True Tale of a Tail
This tale is not about
just any tail. It is about the tail that
belongs to Samantha. She is one of three
cats that live in
This story is about one
of those times and what happened when Samantha tried very hard to be good. One
day, Samantha was feeling bored and wanted something fun to do. She thought
that it would be a lot of fun to scratch on the sofa or on that new gold
colored chair, but, then, she would really be in trouble. She thought about
tipping over the kitchen trash. It
smelled yummy like chicken bones and tuna fish cans. Then she thought about how
that would make an awful mess for her daddy to pick up. He might be mad and not pat her again for a
long time. What if he didn’t pat her for
the whole day? No one knows how to pat like him. There is a patting place right
above her tail that makes Samantha purr and purr. What if he stopped patting
her forever and ever? What could
Samantha do? Sometimes, when she felt bored and got that itchy feeling all
over, she just took a nap. Samantha was really very good when she slept. Samantha thought that if you were good when
you were really asleep, maybe you were also good when you pretended to sleep. So, Samantha crawled under the flap of
material at the bottom of the new gold chair and pretended to sleep but her
tail stuck out from the bottom of the chair.
Now, Miss Velvet was feeling thirsty and wanted to get a drink of water.
She would have to walk right past that chair and that tail to get to the water
bowl. Miss Velvet may be getting old but
she is not fooled easily. She knew right away that the tail was not just any
old tail. That tail, which had often flicked itself at her, was Samantha’s
tail! Miss Velvet did not want to play a
game with Samantha but she was afraid that, if Samantha were awake, she would
run out from under the chair as Miss Velvet walked past. Chasing Miss Velvet until she stopped was
Samantha’s favorite game. Miss Velvet
thought that Samantha might be asleep under that chair but she needed to be
sure. So, Miss Velvet neared the chair
and the tail very carefully and quietly. When she could just barely reach the
tail, she touched it with her paw and it moved just a little. Miss Velvet jumped
straight back. The tail did not move anymore, so she went even closer to the
tail and sniffed it before she smacked at it. This time, the tail jumped up and
down before it stopped and lay still.
Did you know that cats can talk to each other? Well, Dreamer told Miss Velvet that Samantha
was really asleep. Of course that wasn’t
true. Samantha was just pretending to be asleep. Miss Velvet decided to be
extra safe and make sure that Samantha was really and truly sleeping before she
walked past the chair. She went right up to that tail sticking out from the
bottom of the chair and she nipped the end of it. Samantha then ran out from
under the chair and chased Miss Velvet all around the living room and down the
hall. Both Samantha and Miss Velvet had run so fast that their paws had hardly
touched the floor. Now, they were very tired!
They both agreed to never play the chase game again and Samantha crawled
back under the gold colored chair to really sleep.
So, Samantha and Miss
Velvet now live peacefully together with each other and with Dreamer, too.
Samantha will always remember two important things. First, she must always be
good and, second, you must always protect your tail.
The End
September 6, 2011