Well, this is really quite lame this one. But read it anyway and tell me
what you think.
THE EDIBLE PLATES.
Everything was quiet in the junkyard. Everything was quiet until a certain pair of over excited kittens came running into the junkyard awakening all the queens.
"Guess what we just found!!" bouncily Etcetera said.
"It's soooooooo coooooool!!" Electra added using one of the words she'd picked up from the humans.
"Dear lord, don't tell me they've found another television." Said Demeter sighing heavily.
"Nope!" was the excited reply coming from Electra.
"I noe. they nicke' a pair of Lady Ro'erdams' undies again?" said Rumpleteazer giggling on top of the car.
"You better not have done that again my girl!" warned Jenny
"That was an accident!" defended Etcetera. "How were we to know that she kept her undies pegged up outside on a piece of string?"
"Yeah, she was a bit daft wasn't she? But nope that's not right either."
"Just tell us and get it over with." Said Bombalurina.
"Well, we found…"
"We found a new…."
"Hey! Quit trying to finish my sentences!"
"Come on! Say it already!" said Exotica.
"We found a new place where humans sell edible plates! Any they're really yummy!"
"Edible plates? That's impossible!" scoffed Jelly.
"It is not impossible. Only irregular." Came the mystical voice of Tantomile.
"But still? It's pretty unbelievable!" said Victoria.
"No! It's true! We'll take you all there!" said Electra
So the Jellicle queens started their long journey to the edible plates. They decided not to tell the toms about their little expedition. Why share Electra and Etcetera's little secret? But as they crept past the sleeping toms Rumpleteazer couldn't help herself. She yelled in a 'Demeter' type voice as loudly as she could:
"MACAVITY!!!!!!!!!!"
Needless to say all the toms were awake after that. The queens made a dash for the front of the junkyard. The toms were to busy searching for the non- existent-at-that-point-in-time Macavity. So they didn't notice them running away.
"What did you do that for! Stupid queen!" Yelled Bombi at Teazer.
"I don't sound like that do I? Not when I scream out that? I don't do I?" asked Demeter.
"Of course not dear." Said Jelly comfortingly. "Now. We have to find the edible plates. Right Cety? Right Leccy?"
"Yeah!" they both said in unison.
They continued down the street they were in. No one payed them any notice even though there were about twelve queens walking down the street. In those parts alley cats were common. Electra and Etcetera led them down a side street to what looked like a skip bin (or dumpster to people not in Australia).
"This is where you found edible plates?" said Demeter disbelievingly.
"No, we have to go inside here." Said Leccy pointing to a door.
They all traipsed inside quietly and padded over to where Etcetera was already sitting.
"We have to be quiet otherwise the cook guy won't give us anything. He said so before."
All the cats nodded and a few of them umm'ed and okayed. They all sat down on the cool white tiles.
"Ha! I be' oi coul' ge' tha' thingie up there!" said Teazer pointing to a round blade on a handle.
All the cats watched her in disbelief as she jumped stealthily onto one of the large benches that were around the walls. She slunk slowly down the bench almost blending into the colour of the walls (which is rather hard to do when the walls are white… heh heh heh). She finally reached the area where many tools were hung up on the wall. She reached up and grabbed the funny shiny thing. She dropped it onto the tiles. Not expecting the large clatter that happened after the aforementioned tool was dropped she puffed up and fell off the bench. She sat up a bit stunned.
"Damn it. Something alwaiz goez rong wen oi try ta steal sumfin wifout Jerrie."
She had managed to unintentionally gain the attention of the chef. He looked a bit surprised to see so many cats in his shop. Then he saw one of the kits that he knew. He started to talk in an Italian accent.
"Darling! I thought you wasna going to come back after that poochie came anda triedta have a piece of you!" he gently picked up Etcetera.
"What is he talking about my girl?" asked Jenny sternly.
"Er… eep… well I sorta got into a fight with a doggie…"
"Didja beet him?"
"Rumpleteazer!"
"Wot?"
"Now my kitty. I will try my a new pizza on you! Itsa prawn anda fishey one."
"Meow…!!" she said as enthusiastically as she could.
"I knew you woulda like that!" he laughed.
