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Chapter 3: Get the message!
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The next day Gir picked Dib up out of the cage.
Then he put a bowl of tuna down in front of him. This time
Dib spied a dead roach in the tuna but he ate it anyway.
Gir watched him eat.
"Kitty, I wanna go for a walk do you?"
Dib looked up "Yes a walk the perfect chance to get
away from this lunatic"
"Mew!"
"Okay then Kitty as soon as you finish breakfast
I'll let you use my leash and we can go!"
"Mew!"
Gir grabbed his leash off the wall where it hung.
Then he took off his collar. He went over to Dib and put
the collar on him. Then he fastened the leash to it. Gir
opened the door and ran outside. Dib was not prepared for
this and he was getting dragged along behind Gir. Finally
he had caught up to Gir's quick pace.
Gir stopped at the entrance to the park. Then he
saw the swings. His eyes got big.
"We gotta go on the swings key!"
Gir ran to the swings. then he hopped onto one.
He tied the leash to his swing. Then he started to swing.
This was not a good thing for Dib, because everytime Gir's
swing went back or forward the leash pulled on him choking
him a bit. Then Dib decided this would be the time to get
away. He had a simple plan, he would just unhook the leash
from his collar and then run like mad.
So Dib attempted to grab the leash, but he
couldn't. Then he looked down, paws! he had paws, that
ruined everyhting.
"Damn these paws" thought Dib "If I only had thumbs I
could grab this leash!"
Then he got another idea. He put both of his paws
on the side of the metal clipper that was farthest from
his face. Then he started to puch the clip with his nose.
His nose hurt bad, but the leash clip was opening! When
it got open enough He put his head up high now he was free!
His nose was bleeding a little and it made him sneeze. He
glanced up at Gir, then started to run without looking back.
"KITTY NO!!" screamed Gir
Dib kept on running. Where to go now? The question
raced through his mind. He would go home and find a way
to communicate. He would, so he redirected his path towards
his house.
Then he came to a busy street. Without thinking he
raced across. It was only after he crossed when he realized
what he had done.
"Stupid cat instincts" he said to himself
Then he saw it, his house he had made it. Now
another problem arose. How to get inside? He saw Gaz's
window open. He saw a trelis going up the wall part way.
So he walked to the side of the house, and leaped onto
the trelis. He started to climb up. Now he had to jump
through Gaz's open window. This would be a challenge.
He jumped with all he could and easily cleared
the window. He landed and his stomach in the middle of the
room. Gaz had not seen him she was busy playing her video
game.
"Mew?"
No answer
"Mew!"
No answer
"MEW!!"
No answer
Dib jumped onto the bed and he put his paw over
the video screen.
"Hey you stupid little animal you made me lose!"
"Meeew"
"You know what you kinda look like my brother,
Dib"
He nodded his head quickly.
"You know him?"
Dib jumped onto her desk and got a pencil and some
paper. He jumped onto the floor and began to try as hard
as possible to write his name. Then after 10 minutes he
wrote "Dib -" in messy letters. He picked up the paper
and handed it to her. Then he stood in the direction the
arrow would be pointing.
"Dib's outside?"
The arrow was also pointing at her door.
He shook his head, annoyed. He walked over to the
paper. He put his paw on the arrow and then on himself.
"You're Dib?!"
He nodded his head quickly.
"What happened?"
Dib thought hard and then he put his paw behind
his ear.
"Sounds like?"
He thought some more.
"I don't like to play sharades Dib..."
He glared at her.

Gir had lost sight of Dib and sadly and slowly
walked home. He neared his house and then he stopped and sat
down on the porch.
"I miss my key..." Gir said sadly "I guess he
never liked me..."

It had been about 30 minutes and Dib had finally
got the entire story across to Gaz.
"Oh alright, I don't believe you but I guess I'll
take you down to Zim's house"

About ten minutes later Gir saw Gaz coming with
Dib.
"Key!! You came back!" Gir ran over to Gaz and
snatched Dib up.
Dib struggled free and jumped into the house through
the back window. Gir followed him, using his rockets. Gaz
rang the door bell.
Zim was going to open the door, when he heard a
loud crash noise. He turned his head to see Dib flying at him.
"AHHHHHHHH!!!!"
Dib landed and Zim's head and then dug his claws
in.
"OwwwwwwWW!"
Gir grabbed Dib by the tail and began to pull as
hard as he could.
"Don't pull Gir don't pull!!"
"Okay!!" Gir pulled harder
"I said DON'T PULL!! DON'T PULL!!"
The doorbell rings again.
Zim managed to pull the cat off his head and throw
it violently to the floor.
Panting and all scratched up, Zim opened the door.
"What happened to you?" Gaz asked slowly
"Ummm my dog's cat went crazy he..heehehe" he laughed
uneasily.
Gir had refastened the leash to Dib's collar.
Then he dragged him over to the front door.
"Ummm but that is my cat" said Gaz pointing at
Dib
"NOO!!" Gir shrieked "MY KEY!!"
"Key?" Gaz seemed a little confused "I thought
you said he was a dog.."
"Oh he is" Zim kicked Gir hard
"OuuWW"
"See"
"Don't kick me"
Zim kicked Gir again
"Ouuuuwww"
"Well anyway that is my cat and I need him" Gaz
continued
"UMMmmm well..umm so do I" said Zim
"Really?"
"Yea"
"Then you can have him"
Dib's jaw dropped "Meeew mwi mooow"
Zim stepped on his tail, on purpose. Dib jumped in
the air and landed on Zim's head. He grabbed the wig on his
head and threw it. Zim's anntenas stood up in the air.
Gaz just froze.
"Umm gotta go!!" Zim slammed the door. Then he grabbed
Dib around the neck "You are sooooo gonna die for that!"
"My Key!!" Gir grabbed Dib's tail
"Nooo Gir, Dib is my cat now. I'll get you something
else later"
"My KEY!!"
"Noo Gir" He stopped. He forgot about Gaz outside.
He dropped Dib on the ground. Gir picked him up and started
to sqeeze the life out of him.
Zim grabbed something from a near by drawer. Then
he put on his wig. He opened the door. Gaz was in the
same position. Then Zim pointed the little thing at her
head and pulled the trigger...
Dib scratched Gir again, another piece of the
dog costume tore off. This time Gir shrieked as if in
pain, then he started running around in circles. Dib fell
on the ground then looked up. He had seen Zim pull the
trigger on the little device.
"Meeooo!!" Dib jumped over to Zim and bit his leg
"Ahhhhuuihiuoooo!" Zim dropped the device to the
ground.
Dib picked it up and pointed it at Gir. Then somehow
he managed to pull the trigger with his paws. A white beam
shot out of it. It seemed to disappear in Gir's head.
Nothing happened. Gir continued to run around in circles
screaming. Then he looked back at Gaz. She was now looking
around.
"Where am I?"
Dib ran over to her.
"Hey you look kinda like my brother, Dib"
He fainted.
"That's the first time I ever saw a cat faint
before....."
Zim slammed the door in her face. Then he turned
to Dib. "And as for you.."
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