Desyataya zhizn'

Pogibnuv, ya pereneslas' v drugoy mir i uznala, chto yavlyayus' likoem – devushkoy-koshkoy, v zapase u kotoroy devyat' zhizney. Vot tol'ko eto moya desyataya zhizn', i o predydushchih ya ne pomnyu rovnym schetom nichego. Zato pomnyat zhiteli gorodka, gde ya okazalas'. Mne zdes' ne rady, a osobenno ne rad tyomnyy mag, u kotorogo ko mne starye schety. On nameren ih pred"yavit' i sdelat' menya svoim famil'yarom? Kak by ne tak! YA – koshka, a znachit, gulyayu sama po sebe! Proyaviv koshach'yu hitrost', nepremenno obvedu ego vokrug pushistogo hvosta. A eshchyo obyazatel'no vyyasnyu, pochemu zhivu v desyatyy raz i kto tak sil'no zhelaet moey okonchatel'noy smerti.