Author's Note:
Welcome to another installment of the Garfield series. And now, here's a little song you might like.
He's fat, and he is lazy.
He sleeps, and he's so crazy
He's funky. He's groovy. He's grumpy. He's moody.
He's my main cat, Garfield.
Garfield: That's me.
Ran all those things at the top of his head.
I would take him down like he just got out of bed.
And with his dialect, he's a cat and I know that. Even with the sounds, he can really get down.
He will always spell "DISASTER" but Garfield's the cat and remains the master.
Double, rabble, rabble, he's a cat and I know that. I'm sticking with the fact that he gets him so fat.
He's so fat, he's so fat and he loves that lasagna. Always going for that pipping hot lasagna.
Garfield and Friends. Here they come, here they come, here they come.
Garfield: Today I'm going on a rescue mission. I'll explain later.
Our story opens at nighttime at the Arbuckle Residence, where we see Jon and Lyman getting ready for something big.
"You sure this is a good idea, Lyman?" asked Jon.
"Would I ever do you wrong buddy?" Lyman answered "This is gonna be a darn good double date. After all, we have finally found some dates."
"Yeah," said Jon "And I hope Garfield doesn't sneak along for the ride."
"Don't worry pal," said Lyman "Odie's a natural born watchdog. He'll never let Garfield out of his sight."
Meanwhile outside, Odie was sleeping in his doghouse with Garfield watching.
"I don't know if you've noticed this," he pointed to Odie "But Odie's no watchdog."
Jon and Lyman got into the car and drove off to the restaurant where they were to meet their dates.
"Okay Odie," Garfield tapped on Odie's shoulder "They're gone."
"Ruff!" Odie got up. "Ruff! Ruff!"
"Come on," Garfield pushed a loose board on the fence "When the humans are away, the cats will play."
"Ruff!" Odie followed Garfield.
"You see Odie," Garfield walked on the sidewalk with Odie "We animals gotta see the neighborhood when the humans are out. That's why I'm taking you on a cat's night out."
"Ruff!" Odie barked.
Garfield and Odie ended up in town where there were humans walking all around.
"See Odie?" Garfield showed Odie the people "These are the disasters of town. We'd better find a safe place from the humans."
Garfield looked around and saw a Chinese restaurant.
"There!" Garfield pointed to the restaurant "Let's hide in there!"
Garfield and Odie snuck into the back room of the Chinese restaurant and ended up in the kitchen.
"Smell that boy?" Garfield looked at Odie "That's fresh Asian cuisine cooking."
Odie slurped his tongue.
"You read my mind, pal" Garfield looked at Odie "And I do mean that literally, cause that's how we animals communicate. Come on boy, let's feast!"
Garfield and Odie leaped onto the counter and saw some Chinese food right underneath a dish. They snuck underneath and started feasting.
"Time to get that order to table 43." said a waiter.
The waiter picked up the tray that Garfield and Odie were hiding under and brought it to table 43.
"Dinner is served." the waiter took the cover off the tray and they saw Garfield and Odie eating the food.
"AAAHHH!" shouted the woman "ANIMALS!"
"OH MY GOD!" the man screamed.
"Boy, we enjoy a nice meal and we are rudely interrupted by screaming" Garfield looked at the readers.
"The Health Department is so gonna kill us!" said the waiter.
The manager came out and saw Garfield and Odie feasting on the food in the restaurant, and boy was he shocked.
After a few chases, the staff threw Garfield and Odie back into the alley and into a dumpster.
"AND DONT SHOW UP AGAIN YOU STUPID ANIMALS!" shouted the chef "If you do, I'll slide you through the Visa card slot."
As soon as the humans locked the back door, Garfield and Odie got out of the dumpster.
"You guys are cruel men." Garfield hissed "Cruel to cats and dogs."
Odie sighed.
"Come on Odie," Garfield jumped out of the dumpster "We gotta find someone who can show us the ropes."
"I believe I can help" a gray cat came out of the dumpster.
"Who are you?" Garfield looked at the cat.
"Ruff!" Odie jumped out of the dumpster.
