Threatened Cat Thursday

 

          It's a #ThreatenedCatThursday and it’s time to talk Halloween.  The Tony and Tommy Tiger story went stale bepaws of well- politics.  Politics and imagination don’t really go well together, so here’s a tail to feature our mid-week monthly cat, the tiger- so enjoy.

         

          Tony and Tommy were brothers, two Siberian or Amur Tigers that lived in a town with other kitties near some humans, as a matter of fact.  How can a bunch of big and small cats live near humans?  Well, that’s simple enough humans are self-absorbed, arrogant and only think of themselves.  They have no concept of what’s around them.  In other words, they have no imagination.  In a way, that’s a good thing, if humans knew that so many cats were near, they’d probably be dead.  Anyway, you could find Amur Tigers, Malayan Tigers, Amur and African Leopards, and any other cat you can think of in the neighborhood.  That was a good thing- everybody, generally, got along and it was actually a great life for any cat that needed a nice, safe place to live.  These cats also had one thing in common-

          They loved holidays and they especially loved Halloween.

          Tony and Tommy were giddy at the thought of Halloween.  Every year, they tried to do something to do something to scare themselves.  Last year, they went exploring and pawed through a creepy cemetery that was in the middle of nowhere.  This year the debate was what were they going to do to scare themselves now?

          “We could always find another cemetery,” Tony said to his brother, after lunch.  “That was cool finding it last year down by the river.”

          “Who are you kidding?”  Tommy asked.  “We need something new.  You can’t go out with a specific plan.  You need to be surprised.”

          Right when he said that their pal, Frankie the Fishing Cat pawed in.  Frankie, as you probably guessed was a world-class Fishing Cat and he just happened to paw in bepaws he had some treats for the boys for later.  Tony and Tommy perked-up right away at this fact.  There was nothing like fresh fish to top off a yummy lunch.  “What are you guys talking about?”  asked Frankie.

          “We’re trying to figure out what to do for Halloween,” Tony answered.

          Frankie perked up at this.  Halloween always interested him just for the simple fact that swimming on a spooky night was just purry cool.  “Didn’t you two find that cool cemetery last year?”

          Tony chuckled at that.  Yeah, tigers chuckle and it’s a pawsome sound.  “Yeah. It was great, huh?”  He was speaking about the fact that many of the cats ended up joining them through the creepy cemetery pawing.  Like I said, all wild cats knew how to a-purr-ciate Halloween.

          “I might be able to help you about the Halloween pawing,” Frankie said.

          Tony and Tommy just stared at Frankie with amazement/confusion.  Tommy was extremely amused.  “What would you know about being scared?”  he asked.  “You’re always underwater!”

          Then Tony and Tommy preceded to laugh hysterically like Tommy just made the biggest joke in the history of comedy.  Frankie though was actually a good-natured cat and figured that the boys were a couple of goofs anyway- so who cared if they were amused.  Pawing right along though- he waited until they calmed down and said, “I know a haunted swamp.”

          The boys stopped laughing and looked at Frankie with surprise.  Frankie was rather pleased with himself because he could see that they were genuinely shocked.  “Did you hear what I said?  I know a haunted swamp.”

          “Where is it?”  asked Tony who was literally stunned by this news.  After all, tigers always prided themselves on knowing everything around them.

          “Well, what are you looking so mad for?”  he asked.

          “I can’t believe we never ran across it,” Tommy said, tail swishing.

          “Well, you boys don’t know everything,” Frankie answered.  “Remember how you found the haunted cemetery.”

          There was a friendly growl recollection of the fun they had last year.  All of the cats in town did join them, how could they not?  When all of the other cats found out the boys found a haunted cemetery, they were all interested.  I’m telling ya- animals know how to appreciate Halloween more than humans.

          “You have to take us to it,” Tommy informed Frankie.

          That’s when Frankie gave that mysterious, fishy smile.  “Pal, I wouldn’t have it any other way!”