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The Chronicles of Frank IV - LONG, TW
Now that Frank is feeling better again, he wanted me to write down the
following instalment of his biography. We cried together as he dictated and I wrote it down, but as you all know, it ended happily: It has taken me a long time to prepare to give you an account of this, a very painful period of my life. I cannot look back on it without a shudder of horror at what might have been. It happened when I was three years old. We had just come back to town after a summer on the island. My hoomin was seeing this male hoomin that neither Nikki nor I liked at all. We tried to tell our hoomin, but she was too young and stupid to know that us cats always know best. The male hoomin called and asked my hoomin if she wanted to go to his cabin in the country for the weekend. 'Bring the cats,' he said. He used to put on this act of liking us, but we could see right through it. We knew he was pure evil. How blind can a hoomin be, not to realise that? Well, off we all went, me and Nikki in the carrier, with bad forebodings of what the weekend would have in store for us. When we got to the cabin, our hoomin let us out of our carrier. We saw the open door, and dashed out, away from that disgusting man. Our hoomin had been travelling all around with us, and we had stayed close to her because we had her pretty well trained, but we hated this guy so much that we didn't want to stay in his cabin another minute. Not even with our own hoomin there. Nikki and I hid in the bushes near the cabin to lay our plans for further escape. We didn't want to leave our hoomin, but we also didn't want to get near the male. Now, Nikki sometimes panics with hoomins, and so she gets caught because she doesn't stick to the plan. When our hoomin wants to stuff us into the carrier, Nikki will flee to the top of the bookcase, but then she will panic and come down, and then it's easy for the hoomin to catch her. She panicked in the bushes again, and ran right into the hoomin's hands. Nikki was carried into the cabin and shut inside, but I outwitted the hoomins and they never saw a glimpse of me, though I was sitting right there watching them, waiting for a moment when the male was not there and I could go up to my hoomin and tell her we needed to get out of there quick. But the male never went far off, and I never got a chance. The hoomins stayed one night longer than they had planned, but then I saw them drive off. My hoomin has told me later that she had to go back to work, but I do think it was unconscionable of her to just go off and leave me. Now I was alone. Nikki was gone. My hoomin was gone. I was all alone in the world. This was a scary thing for me, because I had never been on my own or taken care of myself. I had always had hoomins giving me food and shelter. The summers on the island had taught me some survival skills, but I had a rough time of it. Days and days passed, and nights (chilly nights, I may add), and I scrounged food where I could get it. Fortunately, there were a lot of cabins in the vicinity, and there was always a place where a kind hoomin would leave out something nice for me. The cabin next to the evil man's was a good place, the people there left me kibble in a bowl on their doorstep. Nikki had not quite convinced me of the merits of hunting your own food at that time, so any offerings from hoomins was welcome. One day the evil man came back, and he took me by surprise, so he managed to catch a glimpse of me. I hid in the bushes, and he came crawling after me with an open tin of tuna. The smell was delicious, but I wouldn't let him fool me. I was never going to let that evil man catch me. My hoomin later told me he hadn't told her he was going to the cabin, and since she doesn't have a car herself, she couldn't come for me by herself. Some days later, I saw the evil man's car arrive at his cabin. I snuck over to the neighbour cabin so he wouldn't see me again, and hung out there. Then I saw a familiar figure walking up the drive to the cabin. I was pretty sure I had seen this hoomin before, but wasn't quite sure. My former life had become a blur in my mind. I knew I had had it nice and warm, food had appeared on demand, and I had a kitty friend to cuddle up with. But the hardship of living outside had started to erase these memories, and I couldn't quite place this hoomin. I hid and decided to observe what she would do. She went up to the steps and saw the bowl of kibble. 'Frank.' she called softly. 'Franky-Lanky!' These words made something stir inside me, but I couldn't remember what it was. I decided to take a closer look, and silently hopped up on a wheelbarrow behind her. 'Mah,' I said. She turned around, and stood stock-still. I think she was in shock or something. Then she started to move towards me, but I'd grown wiser during my time in the wild, and I darted away to the edge of the forest. She then went and sat down by the bowl of kibble. She ran her fingers through the kibble, and the sound was so enticing, I couldn't resist, I just had to go and have a bite. I snuck up, casting suspicious glances at her all the time. Then I started eating, and it was so good, I forgot to be careful, Suddenly I felt something falling on my shoulders. It was my harness. All those half-forgotten memories suddenly rushed back into my head and I realised this was her! My very own hoomin! She had come back for me!!! I started headbutting her and rubbing my smell all over her. She carefully fastened the harness and stood up to go with me, but I wouldn't let her walk, she had to stay still and be thoroughly marked and scented by me, over and over again while she gradually carried and walked with me to the evil man's cabin. My hoomin put me in the