All the cats stared in disbelief as the man brought down a round brown plate. On it there were all sorts of seafood delights. They followed him outside to where a small table was set up on the other side of the skip bin. He lay the plate down. All the cats jumped up but just as they got up Demeter yelled (no not 'MACAVITY')
"Get off! This table is unstable!"
So they jumped off. Etcetera passed pieces of the 'plate' down to them and they ate it all up hungrily.
"Darling, I honestly don't think that was a plate." Said Cassandra after she had eaten her fill.
"Yeah, I think it was something else cause we would have seen them around the junkyard."
"I heard that funny man call it a peet sa."
"A wot?"
"A peet sa."
"Who's Peet? And what's a 'Sa'?"
"No oidea. Maybe theya' the goiys oo made theze fingys?" Suggested Rumpleteazer.
"Well, whatever this Peet sa is we should probably go and tell Munkustrap about it." Said Jenny.
"I agree wholeheartedly." Said Jelly.
"No way!" said Etcetera.
"Yeah! We should keep this to ourselves! Why share it with the guys? Right Teazer?" she looked over at Teazer who was shaking her head.
"Sorri goiys. This toime oi agree wif Jen an Jel. Oi don wan ta ge' on the rong soide of Munku again af'er las' toime."
All the CATS cringed at the thought of 'last time' which had included many of the queens in their group and some green food colouring. By the end of that little episode all the CATS had seemed a little bit *ahem* green. (Well I kinda didn't have a better word……)
"Me to. I don't think that Cori would like it. Besides he'll know as soon as we get back." Said Tantomile
"How?" asked Demeter.
"We recently learned mind reading."
"Oh.. right…"
"C'mon. I want to get back it's getting rather late anyway." Said Exotica.
All the CATS traipsed around the front side of the Peet sa place.
"I say we bring the toms here." Said Bombi.
"Oi don't, I jus reckon we don tell em the entoire trufe."
"That could work…"
"Of course it would!"
So happily all the queens started back to the junkyard.
Now I hear you ask what were the toms up to while they were off eating their Peet sa? Well you'll just have to wait for the next chapter! (If you really want to read it that is….)
THE EDIBLE PLATES.
Everything was quiet in the junkyard. Everything was quiet until a certain pair of over excited kittens came running into the junkyard awakening all the queens.
"Guess what we just found!!" bouncily Etcetera said.
"It's soooooooo coooooool!!" Electra added using one of the words she'd picked up from the humans.
"Dear lord, don't tell me they've found another television." Said Demeter sighing heavily.
"Nope!" was the excited reply coming from Electra.
"I noe. they nicke' a pair of Lady Ro'erdams' undies again?" said Rumpleteazer giggling on top of the car.
"You better not have done that again my girl!" warned Jenny
"That was an accident!" defended Etcetera. "How were we to know that she kept her undies pegged up outside on a piece of string?"
"Yeah, she was a bit daft wasn't she? But nope that's not right either."
"Just tell us and get it over with." Said Bombalurina.
"Well, we found…"
"We found a new…."
"Hey! Quit trying to finish my sentences!"
"Come on! Say it already!" said Exotica.
"We found a new place where humans sell edible plates! Any they're really yummy!"
"Edible plates? That's impossible!" scoffed Jelly.
"It is not impossible. Only irregular." Came the mystical voice of Tantomile.
"But still? It's pretty unbelievable!" said Victoria.
"No! It's true! We'll take you all there!" said Electra
So the Jellicle queens started their long journey to the edible plates. They decided not to tell the toms about their little expedition. Why share Electra and Etcetera's little secret? But as they crept past the sleeping toms Rumpleteazer couldn't help herself. She yelled in a 'Demeter' type voice as loudly as she could:
"MACAVITY!!!!!!!!!!"
Needless to say all the toms were awake after that. The queens made a dash for the front of the junkyard. The toms were to busy searching for the non- existent-at-that-point-in-time Macavity. So they didn't notice them running away.
"What did you do that for! Stupid queen!" Yelled Bombi at Teazer.
"I don't sound like that do I? Not when I scream out that? I don't do I?" asked Demeter.
