br></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="text-align: left; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Not a Big Fan for Such a Small Kitten: Wasabi-chan did not like being fed in this manner much and her arms had to be held in place</span></div><span style="text-align: left; "><div style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: -webkit-auto; "><br></div><font><div style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: -webkit-auto; "><img src="cid:E526B932-39C4-4E2D-9A65-4A289EF23C27" alt="article-2360017-1AC23A03000005DC-1000_634x629.jpg" id="E526B932-39C4-4E2D-9A65-4A289EF23C27" width="634" height="629"></div><div style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: -webkit-auto; "><br></div><div style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: -webkit-auto; ">--------------------</div><div style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: -webkit-auto; "><br></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><span style="text-align: left; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Hungry: Wasabi-chan has now beefed up to the point where she doesn't need the tubes anymore</span></div><span style="text-align: left; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><br></div><font><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><img src="cid:02772AC2-9316-4638-82A1-4778BDBC0F6C" alt="article-2360017-1AC23A2D000005DC-890_634x632.jpg" id="02772AC2-9316-4638-82A1-4778BDBC0F6C" width="634" height="632"></div></font></span></div></font></span></div></font></p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: left; "><font></font></span></font></p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: left; "><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto; "><br></div></span></font></p></font></p></font></p></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">--------------------------------------<br><br><div>Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</div><div><br></div><div>"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</div><div><a href="http://www.MoscowCares.com">http://www.MoscowCares.com</a></div><div> </div><div><div>Tom Hansen</div><div>Moscow, Idaho</div><div><br></div><div>"<span style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">There's room at the top they are telling you still</span><span style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "> </span></div><span style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill </span><br style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><span style="font-size: medium; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div><font size="3"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);"><br></span></font></div><div><font size="3"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);">- John Lennon<br></span></font><div> </div></div><div><br></div></div></body></html>