| Gypsy |
In response
to the fan letter that flooded in, time for another episode
in our life. |
| Tim |
I still think
that was from Stanley Cat. |
| Gypsy |
The black and
white one who lives just down the road? |
| Tim |
That's the
one, he wants a part in Star Cats - The Movie. This episode
is more |
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of a horror
story than previous tales. We see the staff's dark side. Let's
start at |
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the very beginning. |
| Gypsy |
A very good
place to start, sounds like a cue for a meoooooow. |
| Tim |
Please do not,
but your singing is a good lead into horror. I suppose it
started |
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just after Christmas.
We gave our approval for John to send the previous |
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episode to
Ann. I like the captions she puts on our pictures. |
| Gypsy |
First the
Christmas decorations were taken down. Nothing to do with
us I must |
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add, staff
did that. I was becoming used to them. Then one morning, John
got |
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up, opened
the patio door to let us into the garden, while he got our
breakfast |
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ready. Nothing unusual
there, I went upstairs to make sure Thelma was awake. |
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A cheery meow,
and a cat jumping from the bed-room door always works. |
| Tim |
I stayed down-stairs
looking out of the door, until John closed it. I ate breakfast,
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then went up
for my morning grooming, it does make my fur shine. |
| Gypsy |
As I went down to breakfast,
John came into the bed-room. |
| Tim |
Thelma went
downstairs, Madeleine got up, but I could not find John, until
I |
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looked in the
bed. There he was, then Thelma said something about flu virus.
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When the staff
are ill, a cat's duty is clear. Stay with them. So we did,
for two |
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days, apart
from trips to the food bowl. Only one cat at a time left his
post, the |
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other snuggled
down in the duvet, next to John. |
| Gypsy |
Usually both
of us were there, it was nice and warm. Then Madeleine caught
the |
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bug, and stayed
home from school. I went to her room, while you stayed with |
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John. |
| Tim |
Next day John
was well enough to get up, and Thelma was ill, as well as
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Madeleine.
This went on for over a week, quite exhausting for us cats. |
| Gypsy |
John lit a
fire downstairs, and the others came down after a day or two. |
| Tim |
The fire was nice. I spent
quite a lot of time sleeping in front of it. |
| Gypsy |
Madeleine went
back to school, and Thelma got better, so we resumed normal
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duties. Pretty
much the same as sick patrol, except we had the beds to |
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ourselves. |
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Staff Notice: The boys prefer
separate rooms for their daytime siesta, although they
sometimes share.
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| Tim |
A few weeks
later the horror began. A stormy morning in March, clouds |
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gathered in
the sky, rain lashed down, the wind howled, it was dark. Can
we |
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have some spooky
music? |
| Gypsy |
You watch the
X-files too often. There was slight rain. At first John let
us out |
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into the garden
for a stroll, while he got our breakfast ready. He is still
too slow, |
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but improving.
We soon came in from the garden, and the door was closed |
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behind us. |
| Tim |
Normal behaviour,
humans don't seem to like cold winds. After my first |
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breakfast
I went upstairs for my morning grooming. |
| Gypsy |
I went to
make sure Thelma was awake. When I went back down-stairs,
the |
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door was shut.
John did not seem to understand when I asked him to open it.
I |
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went to the
kibble dish to feed. This behaviour pattern can mean they
are going |
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away. I wondered
if something was going to happen, and V, Vuh, Vuh - You- |
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Know-Who was
coming. |
| Tim |
Voldemort? |
| Gypsy |
No dog-brain,
VET. |
| Tim |
The trouble
is humans are inconsistent and devious. |
| Gypsy |
Several weeks
earlier two small cages had appeared in one of the bed-rooms.
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Treats were
sometimes in them. Their doors were always open. I used to
go |
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inside, they
were very comfortable. |
| Tim |
However, that
morning when I wandered into the hall I saw a cage there.
I also |
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saw John and Thelma moving
towards me. I fled. John grabbed me, but with an |
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acrobatic twist
I was away. |
| Gypsy |
Acrobatic
twist, my feeding bowl, you scratched John's hand, and he
dropped |
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you. I watched
as you were chased from room to room, until you were trapped
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in the kitchen.
|
| Tim |
The cage was
quite comfortable, when you became used to it. John understood
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about the claw
marks on his arm, he only lost a little blood, for a human.
You |
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went in your
cage without a fuss. |
| Gypsy |
Cat treats
were provided. Next, both cages were carried into John's car. |
| Tim |
Thelma drove.
John sat in the back with me. You were on the front seat next
to |
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Thelma. They
kept talking to us, and we kept talking back. |
| Gypsy |
This was the
first time we had been in a car since we arrived. We kept
asking to |
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go home for
the entire journey. |
| Tim |
The car stopped,
and we were carried into a big house. There were several |
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other cats,
and some dogs, and lots of strange smells. I knew instantly,
we were |
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at THE VETS!!!!! |
| Gypsy |
We sat in our
cages for a while, Thelma and John talked to us, and we kept
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talking back.
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| Tim |
Then the door
flew open, and this gigantic figure dressed all in black leapt
into |
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the room. He
had mad staring eyes, a long scaly tail, and carried a big
knife. He |
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cackled insanely. |
| Gypsy |
Tim! |
| Tim |
OK, perhaps
we can use it in a dream sequence in the film. Actually a
nice |
