Ruru the Cat here. As I sat on my throne at the top of the cat tree, I watched everyone else chase the Little Red Dot. It should have been mine, but I wasn't about to come down when all six of the others (Paige spends all her time hiding in what used to be my room, so she wasn't there) PLUS our dumb dogs chased the thing around. I get chased around enough around here by unworthy ruffians who are twice my size. So like the Queen that I am, I sat on my throne and watched their antics instead.
It looked like little Varya, the kitten, had never seen one of those red dots of light before. She was most determined to catch it. She was mowing everyone down to get to it. We all thought my brother, Chonk (aka Toothless) got it for a while because it disappeared when he pounced on it. He's not a very good mouser, and nobody takes him seriously, least of all me. But I was happy for him for one second when he had the Red Dot.
But when my people started laughing, I figured there was a trick. I couldn't see it, but the Red Dot of Awesomeness wasn't stopped in any way. All three of the black cats seemed quite sure they were going to get it, even Maya, who hates everyone and is Supreme Evil. Even little Varya (who scares everyone else in the house) knows to skulk around her. But none of them caught the thing.
Dumb Wren, whose entire self-appointed job is to be the prettiest cat in the house, got in on the fun. Yeah, his obnoxious prettiness didn't have a chance. The only mice he's ever caught have already been dead or have been stolen from someone else. Then, he loses them 'cuz the mice have more smarts than he does, even when they're dead. I was thrilled Wren didn't do what no one else could because he's a brat who loves to chase me like the sad little pretty boy he is.
The fun ended when that bully dog, Bean, who is smaller than me, went charging through the room barking. I don't know what it is about a barking dog, but even the smallest, most pathetic dog can scare a cat if he runs fast enough and barks loudly enough. And Bean is that pathetic dog. All the silly cats scattered when the five-pound twig charged through. But to reward his self-important bluster, the Red Dot disappeared entirely. Not sure how it does that or where it goes. Thinking it may be magic. But there it went. And I continued to sit on my throne, feeling smug that I hadn't made a fool of myself like everyone else. I just sat there, knowing I could have caught it because I'm Queen of the World. I've never caught it before, but that doesn't mean I wouldn't have this time.
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