carrier, and for once I was happy to go into it, because I knew everything would be alright now. She had lined it with my favourite woollen sweater that smells so much of her. She put me in the back seat and sat down in front, but just before we took off, she switched and came and sat in the back with me. She opened the carrier door, and I climbed into her lap, stretched up with my front paws on her shoulder and purred in her ear all the way home. When we got home, I had so much to tell her, but I was also very hungry and very tired. I slept for many days, only waking up to eat, and while I ate I told her of my adventures. She said she had put ads in the local newspaper and asked the local radio station to tell its listeners about me. She had had quite a few tips of sightings (I stole a newly caught fish from one hoomin), but since she had no car of her own, she hadn't been able to come for me sooner. The evil man never told her he was going to visit the cabin, and so she couldn't make him bring her. She said I'd been on my own for five weeks, but I looked just as sleek and neat as ever. Everyone had told her to stop looking for me, that I was gone forever, but I'm glad she didn't give up. I'm glad she came to get me eventually, when she was able to. I'm glad she dropped that harness on my back, because I wouldn't have recognised her if she hadn't. I was glad to be back with Nikki, though she hissed and cursed at me the first couple of days. She thought I was an impostor and not the real Frank, because I smelled so strange, but I finally convinced her that it was me. A few weeks later that evil man came to visit, he smelled terrible and he beat our hoomin. After that she refused to ever see him again. Now, if she had believed us when we told her he was evil, she would have saved us all a lot of trouble and pain. Since then, I'm glad to say she has always trusted our opinions. -- Marina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki |
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Marina wrote:
Now that Frank is feeling better again, he wanted me to write down the following instalment of his biography. We cried together as he dictated and I wrote it down, but as you all know, it ended happily: Snip, long and moving story We should always trust our cats. -- Adrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. |
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Marina wrote:
Now that Frank is feeling better again, he wanted me to write down the following instalment of his biography. We cried together as he dictated and I wrote it down, but as you all know, it ended happily: Snip, long and moving story We should always trust our cats. -- Adrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. |
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Marina wrote:
saved us all a lot of trouble and pain. Since then, I'm glad to say she has always trusted our opinions. Awww... what a great story! I'm very happy it had a good ending. -- Victor Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
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Marina wrote:
saved us all a lot of trouble and pain. Since then, I'm glad to say she has always trusted our opinions. Awww... what a great story! I'm very happy it had a good ending. -- Victor Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
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"Marina" wrote in message
... Now that Frank is feeling better again, he wanted me to write down the following instalment of his biography. We cried together as he dictated and I wrote it down, but as you all know, it ended happily: snip sad/happy story -- Marina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki {{{{{{{{{{Marina & Frank}}}}}}}}}} I've already told why I now always listen to my kitties when it comes to judging people! Hugs, CatNipped |
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"Marina" wrote in message
... Now that Frank is feeling better again, he wanted me to write down the following instalment of his biography. We cried together as he dictated and I wrote it down, but as you all know, it ended happily: snip sad/happy story -- Marina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki {{{{{{{{{{Marina & Frank}}}}}}}}}} I've already told why I now always listen to my kitties when it comes to judging people! Hugs, CatNipped |
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A few weeks later that evil man came to visit, he smelled terrible and
he beat our hoomin. AAAAGGGHH!!! Frank my sweet, would you like me to use my claws to *bobbit* the evil one??? Purrs Waffles (with soothing nosetouches to Anti Marina) --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove fame & fortune **$om $ --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- |
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A few weeks later that evil man came to visit, he smelled terrible and
he beat our hoomin. AAAAGGGHH!!! Frank my sweet, would you like me to use my claws to *bobbit* the evil one??? Purrs Waffles (with soothing nosetouches to Anti Marina) --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove fame & fortune **$om $ --Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off-- |
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"dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers" wrote in message ... A few weeks later that evil man came to visit, he smelled terrible and he beat our hoomin. AAAAGGGHH!!! Frank my sweet, would you like me to use my claws to *bobbit* the evil one??? Purrs Waffles (with soothing nosetouches to Anti Marina) Kitty also volunteers, it'd be easy for her as she can't completely retract her claws so she can get them out quicker ;-) Tweed |
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