Aug 12, 2009 20:25
"It's perfectly logical," she said, taking a moment from her paws to deign to speak. "You see, it all started because of a bird."
It was sitting just outside the open fun place, preening and balancing with its little tail on a branch. I could smell it, and I knew it knew I was there. Well, eventually, its teasing was too much, and I tried to come out and tell it so, but when I sprang, the fun place cover Thing was slower than me. It tripped me, and trust me: landing on one's feet in a shrubbery? Not as easy as I made it look. Anyhow, the bird had flown off by then, but it had left me a feather. I took it, and I planned to go after the bird, but then I heard that sound. That sound that no cat can resist. I tried to keep going, but I felt myself purring and going toward that noise, only to be manhandled (ha, ha) into another Place They Live. The silly noises they make ensued. I stood at the Way in and told them, "really, I did have plans if you would be so kind as to make this the Way Out again," but all they did was open a magical can, and I was entranced. The Place was full of Things like this, and it was a Long Time before I managed to get Out again. The Way In to my Place was closed! People are absentminded, if you ask me. Now, I did wait, but after another Long Time, I decided one Way In was as good as another, and used the next one that I could. The one that finally obeyed my command to open had strange Smells in it. When I investigated, the Person started making those noises, so I was pretty sure it was hurt. I decided to make sure nothing that had Smells was the problem. I walked through nice soft sand, then I saw it. The Noises were louder now, and I knew I had found the Enemy! A Thing with Something In It! I pushed it but it couldn't fly so I had to follow it to the floor and it tried to stick me there! The Person, so glad to be saved, showed me the Way Out, and my Way In was open, so I came in and sat, and.. my goodness, this Enemy is delicious.