For the past few months or so, I've had the pleasure of having five
kittens (three gray & striped, one black, and one a mis-mash of black
& brown) live in various boxes in the back of my car-port.  Their
mother is gray w/ brown stripes & dots and was responsible for moving
them in their boxes in the first place.  The first box that I
discovered them in was much, much bigger than the one that I found the
dead kitten in.

Then the other day, the mother was suddenly hanging around w/ a bushy,
partially scratched up (on the back) brown and gray cat that my family
and I nicknamed "Fuzz."  We first assumed that Fuzz was a girl when we
spotted him/her w/ a medium-sized brown & yellow kitten in its lap.
The aford-mentioned kitten, sadly died the other day.

So the next thing you know, Fuzz and the mother were leading on of the
kittens, who was sandwiched in-between the mother and the leader Fuzz,
to the bushes her my front porch.  The next thing that I was aware of
was that the three cats pretty much spent the night in an isolated
spot underneath the plants and branches.

So today, I saw one of the little kittens freely walking around and
car-port.  My first reaction was to take the little guy back home were
his mother "cleverly" picked a hidden little box in the back to place
her kittens.  It took me about a minute or two before I realized that
all but one of the five kittens in the box were reacting to my
presence.

A pile of ants was swarming around the dead kitten as I out of anger
and confusion wanted to blame the mother and especially Fuzz for
neglecting/endangering the kitten.  I even went as far as to panic and
try to take the surviving kittens w/ me in a last ditch attempt to
rescue them.  Unfortunately, my parents were very upset at the idea of
me bringing in this kittens into the house (since we already have a
dog to look after).

The end result as that I moved the surviving kittens out of the small
box where I found their dead sibling in favor of their previous, much
bigger box/home.  My parents soon pursuaded me into "letting go" and
allowing the mother and nature to "do the job" for me.