4th Advent
Only four days left until Christmas!
Victoria lay there, wrapped into three thick blankets.
She had woken up a few minutes ago and stared at the ceiling of her cave.
Her right paw searched for something, and as she found it, she closed her paw tightly around the last letter of her Christmas tom.
"MORNING!!!!" Etce jumped onto Victorias tummy.
"Cetty!!!" Victoria stood up, brushing her fur with her tounge.
"Four days left until you'll meet your...."
"HUSH!" Vicy hissed. "Do you want the whole junkyard to know?
He'll think I'm crazy! No-one should know, but the three of you!"
"Okay... but... Do you have any idea by now? Who is HE?"
"Maybe Pounce?" Jemima's head looked through two curtains, which Vicy used as a kind of door.
Vic smiled. "No...He's cute, but not that cute! He wouldn't be so romantical!"
"You're right!" Electra's paws pushed Jemi's head nearly fully to the ground, while she tried to poke through the curtains too. "He's not so poetrical!"
"Poetrical Pouncival!" Jemi said giggling, while fully entering the cave.
"I'm so excited!" Vic said after a long time of silence.
"Who would you like it to be?" Etce asked.
"Well....Munku's cute!"
"MUNKU!!!" Jemi cried out, stopped by Electra, placing her paw on her mouth.
After taking a deep breath, she continued.
"He's to old! He's got Demeter!"
"Yeah, but he was really nice to me on my first ball, and he hugged me, and..."
"That doesn't have to mean anything! He's gotta take care of the kittens! That's it!"
Electra said, while playing 'let's chase Cetty's tail'.
"Okay,..." Vic grinned, thinking about another tom, she had noticed the last few weeks. She hadn't cared about him before, but he was cute...grown up, good looking... But he would never...
****
On the 24th of December Victoria woke up very early.
She couldn't sleep the whole night and now she was plain nervous!
She went to Jemima's place, where the four kittens met, to get ready for the ball.
They wanted to start early, take a walk in the fresh air and finally visit the Christmas party.
"Jemi, you're up?!"
"Sure! But the others aren't here yet!"
"I thought so..."
The two settled down, talking and waiting for the other two kittens.
"They'll be far too late! You know them!" Jemi had said again and again.
Although Vic tried to listen, she couldn't! Her thoughts were in some place far away, in the arms of her tom!
"What if he's like...ugly?!"
"What?!" Vic looked up at Jemi.
"What if he's ugly?"
"Erm, ...I don't know...he doesn't have to look Perfect!" And she added a little bit angrily, "Don't spoil everything!"
"Sorry!" Jemi got up. "There they come!"
"You're damn late!" Vic shouted towards them.
"Sorry!" Etce said, breathing heavily. "We've tried to hurry up, but..."
Electra grinned. "Bombi gave us THIS!"
She reached Victoria a letter.
Jemi screamed. "So it IS a queen!"
"No you...!" Electra smacked Jemi gently onto her head. " She just GAVE it to us!"
"Okay..."
"Now read it!"
Etcetera sat down in front of Victoria.
"O...Okay...
Dear Vic!
Only a few hours left until we meet!
I really hope you want to meet me.
I had to think about you day and night.
I need you!"
"That's it?" Etce meowed.
"Yes..."
"Maybe it's Tug?" Jemi suggested.
"No, I don't think so! Never!" Vic answered as fast as she could knowing that Etce was in love with him, although everybody knew they would never come together...
"Now let's get going!"
The kittens cleaned their fur and thought about what to do on the ball.
In the afternoon they went to a lake east of the junkyard, which was frozen, so they could slide over it.
By then it had also started to snow again, which made everything even more fun.
Most of the time they just laught about Etcetera who kep on slipping and trembling to the ground.
They couldn't stop laughing. Etce didn't find that very amusing, so she threw a snowball at each of the other kittens.
The time there had passed fast and after cleaning their fur once again, they went off to the Christmas ball.
The day had started so good, it just COULDN'T get better!
But Vicy knew it would...
