IN THE SPIRIT
CAT FLASH FICTION
It was getting close the
night before Xmas and everything was set for the big day.
Angel was also waiting
for the big day. She knew which present was hers. She could smell it and there
was also something in there for her to play with.
But one thing caught her
eye on the big tree. Angel wasn’t sure if it was for her or not but she thought
it looked like something for a cat.
Angel circled the tree a
few times and her owner Maggie teased her about it. “Do you think that is for
you?”
Angel wasn’t sure but the
way Maggie spoke, it must be. She kept an eye on it anyway.
The other feline in the
family Max found another package that looked the same as the one Angel found.
Max kept an eye out for
that package as well. It would only a matter of time and they would know.
Maggie had snuggled the
two of them down in their big soft cat basket and shut out the lights. The Xmas
tree was lit up but always shut off before midnight on the timer.
Max and Angel settled in
and the next time Angel woke, everything was in darkness but she could make out
things in the dark with her good cat eyes.
She thought she could
hear a scratch at the front door where there cat door was. Angel got up and went
over to the door. Their cat door was shut so she couldn’t get out.
Then she heard a mew. She
mewed back and then the scratching go louder. By this time Max came out as he
heard the noise too.
Max sniffed and looked at
Angel. “It’s another cat.”
“He sounds like he needs
help.”
“Let’s open our door, we
can try together.”
So, the two of them
pushed with their noses and surprising it slipped up and onto the floor. A nose
stuck in and then a head. It was a kitten! He bounced in and shook himself. “It’s
cold out there and I had no place to go.”
Angel and Max looked at
one another. “Well, come on in and warm up. You stay here tonight.”
“Thanks, but have you got
anything to eat.”
Max nodded. “Yeah, come
follow me to the kitchen. Maggie always puts out a snack for us.”
The kitten bolted for the
food and ate really fast. Max gave a look to Angel. “You don’t have a home?”
“Nope, I’m all alone. My
momma got taken away and so did my sister but they never got me.”
“I see,” said Max. “It’s
pretty cold for a little guy out there.”
The kitten washed a paw. “Thanks
for letting me stay here tonight.”
“We have a big basket,”
said Angel. “Come, and we will get you warmed up by the fire.”
All three of them settled
in to the basket. The kitten soon fell asleep.
Max whispered. “I’m sure
Maggie will know what to do.”
Angel nodded and they
soon fell back to sleep too.
Maggie came into the room
the next morning. “Well, Merry Xmas you two. Look what I found in the kitchen.”
She was holding the
kitten. “I see you guys helped out this poor little guy last night. That was
kind of you. He has no home by the looks of it. What you say? He lives with us?”
Angel and Max meowed and Maggie
grinned. “I thought you guys would approve.”
“I named him already too.
His name is Frosty. His paws are white and he has a white patch on his tabby
head. And since he arrived on a frosty night, it feels like a good name. Frosty
purred and she let him down and joined the other two.
“Now it’s time for you
guys to have your gifts.”
Angel and Max got very
excited. She reached and took the two packages that they had been keeping an
eye out on. She opened them and in each one was two new cat nip toys. They were
quite happy. Frosty looked on with excitement.
Both Angel and Max pushed
over a toy each over to Frosty. Frosty mewed.
“Aww, that so nice of you
two to share your new cat nip toys.”
Frosty payed with his two
new toys all morning and played himself out. He dragged over on that was a fish
with a feather on it over to the basket. He stretched out in the basket in
front of the fireplace and fell asleep.
Max and Angel looked on.
Mas yawned. “I think he has the right idea.”
Angel thought so too. “Merry
Xmas Max.”
“Merry Xmas Angel and
they both looked over at Frosty. Together they said “Merry Xmas Frosty.”
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