Kitty's LJ

I found the man of my dreams. I was sitting on the dresser and he walked right in. He is big and black and so soft and furry. He's older too which is a plus. His eyes are big and beautiful and he lookes at me like I'm the most gorgeous Kitty in the world. Spot... *gazes off dreamily* Wonderful Spot. He's on the bed and I would like to jump over and join him but I'm feeling very shy. He looks like he would want me to come over but I don't want to be pushy. What if he doesn't like me. What if he just likes me cause I look like him. I will lick my paw and see if he notices me.

He comes over and kisses me on the nose. I hiss because I am scared that he is moving to fast. Now he is leaving. Wait!!! Come back!!! I love you... He is gone. I hope he comes back soon.

The other cat, Poly is chasing me. Up and down the hall, I can not get away from him. Pez normally saves me. He tackles Poly and bites him until he leaves me alone. Not today. I run, I try to hide behind the drywall. He finds me and chases me more.

I stop and look around. Where can I go, where will he not find me? This door is open just a little bit. *pokes head inside*

There are soft things in here and it is nice and dark. Poly won't find me. I can sit here until he goes away. UhOh.

I think he found me. He closed the door. I am stuck in here. It is too dark. I will meow and someone will get me.

"Daddy!" He's walking by calling me. I hear him yelling KITTY!!! I'm right here, don't you know where I am. GET ME OUT!!!

The door opens, and I jump out. There is Poly. Put me back in!!!

The door is latched now and I can not hide. More running.

Ha! I took her password. Now I can talk about me! Pez! Now I am the cat.

Today was exciting. I ran, I jumped, and I clawed Mommy and Daddy. They sure do yell when I do that. I chased the ball and stalked the scared brown dog. I played in the water and took Mommy's hair band. I spilled water, I stole the keys. I did lots and I thought everyone should know all about it. This is why I stole Kitty's password.

She was sleeping by the computer, and I snuck very quietly up to her. I swatted her and grabbed her password. She didn't even see it coming.

Now that I have it, you will hear from me again!

I sit happily staring out the window. There are trees, grass, and dirt, and no one can see me. I have hidden behind the blinds.

*stretch*

I think I'll take a little nap.

*eyes open*

Wait a minute, where are the lights, there were lights when I went to sleep, and TV sounds. Now they are gone. Something is wrong. I peer around the end of the blinds and no one is there. Did they not check that the cat was out before leaving? I must have hidden so well that Mommy didn't see me. OH NO!!! I run to the door and hear the other cat, Pez on the other side. He will help me. He can't help me, no hands to open the door.

What can I do while I wait. Take another nap? Not tired; Tease the dogs through the window? That might work; Curl up in the clean laundry? There we go, that's what I will do.

(Hours pass)

They are home. They open the door and let the cat out. YEA!!!

I have found the ultimate sleeping place. If I focus, I will be able to get all the way to the top shelf. I'll jump on the counter then LEAP to the top of the shelves. I know there are fluffy towels there just for me, and if I'm quite I can spy. Okay, here goes.

I jump and now I leap. I land on the towels but they are slipping and I am falling.

Now the towels are on the floor. This is what I meant to do anyway. The towels are on the floor in a nice pile of bed just for me.

I sit on the end of the bed, hoping that the big red dog will run by. If she does, I will hit her, and make her jump. She is so scared of me. Mommy and Bald One jump when I hit the big red dog. They think she will eat me but she won't. She's too afraid. I see her!!!

*SWAT*

The big red dog ran in the closet. Dumb dog!

I lay on the bed and sleep.

It is warm and the bed is comfortable. The other cat Pez is here, and Pez lies against the cat and sleeps also. It is good.

There is movement behind me. It is Chases Me. It pets Pez and pets the cat. Pez moves. It moves, and so the cat reaches up and licks Pez. Pez moves some more. It puts out its paw to push the cat away, so the cat licks the paw and cleans the paw instead. Pez lays down against the cat again. I clean Pez more.

