Kitten tails
A/N: Wooohooo! I've got over my writer's block – I hope this one is better than the last!
Disclaimer: I do not own Cats.
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Chapter 2 – The Tooth Cat
Etcetera let out a loud yelp and put her paw to her mouth. Her mother swung around at hearing her kitten's cry.
"What in Heavyside's wrong dear?" Jellylorum asked the kitten.
"My tooth just hurt!" She exclaimed.
"Let's have a look?"
The queen looked into her daughter's (now open) mouth. "Where does it hurt?"
"O ma lf sd!"
"Pardon?"
Etcetera pulled away from her mother, "I said on my left side."
"Sorry darling."
Jellylorum continued her search.
"Ow!" She pulled away from her mother.
"You've got a loose tooth!"
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Electra wriggled her tooth in front of the other kittens. They oohed and arrhed at it. "Mummy said it'll drop out and I'll get my big teeth." She told them.
"Cool! Does that mean our teeth will drop out too?" Tumblebrutus asked.
"Yep."
"Don't forget to save your tooth for the Tooth Cat!" The Theatre Cat ambled up the kittens.
"What?" They all asked in unison.
"Your parents haven't told you about the Tooth Cat?"
They shook their heads.
"Well, let's see now." Gus began to think to himself, "Ah, I remember! Every time a kitten looses their tooth they must place it under the cushion they sleep on at night and in the morning the Tooth Cat will have left them a kitty treat."
The kittens gasped. "What does the Tooth Cat do with the teeth?" Electra asked.
"He uses them to build his house."
Gus looked at the kittens, a twinkle in his eye. "Well, anyway, I have to go and see Munkustrap about my performance at the ball."
He left the kittens forming imaginary pictures of the Tooth cat.
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One week later…
"It's happened! It's happened!" Etcetera skidded to a halt in front of her friends.
"What happened?" Gus asked (he'd been telling the kittens one of his numerous theatre stories).
"My tooth's come out!" The hyperactive kitten jumped up and down as the others crowded around her.
"Let's have a look!" The equally hyperactive Pouncival shouted.
Etcetera opened her mouth and showed the kittens the gap.
That night, Etcetera couldn't wait to go to bed. She fidgeted as her mother washed her and didn't want a story read to her. Before settling down, she carefully placed the tooth under her cushion and wished with her whole heart.
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Etcetera woke with a start and immediately began to search under her pillow. Her paw connected with an object. She pulled it out, looked at it and let out a loud yippee. Jellylorum rushed in at the noise.
"Whatever's the matter?" She asked her youngest.
"Look at what the Tooth Cat left me!" She shrieked.
Meanwhile, outside the den stood Gus. He smiled when he heard the exited kitten's voice. He looked down at the tooth in his hand. With a flick of his wrist he sent it flying into a pile of junk and walked off into the morning mist, happy to have made a kitten's day.