"Of course not dear." Said Jelly comfortingly. "Now. We have to find the edible plates. Right Cety? Right Leccy?"
"Yeah!" they both said in unison.
They continued down the street they were in. No one payed them any notice even though there were about twelve queens walking down the street. In those parts alley cats were common. Electra and Etcetera led them down a side street to what looked like a skip bin (or dumpster to people not in Australia).
"This is where you found edible plates?" said Demeter disbelievingly.
"No, we have to go inside here." Said Leccy pointing to a door.
They all traipsed inside quietly and padded over to where Etcetera was already sitting.
"We have to be quiet otherwise the cook guy won't give us anything. He said so before."
All the cats nodded and a few of them umm'ed and okayed. They all sat down on the cool white tiles.
"Ha! I be' oi coul' ge' tha' thingie up there!" said Teazer pointing to a round blade on a handle.
All the cats watched her in disbelief as she jumped stealthily onto one of the large benches that were around the walls. She slunk slowly down the bench almost blending into the colour of the walls (which is rather hard to do when the walls are white… heh heh heh). She finally reached the area where many tools were hung up on the wall. She reached up and grabbed the funny shiny thing. She dropped it onto the tiles. Not expecting the large clatter that happened after the aforementioned tool was dropped she puffed up and fell off the bench. She sat up a bit stunned.
"Damn it. Something alwaiz goez rong wen oi try ta steal sumfin wifout Jerrie."
She had managed to unintentionally gain the attention of the chef. He looked a bit surprised to see so many cats in his shop. Then he saw one of the kits that he knew. He started to talk in an Italian accent.
"Darling! I thought you wasna going to come back after that poochie came anda triedta have a piece of you!" he gently picked up Etcetera.
"What is he talking about my girl?" asked Jenny sternly.
"Er… eep… well I sorta got into a fight with a doggie…"
"Didja beet him?"
"Rumpleteazer!"
"Wot?"
"Now my kitty. I will try my a new pizza on you! Itsa prawn anda fishey one."
"Meow…!!" she said as enthusiastically as she could.
"I knew you woulda like that!" he laughed.
All the cats stared in disbelief as the man brought down a round brown plate. On it there were all sorts of seafood delights. They followed him outside to where a small table was set up on the other side of the skip bin. He lay the plate down. All the cats jumped up but just as they got up Demeter yelled (no not 'MACAVITY')
"Get off! This table is unstable!"
So they jumped off. Etcetera passed pieces of the 'plate' down to them and they ate it all up hungrily.
"Darling, I honestly don't think that was a plate." Said Cassandra after she had eaten her fill.
"Yeah, I think it was something else cause we would have seen them around the junkyard."
"I heard that funny man call it a peet sa."
"A wot?"
"A peet sa."
"Who's Peet? And what's a 'Sa'?"
"No oidea. Maybe theya' the goiys oo made theze fingys?" Suggested Rumpleteazer.
"Well, whatever this Peet sa is we should probably go and tell Munkustrap about it." Said Jenny.
"I agree wholeheartedly." Said Jelly.
"No way!" said Etcetera.
"Yeah! We should keep this to ourselves! Why share it with the guys? Right Teazer?" she looked over at Teazer who was shaking her head.
"Sorri goiys. This toime oi agree wif Jen an Jel. Oi don wan ta ge' on the rong soide of Munku again af'er las' toime."
All the CATS cringed at the thought of 'last time' which had included many of the queens in their group and some green food colouring. By the end of that little episode all the CATS had seemed a little bit *ahem* green. (Well I kinda didn't have a better word……)
"Me to. I don't think that Cori would like it. Besides he'll know as soon as we get back." Said Tantomile
"How?" asked Demeter.
"We recently learned mind reading."
"Oh.. right…"
"C'mon. I want to get back it's getting rather late anyway." Said Exotica.
All the CATS traipsed around the front side of the Peet sa place.
"I say we bring the toms here." Said Bombi.
"Oi don't, I jus reckon we don tell em the entoire trufe."
"That could work…"
"Of course it would!"
So happily all the queens started back to the junkyard.
Now I hear you ask what were the toms up to while they were off eating their Peet sa? Well you'll just have to wait for the next chapter! (If you really want to read it that is….)