Title: "Catwoman Strikes Again"
Author: Pirate Turner
Rating: G
Summary: Contrary to popular belief, diamonds aren't the top thing on Catwoman's list of things to steal.
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Author's Note: 244. That's the number of stories that were sitting on my hard drive collecting dust because I lack the energy and time to take care of them as I once did. My betaing pattern has always been to write, then type up if written on paper, the story, read it aloud to my beloved Jack and our children, editing as I go, and then finally format and post. Sadly, this part is simply taking too much of my time and energy, and my beloved Jack and I have too little time together in person these days to be able to keep up with my stories. So what to do? Give up writing? I actually considered it for a while, tried to make excuses to myself other than the large number of stories collecting cyber dust on my computer, as to why I lacked the energy and Muse to write new tales. And then, with the turn of the new year, I decided to stop running and face the problem. The problem is, quite frankly, that once one gets so bogged down in formatting and editing that writing is no longer a pleasure but the actual posting of those writings becomes a hassle and - egad! - work, it's time to cut something out, and that will never be the writing process. So, in short, yes, there will be mistakes in this tale. Yes, it's missing about half of the header information I usually include. But I wrote it for pleasure and am posting it in hopes of sharing that pleasure with others. Do with it as you will.
They gasped as they rounded the corner. "But - But we just opened!"
"Actually, we're not even open yet. Terri's just went to unlock the doors."
"Poor Terri!"
"We'll never see her again!"
"But how did she do it so fast?"
"Why us?"
"We're not the only store she hits. I've heard she does it to PetSmart, Petco, Pic and Save, even Winn Dixie, anywhere that has what she wants."
"Man, she must have a lot of cats!"
"She is called the Catwoman!"
"Well, yeah, but still, to steal this much catfood every night?"
"We might as well just stop trying to sell it."
"And what? Just give it to her?"
"Well, no, but if we stop having it, she'll stop robbing us."
"No, then, she'll just take the diamonds and money."
"She's actually left them alone the last three nights."
"You're kidding!"
"Nope."
"So she's just after the catfood?"
"Meow." Turning tail, the workers ran for their very lives.
The End