Chapter 3

Next day Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer were awoken by Kitty. Both cats yawned hugely. "What time is it?" Teazer asked half asleep.

"Eight o'clock in the morning," Kitty informed her. Mungo and Rumpel groaned, rolled over, and went back to sleep.

"Oh no, you don´t," Kitty said with determination. The cats slept on, until she lifted their bed up, and spilled the two most surprised felines on to the floor.

That didn't stop the cats from trying to continue their slumber. Kitty shook her head, she grabbed them the scruff of their necks and took them into the bathroom. There she snapped her fingers, and then tossed the two protesting cats into the tub, that coincidentally was now filled with ice-cold water.

"Yow!" they hollered, sputtering. That woke them up, without a doubt! They screamed and leapt out of the water. They both looked at Kitty, who looked back at them, and asked, "All awake now?"

The two chilled, soaking cats nodded miserably. "Good," Kitty said and told them to come with her. She walked them both to the gym.

"This is where you are going to do all of your training," Kitty told them. Before they could even utter a word, she told them assume a push–up position. Knowing that protesting would only land them in an even worse predicament, they did as she bade them to, and got down in position. Once they did, Kitty laid a weight of equal size on each of their backs. Both cats collapsed in a heap.

"Wimps," Kitty muttered, shaking her head.

"Gah! Exactly just how heavy are these things?" Rumpelteazer asked, gasping aloud.

"A ton. Why? Is that a problem?" Kitty told them.

"WHAT?" The duo yelped and collapsed yet again, under the terrific weight.

"Quit stalling. Now, one hundred push– ups," Kitty instructed. "Oh, and I'm counting them all."

After the duo had completed their push– ups, Kitty took them to a different room.

"All right, you two. Here's where you pass through a hindercourt. Now, if you can manage get through it without breaking or stealing a single thing, you'll pass, and not have to go through it again.

"But, on the other hand, if you do break or steal anything… why, you'll just have to go through it again and again and again, until you both can get it perfect," Kitty instructed them.

"Okay. I got that. But, why?" Mungojerrie asked, curious.

"Because it's a nasty habit to break and steal things," Kitty said sternly. "And here, we don´t tolerate nasty habits. Here, there is no cursing, there are no enemies, no tobacco, no alcohol, or recreational drugs. Now, last, but certainly not least, we don´t have crime. Period. Is that clear?" she asked.

The duo nodded, stunned, yet somehow impressed.

"Good," Kitty said with a nod.

Mungo and Teazer were forced to go through the hindercourt three times before completing it successfully. As the tired and frustrated Cats plied their ways through the hindercourt, Kitty took the time to draw pictures. She created drawings of Alonzo, Coricopat, Tantomile, Mungo, Teazer, Etcetera and herself in front of a big castle, talking and laughing.

Wiping their faces with a towels, the duo finally appeared, having finally passed the course. They noticed Kitty's many pictures right away.

"Nice drawing," Mungo said, admiring the work.

"Thanks," Kitty said, simply. Then she showed Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer through the door outside.

That night, Mungo and Teazer decided to take what Mungo called a little 'nocturnal perambulation'. Once outside, they saw Kitty standing there. The teenage girl walked toward a corridor she never showed them before. She beckoned the pair to follow. Once through the door, they saw a beutiful landscape. Pure, unspoiled Nature… everywhere. A forest with woodland animals running about, clean water, and no sign of modern civilization. Kitty smiled and sighed happily. Without a word, she sat down and began to sketch the landscape all around her.

Mungo patted Teazer's shoulder and nodded his head backward as if to say, "Let uss leave her alone." Teazer nodded and padded noiselessly after her brother.