It sounded just like a little kitty crying.
Mom brushed it off – it probably belongs to one of the neighbours, she said.
But Em was on a mission to find the source of pitiful mewling.
She discovered it was a furry creature stuck on the roof next door.
Kssskssksss – Ems called the kitty.
It ran to the edge of the roof howling horribly.
Aaaaghshame, said Ems and woke Charl up to go and fetch the ladder so that he could rescue the kitty.
In the meantime, we had all gone to bed and missed the whole show.
The next morning Ems calls mom to come and see.
The kitty had slept the whole night in our house.
Wasn’t it such a gorgeous thing?
Mom gave the kitty a cuddle and showed it to me.
She knows I like little furry thingies.
But this little furry thingy did not like me one bit.
It hissed and spat.
Mom laughed and gave it a smooch.
She gave me a smooch too.
Look Fudges she said, it’s a cutie little pussy cat.
I was all for giving it the nose but noooo… that vicious little kitty very nearly took out half my face with its nasty claw paws. Luckily it missed.
Mom made Ems put up notices all over the complex.
Some kid is howling because their kitty is missing, she said.
And besides… we definitely don’t need another cat.
But Ems and Charl and Luan all thought that that kitty should stay.
Ralph checked out the cat and licked his chops.
Think he thought it looked like a tasty snack.
That kitty stayed in our house all day.
The kids took turns cuddling it and taking outside to do its business.
Every time I showed my furry face it hissed and spat and behaved like a real hooligan.
Late in the afternoon mom spotted one of the kids in the complex and asked her if she knew who the kitty belonged to.
She thought she did.
Turns out they have no less than eight kitties and they had not even missed it.
Poor Ems was rather devastated.
Charl and Luan were sad too.
When we came up to bed – there was that dastardly Ralphie stretched out in my baskie.
Sjoe! Thank goodness that kitty had left – one sneaky basket thief in this house is enough.
