A Three Cat Night

It was a three cat night...
By guest Author, John Rahn

Living in South Florida it doesn't get really cold that often.  But recently we had a couple of very cold nights.

I pretty much refuse to turn on the heat (aaarrgghh I really hate furnace air) as it doesn't get that cold in this house unless the wind is blowing pretty good outta the north.

I went to bed this night after several hours of working at the computer. 

Cosmo was snoozing happily in his spot atop the big monitor, where it was nice and warm. My Dusty cat was curled up in the comforter folded up on the couch, and Oreo, being the child of the pride, was just plain working off young energy (or working up heat energy) running back and forth through the house, 'chirping' like crazy.
I turned the monitors off, got up from the desk and slid in behind Dusty on the couch (she refused to move an inch).

I carefully eased the comforter from underneath her and covered us both up.  She snuggled in against me, purring very happily. I pulled the comforter up to my chin and drifted off to sleep, just Dusty and I on the couch.

At five o'clock I woke up to the alarm, and it was by then quite chilly in the house. Trying to sit up to hit the snooze button, I discovered that all three cats were not just on the couch WITH me, but they were all on the couch ON me, and not very happy that I had to move from underneath them.

Think this means I need to turn on the heat?

Copyright John Rahn
January 16, 2003

Springtime Adventures for Spyder

Hey, you guys! I sure has sumpin intresting to tell ya. Yur nots gonna bleeve it! Now dat spring is here, lotsa fings is different. And we have lotsa new fings to know about. At least that what Ninja and Bambi say. They say, I got so many new fings to learn about life, the world an everyfing!

We was all on the bed watchin out da big sliding glass door window. Neow that weather is warmer, Miss E, she leaves it open with the big screen closed. What a greats happy cat am I! So many new smells outside and hear better all the new springtime noises, and fresh air!

Ninja teaching me names of what is all the smells. Bambi, I mean, Queen Bambi, she teaching me names all the sounds, cos she is a "Entomologist". She say that how it spelled. She knows all da bugs and insects. Boff Ninja and Bambi knows a lot about the birdies. But, I know a secret that Mockingbird told me.

I can hardly keep up with them guys. I gets so tired I falls asleep. Then I hear Bambi growl. She never growl. Almost never. Ninja, he growl all the time, but not so much anymore, since he been losing weight.

I waked up when Bambi, I mean Queen Bambi, growled. It was almost dark time neow. Right there in front of the screen was an ugliest creature we evers did see. It had a long pointy nose and pointy ears, and tiny eyes, and very fat, and sticking out hair and short legs, and worse of all, long pink tail, look almost like him bald tail. And him smell bad, too.

Bambi still growl, but quiet now. Ninja say Opossum can'ts see us, but can hear us. So, we watch him and he climbing all over stuff on the back yard. Climbing on the flower pots and turn them over upside down and then knock down the birdie feeder. Then, Ungly, he commence to eat up all the birdie food. Him a Bad Boy!

I no like Ungly. Him make a mess in backyard. Him make a mess in speshul place where my Lady Dowager Keli is sleeping. She has nice speshul place there. She say she not really sleeping there, but it complicated for me unnerstand yet. I is mad at Mr. Ugnly, cos him mess it up her speshul place and him eat up all the birdie food and neow the birdies no will come back cos they no have no more foods.

I so mad ats Mr. Ungly, I leap off bed and pound on screen door make him go away. But, him ignore me. But, him no ignore Miss E when she come in to see what all noise is about.

Miss E spray him with the bottle. That so funny. He run away. That so funny. Miss E use spray bottle to keep us inside and she use spray bottle to keep him outside.

First Time Kitty Storm

Today Miss E tell us she gotta leave us for many hours. That okay, cuz she leave pretty music playing for us. So, Ninja and I play chase with Bambi, but they get tired and went took afternoon naps. I go watch fishes in the fish tank. I still feel bad I broke da lights. Only one is fix now, so fishies only got half light.

I wanna play some more, but Queen Bambi say, "do not disburb", and Ninja say, "Ummph!" So I go find paper bag. I rip it all apart. Lots of fun, and chew some in little pieces too. Finally, I decide go lay down for nap.

BOOM! Rumble, rumble! All a sudden, FLASH! we all waked up. Then, BIG BOOM! And our pretty music gone bye bye. The fishies tank light is off! We all ears standing up, eyes big and fur standing up. More Booms and bright flashes light. I think maybe sun exploded, cause it daytime and sun not there.

Ninja tell us ta calm down. He know what that is. He say everything be okay. Him know everything.

Ninja say big booms is called thunder, and white flashes is called lightning. And that why our music stop and fishies got no light. He say it scares music and TV's so bad they just stop and peepuls havta wake them back up. He say if nighttime, then house lights stop, too.

It was very strange day. We looks outta da big window and we see no birdies anywhere. And da wind blowing so hard, da branches breaking off da trees and flying down. Maybe the wind blows away all the birdies, I think. But, Ninja say birdies is smarter than that. He say they probably hiding deep inside of Jeffery's big pine tree out front.

We decide go look and see. Bambi and me went on window sill to look at where big pine tree lives. It very cold on window and it dark outside. I ask, "Why is so dark outside. It still daytime. You say sun no explode"

Ninja on table behind us. He say, "Uh, Oh, gets away from window". Bambi just look at him and say, "who you talking to like that?"

Ninja say "If you please, My Queen, Get down away from window, NEOW!" I so shock at how he meow this, my furs standing up and I jump down right away, but, Bambi, she put her nose up in air and make like a dainty kitty to pitter-patter her paws on window sill and sashay her tail. (she call it sashay, I don't know what means, but kinda pretty). Not so good idea for Bambi take her time likes that, though! All a sudden, windows is rattle rat-a-tat, zappy zippity zap, pew pew pew. Somebody is throwing stones on the window. Lots and lots of stones. Queen Bambi disappear like magic. I just stand there a second, look at Ninja, and run away. Where hide? Where hide? I run through da liddle door out into garage, but it more scary out there. Water all over floor and somebody throwing bigger stones on top the roof and very noisy. I run back through liddle door. I slide across new kitchen floor and almost bump into Ninja.

Ninja say, "Follow me, Kid!"

I don't like when he call me kid, but dont care no more. He can call me kitty litter if he wants. I still follow him. His tail all high like a flag and I follow him to the spare room. He jump into his round futon bed and curl up in small ball his head all hiding. Then, I see Queen Bambi curled up in her Salon. But, then I see something so very strange.

"Look! Look!" I say. "Somebody throw so many stones da ground is covered up with them. They used all white stones and so many. And funny thing is the window is way way colder than before."

Ninja lift his head up. He say, "Yeah, that stuff called Hail! There is a lot. Almost like snow. I think it stopped now. But, we should all hide just in case for some more, and take a long nap."

I think Ninja is right. Don't know when Miss E comes home. Hope she not driving in the hail stuff. House is very colder. Big wind, thunder, lightning, hail, rattle windows and no more music. I jump up on computer chair and hides myself underneast the sitting pad and stay there.