Only four days left until Christmas!
Victoria lay there, wrapped into three thick blankets.
She had woken up a few minutes ago and stared at the ceiling of her cave.
Her right paw searched for something, and as she found it, she closed her paw tightly around the last letter of her Christmas tom.
"MORNING!!!!" Etce jumped onto Victorias tummy.
"Cetty!!!" Victoria stood up, brushing her fur with her tounge.
"Four days left until you'll meet your...."
"HUSH!" Vicy hissed. "Do you want the whole junkyard to know?
He'll think I'm crazy! No-one should know, but the three of you!"
"Okay... but... Do you have any idea by now? Who is HE?"
"Maybe Pounce?" Jemima's head looked through two curtains, which Vicy used as a kind of door.
Vic smiled. "No...He's cute, but not that cute! He wouldn't be so romantical!"
"You're right!" Electra's paws pushed Jemi's head nearly fully to the ground, while she tried to poke through the curtains too. "He's not so poetrical!"
"Poetrical Pouncival!" Jemi said giggling, while fully entering the cave.
"I'm so excited!" Vic said after a long time of silence.
"Who would you like it to be?" Etce asked.
"Well....Munku's cute!"
"MUNKU!!!" Jemi cried out, stopped by Electra, placing her paw on her mouth.
After taking a deep breath, she continued.
"He's to old! He's got Demeter!"
"Yeah, but he was really nice to me on my first ball, and he hugged me, and..."
"That doesn't have to mean anything! He's gotta take care of the kittens! That's it!"
Electra said, while playing 'let's chase Cetty's tail'.
"Okay,..." Vic grinned, thinking about another tom, she had noticed the last few weeks. She hadn't cared about him before, but he was cute...grown up, good looking... But he would never...
****
On the 24th of December Victoria woke up very early.
She couldn't sleep the whole night and now she was plain nervous!
She went to Jemima's place, where the four kittens met, to get ready for the ball.
They wanted to start early, take a walk in the fresh air and finally visit the Christmas party.
"Jemi, you're up?!"
"Sure! But the others aren't here yet!"
"I thought so..."
The two settled down, talking and waiting for the other two kittens.
"They'll be far too late! You know them!" Jemi had said again and again.
Although Vic tried to listen, she couldn't! Her thoughts were in some place far away, in the arms of her tom!
"What if he's like...ugly?!"
"What?!" Vic looked up at Jemi.
"What if he's ugly?"
"Erm, ...I don't know...he doesn't have to look Perfect!" And she added a little bit angrily, "Don't spoil everything!"
"Sorry!" Jemi got up. "There they come!"
"You're damn late!" Vic shouted towards them.
"Sorry!" Etce said, breathing heavily. "We've tried to hurry up, but..."
Electra grinned. "Bombi gave us THIS!"
She reached Victoria a letter.
Jemi screamed. "So it IS a queen!"
"No you...!" Electra smacked Jemi gently onto her head. " She just GAVE it to us!"
"Okay..."
"Now read it!"
Etcetera sat down in front of Victoria.
"O...Okay...
Dear Vic!
Only a few hours left until we meet!
I really hope you want to meet me.
I had to think about you day and night.
I need you!"
"That's it?" Etce meowed.
"Yes..."
"Maybe it's Tug?" Jemi suggested.
"No, I don't think so! Never!" Vic answered as fast as she could knowing that Etce was in love with him, although everybody knew they would never come together...
"Now let's get going!"
The kittens cleaned their fur and thought about what to do on the ball.
In the afternoon they went to a lake east of the junkyard, which was frozen, so they could slide over it.
By then it had also started to snow again, which made everything even more fun.
Most of the time they just laught about Etcetera who kep on slipping and trembling to the ground.
They couldn't stop laughing. Etce didn't find that very amusing, so she threw a snowball at each of the other kittens.
The time there had passed fast and after cleaning their fur once again, they went off to the Christmas ball.
The day had started so good, it just COULDN'T get better!
But Vicy knew it would...