It is warm and I am sleepy and comfortable. Chases Me pets Pez and the cat. The cat grooms Pez. The cat is content.

There is the other cat Poly. I see Poly. It moves and plays and walks around the house.

The cat likes and dislikes Poly. The other cats in the house should be watched. They are small and too playful. The cat should watch them and protect them. The cat should stop them from doing bad things.

Here comes Poly. I walk up slowly behind it. It is playing and does not run from the cat, and so the cat comes up to it and then the cat grabs Poly!

You will be cleaned and also bitten!

Poly fights! It rolls on its back and bites at the cat! The cat bites back! The cat wraps it's legs around Poly! Poly is small and the cat sits on top of it!

*Groom, groom, groom, groom*

Yes, you are cleaned. That is good. Now you will be happy and well, and the cat will like you.

*Groom, groom, groom, Bite! Bite! Bite!*

Now I bite your stomach! You fight! I keep biting! I bite you harder!

*Groom, groom, groom*

Poly goes still and lets the cat clean it. Yes, Poly should let the cat clean and also bite it.

*Groom, Bite! Bite! Groom, groom*

It is good. You are bitten and also cleaned. Poly goes still and fights and goes still. It submits. The cat sits on top and cleans it and bites it some. It is enough. The cat has bitten and cleaned Poly enough.

I get off you. You stand up and run to the other side of the room to play. You do not watch the cat. Perhaps the cat will come and bathe you and also bite you more later.

There are other cats in the house. I hate other cats!!!

There are two, and they are here, and they walk around the house!

*Hiss*

I hate you!

*Hiss*

Go away!

They go around the house where the cat is and they do not go away! I do not like it! They touch the cat's things and are where the cat is! It is bad!

*Hiss*

Go away!

They use the cat's box. Do not do that! They eat the cat's food! Do not eat the food! It is for the cat! You are not the cat!

I hate them.

I lay on the bed and I sleep.

What is that? Oh, it is you. You have come over and are petting the cat. I do not know if I like it.

I was nice and relaxed and warm. Now you pet me. It disturbs me. I cannot sleep.

Here comes your hand again to pet me, so I bite it. Then I bite it more. You were wrong to touch the cat while it slept.

The hand lies still between my paws. I bite it again once more.....it is still.....it is still.....

I lick the hand. I clean the hand. It doesn't move, and so I won't bite it. You were bad before, but I am so relaxed and content. I lick your hand and your arm so they are groomed and you are content too.

I like you now.

I ate the leaves in Loud One's room. Now I RUN!! I run around the house!!!

I see you sitting there, and you look at me. I look at you and I sneak behind the corner. I move so that you cannot see me. You cannot know that I am hunting you. You are still there, and you do not see the cat, and I gather to spring at you, and NOW I JUMP OUT AND HIT YOUR FACE!!!

You do not see the cat until I have you!! You yell!! I run away again!!

Success!

There is some butter; I see it on the shelf. I would like to lick some. People yell when the cat eats things from the counter, but no one is watching now. Maybe I will just smell it very close...

Chases Me sees the cat and yells! I am picked up and tossed away! That is bad! It is angry with me!

I ate the butter first though. I go into the hall to lick my lips some.

There is a black plastic thing. It is thin like string and hard. I chew it with my teeth but cannot swallow it.

I carry the plastic thing in my mouth. Sometimes, I chew it more. Yes, it is good to chew on things. I chew it and take it with me through the house.

Here is the room of Chases Me. It is gone now, but the cat can get in. Here by the door are its shoes. They are left out and alone; Chases Me is not wearing them, so they are for the cat to use. I put my head down inside. In the shoes it is dark and smells like human.

This is the place where the plastic thing should go. I drop it out of my mouth and into the shoe. Now the cat's plastic thing is hidden and safe, so this is where it should stay.