"My name is Shecky" the cat leaped towards Garfield "And I'm a stray."
"Names Garfield." Garfield reached out his front paw "And I'm taking Odie here for a nice cat's night out. So you know how to make a good cat's night out?"
"Sure do" Shecky nodded "You two just follow me."
"Lead on Mr. Shecky" Garfield smiled "Come on Odie"
Garfield and Odie followed Shecky to an alley near an apartment building a few blocks away from the restaurant.
"Welcome to Club Shecky" Shecky showed the alley.
Shecky walked over to two trashcans.
"RRROWW!" he shouted.
Just then, another cat and dog jumped out of the two trashcans.
"I assume these must be your associates." Garfield looked at the cat and dog.
"This here is Waldo," Shecky pointed to the dog. "He's not as bright as he looks."
"Thank you" Waldo nodded.
"And this is Sheila." Shecky pointed to the cat.
"Cheers lads." Sheila winked at Garfield and Odie.
"I'd want her covering my back at any cat fight" Shecky raised his eyebrows. "Guys, this is Garfield and Odie."
"Nice to meet you." Garfield waved his paw.
"Ruff" Odie barked.
Sheila then walked over to Garfield and started purring at him.
"Hello, hello," she purred "You're kinda cute darling."
"So what about dinner?" Garfield looked at Shecky.
"Here's the drill," Shecky jumped onto the fence "We annoy neighbors and they throw food at us."
"This I gotta see!" Garfield sat down.
Shecky jumped right onto the fence and started meowing.
"RRROWWW!" he shouted "RRRROWWW!"
All the humans in the apartments got extremely annoyed and started throwing food right at Shecky and Waldo caught it right in a baseball glove.
"Thank you! Thank you!" Shecky jumped right off the fence "How'd we do Waldo?"
Waldo pointed to the food "We did good. We got a bone with a little turkey on it, there's a sardine left in this can. All sorts of good stuff."
"Good!" Shecky nodded "Okay Garfield, your tu-"
"Outta my way, pal" Garfield walked past Shecky.
"There are a couple of things you should know" Shecky looked at Garfield.
"Shecky, let's not keep my fans waiting." Garfield made a look at Shecky.
"Very well then" Shecky shrugged "Go ahead."
Garfield leaped right up onto the fence.
Garfield cleared his throat and started to meow "MEOW! MEOW! ME-"
A boot got thrown right at Garfield and he fell right onto the ground.
"You gotta bob and weave out there Garfield." Shecky looked at Garfield "A moving target is harder to hit."
"Don't be a nag" Garfield leaped back onto the fence "MEOOOWWW!"
Just then, another boot was thrown right at Garfield and knocked him off the fence again.
"Remind me to take your advice." he picked himself up.
Garfield, Odie, Shecky, Shelia and Waldo started eating the food that the humans threw at them.
Garfield ran over to Shelia who was eating a fish "Hey, you know I think you're kinda cute too."
"Oh Garfield, really?" she batted her eyelashes at him.
"Yeah," Garfield looked at her "Say, can I have some of that fish?"
Shelia hissed and showed her razor sharp claws "Touch my fish and DIE!"
Garfield shivered and nodded his head.
After eating Garfield and Odie walked right out of the alley.
"Well, thanks for the night guys" Garfield waved his paw at them.
"You're welcome" Shecky smiled "Same time next week?"
"You betcha!" Garfield winked. "Come Odie, time to hurry back home. Jon and Lyman are probably back by now."
Garfield and Odie arrived back home in time, right before Jon and Lyman entered the door.
"So much for a double date," Jon sarcastically said.
"Yeah," Lyman added "That's the last time I set us up on a date at a Chinese restaurant."
"Yeah the whole place was a mess." Jon added "I cant believe they let a dog and cat run through there."
Then, Jon and Lyman saw Garfield and Odie sleeping on the couch.
"Boy, we've got some lazy pets" Jon chuckled.
"Yep, done nothing but sleep." Lyman added.
"They have no idea." Garfield thought.
Author's Note:
So now you've seen what a cat's night out is like. Now, let's go down to US Acres to see Orson and his barnyard friends.