Maria Clara just wanted a moment of peace with her Bible.
She sat down on the sofa in her home in Brazil, opened the book on her lap, and began reading aloud, as she did every day. But this time she was not alone: four kittens — three cream-colored and one completely black — settled right in front of her, in a row, looking up as if they understood every word.
None of them meowed, and none of them moved from their spot. They simply stayed there, still and attentive, as if the devotional were for them too. The video of the scene was filled with comments from people claiming that the cats knew exactly what was happening. Maybe they did not understand the text, but they did understand something simpler: that this was a moment to stay close to her.