I sit on the window ledge and lick the blinds with my tongue.

Mmmmm....blinds.

The cat ate the plant in Chases Me's room.

Oh, that was not good. The cat is sick. It feels bad.

*Hyugh!* *Hyugh!*

The plant should come out!

*Hyugh!*

I come and crouch on Loud One's shirt and try to get the plant out.

*Hyugh!*

Don't pick me up! Leave the cat alone! The cat is sick!

Chases Me sets me on the floor outside the room. Leave the cat alone! The cat is sick! The cat is trying to be better!

*Hyugh!* *Hyugh!* *Hyugh!*

*BLEARGH!*

The plant goes onto the ground. The plant is out of the cat! I feel much better now.

I lick my toes.

I RUN INTO YOUR ROOM!!! HERE I AM!!

I sit. I bathe myself by your feet.

You try to touch me! I run away fast and hide!

I RUN INTO YOUR ROOM!!! I GO FAST UNDER YOUR BED!!

Under your bed - the cat wins!

Nice Man is here. The cat likes Nice Man - he is good to the cat.

He is sitting on the couch and eating from a bowl. I smell it.

Nice Man holds out his fingers and they have food on them. The cat licks the food off and it tastes like meat. That is good.

I lay on your lap, Nice Man, and give myself a bath. You pet me and scratch under my chin and are nice to me. Yes, the cat likes you. It will not run away.

Tonight you should not touch the cat. The cat wants to be left alone. You should not bother the cat!

You try to hold me. I bite your hands! Still you touch me, so I run away under the table. I sit under the table and watch you from far away. You stare at the cat but do not follow it to where it sits and watches you.

You watch me. I watch you. I hide under the table.

You watch me and it is bad. You should not watch the cat! You will catch me and hold me and I will not like that. I watch and watch, and you lay very still. I tense and wait and NOW I RUN! I run past you and away! I go and hide in the hallway where you cannot see the cat!

I watch you from around the corner. You cannot see the cat.

You get up. That is bad! You will surely come for the cat! I run again! I run past you! You do not catch me! I hide again beneath the table.

I watch you from under the table. Do not try to touch me.

Last night when it was dark only Mommy and Chases Me were here. They were loud and walked around the house, but they did not pet the cat much. Chases Me went away into its room and shut the cat out. Then Mommy went out the door to outside.

The cat followed through the open door and was out! Mommy was there but did not see me. I went under the porch where it is dusty and smells like leaves. This is when the humans gather around the stairs and call out and get down onto the ground to look at the cat where it is hiding. They make loud noises and call me and reach their arms under to grasp me, but I sit out of reach and watch them until I want to come back in. This time Mommy did not see me. She went away in a car.

The cat sat under the porch for awhile and smelled things. Then I came out. The door was still shut and the cat could not get back in the house. So I walked out and saw the outside for a while. It was dark and mostly quiet. I ate grass from the ground and listened and smelled things and looked at places I had not seen before. For a long time the cat was out and saw the outside. There were animal smells and plant smells. One place had some water in it. The cat went all around the house and into the tall grasses and the trees. New things were outside and the cat wanted to see them some.

Then there was a calling noise. Mommy was out calling for the cat. I watched her for a while, a big shape with a light moving and moving around the house making noise. It was Mommy but it was also bigger than the cat and at night outside. The cat hid awhile and was cautious of the Mommy-thing. It continued to explore the outside where it would not be found.

Finally though the cat was tired and wanted in again. The Mommy thing and another Chases Me thing were standing outside the door making noises to each other. The cat walked very carefully around the side of the house, then against the front, going quickly and carefully so not to be seen. Mommy saw though and made a sound, but did not move to hurt the cat even though she is big and it was outside at night. She picked me up in front of the door and we all went inside again. It is bright and warm and smells like the familiar things in the house. She touched the cat and made soft glad noises to me. That was good and they loved the cat.

The cat had explored and in the house people were nice to it.