I still don't own it, but I got The Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats at Barnes and Noble...

Special thank you to Masque for being my best--and only--reader!


Meg Giry and Christine Daae stood on the edge of the stage, watching Carlotta destroy yet another song. A scream tore its way from Meg's throat. "It's—it's—" She squealed in delight. "It's so cute!"

Pouncival looked to Tumblebrutus in absolute fear, his eyes widening considerably. Tumblebrutus looked from his friend to the "squee"ing ballet rats and vanished behind a backdrop, Pouncival not far behind.

Macavity, who had been prowling the junkyard just moments ago and was now thoroughly confused, was not quite so lucky. Seeing as it was still the late 1800's, Christine and Meg knew nothing of the "Napoleon of Crime" and his many misdemeanors.

"Look at his beautiful red fur!" "Such shiny little eyes!" The two girls' excited cries completely drowned out Macavity's hisses of protest, and his little two-centimeter long claws did close to nothing against the hundred-layered skirts.

Meg turned to Christine, a maniacal grin on her thin, ugly face. "Something about this cat makes me want to take over France," Christine smiled.

"Yes, Meg—today, France, tomorrow, the world!"

Cackling insanely, the two supposed "ballerinas" and their new little friend started off to take over the world. Wouldn't you just love to go along, too?


"Wh…What…What are you doing?"

An insane laugh was the Rum Tum Tugger's only answer. Well, of course, the man before him couldn't really understand him, so I suppose it isn't much of an answer…

The Viscount de Chagny knelt before the Rum Tum Tugger, tying adorable little pink ribbons into the masculine cat's mane(A/N: I've no idea what to call it, so let's just stick with this). Forget poor Erik, poor Tugger! For once in his life, he was wishing for one of his many fan girls to show her face and save him.

"You're going to be the prettiest little kitten in the whole wide world,"

The fop's words put pure fear in Tugger's heart. All he could do to show it, of course, was widen his eyes a little more, because he couldn't talk in a way that the fop would understand.

What happened to "faithful and true to others who do what Jellicles can and Jellicles do"?


Still short, I'm sorry...And I couldn't resist the "Today, France, tomorrow, the world" thing...I'm so sorry...Angel, my soul was weak, forgive me...