Chloe the kitten ran around the daycare playground. She was three years old, and very proud of being so big! She could feed herself. She could get dressed by herself. She even knew how to use the potty like a big girl! She loved the feeling of her pull-ups under her shorts. They were soft and comfy and made her feel very grown-up! Mommy and Daddy were very proud of her, too, and that made Chloe feel very good inside.

She was about to go down the slide when her tummy made a loud grumbling noise. "Ghrrrrummmmm!" Chloe knew what that meant! It was her body telling her it was time to go do something very big, special and important.

It was time to go to the potty.

Quickly, she ran over to Mrs. Reynard, the daycare teacher. "Missus Raynard!" Chloe was clutching her bottom very tight!

The tall motherly fox looked up from her knitting to see Chloe looking very worried. She knew what to do! "Hi Chloe! Do you need to use the potty?"

"Uh-huh," the kitten replied, suckling her thumb.

"Okay, thanks for telling me, sugar! Let's go inside; I'll take you to the potty," said Mrs. Reynard, taking Chloe by the paw.

"Hurry!" whined Chloe. The mess was straining hard to come out!

They walked inside the daycare. Poor Chloe was trying very hard not to make a mess in her pull-ups! "Almost there, Sugar, almost there," Mrs. Reynard cooed. She unlocked the bathroom door. They had made it to the bathroom just in time. Mrs. Reynard quickly undid the bottons on Chloe's shorts and sat her on the potty.

But left her pull-ups on.

"Okay Chloe. Show me how big girls use the potty," said the fox.

Chloe took a deep breath, gripped the sides of the potty, and pushed as hard as she could! Her little tail flagged up, and the mess started coming out! "Hrng!" she grunted. "Phbt-splorrrp!" Her pull-ups caught the mess and held it tightly against her bottom. "Ahhhhh," Chloe sighed in relief. She stood up. Her pull-ups were so full!

"Yaay, Chloe! You went poopy in your pull-ups like a big girl kitty! I am so proud!" Mrs. Reynard said. She peeked down the back of Chloe's pull-ups, then gave her a kiss on the top of her head. Then she asked "Great job pooping, sweetie! You sure showed the potty who the real boss of your doo-doo is! Are you all done going potty?"

Chloe suckled her paw and shook her head no.

"Why don't you finish up going potty, then we'll go put some stickers on your diaper chart?" said the fox.

Chloe nodded her head and smiled, then relaxed. The front of her pull-ups got warm and wet. "Shhhrrrmmm!" Chloe looked at the big smiley face that had appeared on the front.

"Great job! All right, let's go get those stickers!" said Mrs. Reynard. They went out to the playroom and Mrs. Reynard got Chloe's diaper chart out. Chloe happily added a smiley-face poop and pee sticker. She was so happy! No sad-face potty stickers on her chart for this week! "Heeheehee! I nebber used the potty at all!" Chloe giggled. "That's right! No more using the potty like a baby for you, young lady! You'll be ready for big girl diapers very soon, and then you won't need me to take you to the potty just to go poo-poo anymore! I bet your Mama is going to be so proud of you! She already told me about how you wet your pjs like a big girl last night." Mrs. Reynard helped Chloe get her shorts back on.

"Arent'cha gonna change me, Missus Reynard?" Chloe asked.

"Not quite yet, Chloe. I was gonna do that after playtime is over. It's important that you get used to the feeling of a dirty diaper. Let's go back out to the playground so the other cubs can smell what a great big grown up kitty you are!"

Chloe took the fox's paw, and still suckling her thumb, walked back out to the playground. The warm squishy mess in her pull-ups felt very comfy under her shorts. She was so happy to be so big and grown-up! She was going to love going down the slide now.

But not before taking a nice big whiff of her special big girl smell.