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Echo could only crouch right where she was, terrified.
The cat launched itself from the rail and went on Echo's back, rolling her over. The cat planted one paw on Echo's chest. "Just like old times," the cat mewed.
Echo widened her eyes in surprise. She now recognized the sleek dark gray coat and blue eyes. "Rain, get off!"
Rain purred in amusement and placed his paw back on the ground.
Echo jumped to her paws. "How did you find me?"
Rain shrugged. "It wasn't hard," he meowed. "I decided to explore a little and found myself right on your fence. I live just over there," he mewed, flicking his tail to over where the sun was setting.
Echo thought for a moment. A 'fence' sounded like the big wooden piece that surrounded the yard.
"I have to go," said Rain. "Meet me here tomorrow so I can show you around."
"Oh, ok. Bye." Echo cast a glance at the top of the fence and jumped. After much scrabbling, she managed to sit on top of the fence. Echo gasped. No one had ever told her that the outside could be so beautiful! It was breathtaking. Echo watched the sunset, disappearing through the maze of houses. Above her head, stars were already shining through the layer of clouds. "I guess it's time to go inside," she mewed.
Echo sat on the fence, waiting for Rain. At last, Rain came up and sat on the fence by Echo.
"Are you ready?" he asked.
Echo nodded.
"Let's go then." Rain led the way.
After climbing over three fences, Echo thought that her paws were going to drop off. "Where are we going?" asked Echo.
Rain looked over his shoulder at Echo. "You'll find out soon enough." He turned his attention to the fence in front of them. "Be careful," he warned. "We need to cross it but there is a dog behind it."
Echo was confused. "You mean those things that Meadow talked to us about?"
Rain nodded. "Those big, stupid things that drool a lot," he said.
Echo jumped up. What she saw almost made her loose her balance.
The dog was so big that Echo thought it could block out the sun.
"Good thing it's sleeping," meowed Rain. "Then we could get to the other side without it noticing."
Echo stared at Rain in horror. "You mean we have to walk to the other side?"
"Yes, since we can't balance on the fence anymore because it's going to get cut off." Rain flicked his tail toward one side of the fence.
Echo looked. Rain was right. That part of the fence was completely gone. So was the other side.
Rain jumped down and began to run across to the other side.
Echo quickly followed Rain, hot on his paws. She jumped onto a big piece of hard stuff and stood there, panting.
"We're here," Rain meowed.
They were at a housefolk's house. As Rain yowled, a white cat came racing out of the house.
"Snow!" mewed Echo happily. She jumped down to brush muzzles with him.
"How are you, Echo?" Snow asked.
"Fine," she replied.
"Want to play?" Snow asked them.
"You know it," Rain said.
"Sure!" meowed Echo.
They played until the sun was beginning to set.
"See you!" Rain meowed as he headed home.
"Bye, Echo," Snow meowed as he headed inside the house.
Echo turned and jumped back onto the hard stuff. She went down onto the grass to get to the fence. "It was really great to see Rain and Snow again,' she thought.
A growl sounded behind her. The dog wasn't sleeping anymore.
Echo forgot that the dog lived here. She ran over to the fence as fast as her paws could carry her.
The dog was coming after her.
Echo bunched her legs together and jumped. She saw that the dog was trying to climb the fence.
Scared, Echo went back quickly to her home.
As she laid down in her basket, Echo was thankful that she could see her brothers again.
"It was a long day,' she thought. Closing her eyes, she went to sleep.
Rain and Snow came back into the story! Yay!