Tim |
Well here we are again,
ready to tell an eager public the next part of our life |
|
story. |
Gypsy |
I told you
we might get a series, think we might have to go back to
the |
|
prequels
next. |
Tim |
What about
you on the roof, they'll want to know about that. |
Gypsy |
We are not talking about
that. |
Tim |
Oh yes we are, and we
are going to do you in the pond as well. |
Gypsy |
If you remember
at the end of the last episode I was downstairs, and you
|
|
were about to come out
of our room for the first time. I found a nice |
|
comfortable settee to
settle down on, then the humans' kitten, Madeleine, |
|
came into
the room. I was just going to sleep, when this box in the
corner, |
|
which had been doing
nothing, suddenly started to make loud noises, and |
|
there were
flashing lights, I fled. |
Tim |
At the same
time I was looking out of our room. I saw several other
rooms |
|
and the stairs. I took
a step outside. At that point you came charging up the |
|
stairs yelling "Head
for the hills", and disappeared into another room.
Nearly |
|
took my whiskers
off. |
Gypsy |
I remember
your reaction when you first saw the TV, as they call that
box. |
|
Anyway John came and
found me, and took me back downstairs. The box |
|
was quiet by then. |
Tim |
Then he came
up and found me. I was in my personal bunker, behind the
bed. |
|
It took several
cat treats to get me out of the bunker, let alone the room.
|
Gypsy |
They switched
the TV on several times, before I would stay in the room
with |
|
it on, but the settee
was very comfortable, so eventually I stayed. There is |
|
some quite good stuff
to watch on TV as well. |
Tim |
You were
well established downstairs before I came down, however
I did set |
|
up camp in another bed-room.
The Guest Bedroom they call it, Timmy's |
|
Room I call it. |
Gypsy |
I'd also
set up my HQ in their bedroom, trouble is they still won't
let me spend |
|
all night in there defending
them. |
Tim |
After a couple
of weeks, you don't want to rush things, I went down the
|
|
stairs. That's
when I meet the TV. It took quite a lot of cat treats to
get me |
|
out of the
bunker. Funny, I have trouble sleeping in the evening now
if the TV |
|
isn't switched on. |
Gypsy |
By now I
was sitting by the patio doors, asking to go out into the
garden. |
|
Staff did not seem to
understand, but they did open another door, and there |
|
was a big dark room,
with a car sleeping inside. |
Tim |
Yes, the
garage. Now, I like going in there on wet days, and putting
muddy |
|
paw-prints
all over the car, especially the windscreen. |
Gypsy |
You could
smell the fresh air at one end of the garage, and see daylight,
as |
|
well. |
Tim |
There was
also the faintest whiff of mice. I got in the garage only
a few days |
|
after you. |
Gypsy |
By then food,
water, and litter trays had appeared downstairs as well
as in |
|
our room. Suddenly one
night, instead of being taken up to our old room, we |
|
were shut in downstairs |
|
|
|
Staff
Notice. When the boys first came to stay they were confined
to one |
|
bedroom, and for a few
weeks after they started exploring the house, they still
|
|
slept in that room.
Once they were both happy in the house we moved their |
|
food and water downstairs
into the utility room. They had the run of |
|
downstairs, so we "confined"
the boys to the lounge, dining room, kitchen and |
|
utility. We still put
some dried food and water in their old room, and they still |
|
go in for a snack at
times. |
|
|
Tim |
It was a
lot better downstairs, I had my own bed on the settee or
one of the |
|
arm-chairs in the lounge. |
Gypsy |
I agree,
I sleep on a chair in the dining room, and I don't have
to listen to you |
|
snoring, and scratching
at the door, all night. |
Tim |
Strange,
Thelma & John said exactly the same thing. |
Gypsy |
The staff
started talking about letting me out into the garden. Madeleine
was |
|
the one who suggested
it, nice kitten. |
Tim |
Are you
going to tell them about the harness? |
Gypsy |
I thought it was a rather
fetching fashion accessory. |
Tim |
Big queen,
it was purple and a loop went over your head, with another
bit that |
|
went round your front
legs, and shoulders. |
Gypsy |
I still think
it suited me, anyway I wore it around the house for a couple
of |
|
days, then one Sunday
morning it all happened. John was talking on the |
|
telephone,
and you were all round him as usual, when Madeleine and
Thelma |
|
put a lead onto the
harness, and opened the door to the outside. |
Tim |
I was quite
surprised to see you walk past the patio window on a lead
just |
|
like a dog. |
Gypsy |
We went slowly
round the garden, me leading, then at the back of the garden,
|
|
by the shed I walked
out of the harness and wandered off. You should have |
|
seen the
staff's faces. After a few minutes I wandered back into
the kitchen. |
Tim |
Next day
they tried to put the harness on me. NO WAY. It took lots
and lots |
|
of cat treats to get
me out of the bunker. We've not seen the harness since. |
Gypsy |
By now I was going outside
regularly. |
Tim |
By now I
was scratching at the window. Two days later John opened
the |
|
patio door and he and
I went into the garden. No need for silly harnesses, I |
|
kept with
him, had a stroll round the garden, and came in when I was
ready. |
Gypsy |
By now I had found the
way down the side of the house to the front garden. |
Tim |
I got there a few days
after you. |
Gypsy |
You got a tick on your
cheek as well. |
Tim |
Staff got
rid of it. No cliff-hanger ending this episode? |
Gypsy |
After a couple
of days the staff stopped accompanying us on every trip
into |
|
the garden, and we started
to explore the area. |
Tim |
One morning
I came round from the front garden to see you walking towards
|
|
a large ginger cat.
I hate other cats, I barely put up with you. |
Gypsy |
I know, you
hissed and the ginger cat bristled out his fur and crouched
down |
|
as I approached. |
Tim |
Now we have
to decide what episode to do next, "Episode 1 Gyps
And |
|
Timmy-Cat - The Early
Years". |
Gypsy |
Or "Episode 5 -
Carousel - The Boys Help Repair The Clothes Line". |
Tim |
Or alternative title
"Tadpoles - Gypsy In The Pond". |
Gypsy |
Say goodnight Timmy. |
Tim |
Timmy Dolls coming soon, order
now for Christmas.
|