Chapter 3.

Leonardo's New Cat

It was a lovely morning in MonGoose City and at the Anibenbow Inn, Leonardo was still fast asleep in his bed in his bedroom, when his alarm clock reached seven, however, he slowly opened his eyes and sat up in bed. Leonardo smiled for he knew this was going to be another great day hanging out with Tony Lion.

"Oh boy! Another day with Tony!" Leonardo said to himself with excitement.

He stepped out of bed and went into the bathroom to brush his teeth. He may have been excited about spending time with his friend, but his morning routine came first. Leonardo washed his face and brushed his teeth and then went downstairs to the dining room of the inn to have breakfast with his mother and father.

"Good morning, Mom and Dad," Leonardo greeted his parents as he sat down at the table.

"Good morning son," said Stanley.

"Mom, what's for breakfast?" Leonardo asked politely.

"Pancakes," said Rochelle.

"Cool!" Leonardo said with a smile. "I'd like a couple, please."

Rochelle smiled and placed a plate of three pancakes covered with syrup and butter in front of Leonardo.

"Thank you very much," Leonardo said before he started to eat.

"Your welcome dear," said Rochelle as she sat down and tucked into her Pancakes too.

"I'm going to play with Tony again today," Leonardo stated, after he'd swallowed a few bites of his breakfast.

"Oh, that's lovely," said Rochelle.

"What a good idea," said Stanley.

"I hope he's not too busy, though," Leonardo went on.

"I'm sure he's not, sweetie," said Rochelle.

After a few minutes, Leonardo was finished with his breakfast. He wiped his mouth with a napkin, and then stood up from the table.

"Mom, Dad, I'll be off now," said Leonardo.

"Okay, dear," Rochelle replied.

"You have a good day, son," Stanley said.

"I will," said Leonardo as he walked towards the front door of the inn, he placed his hand on the doorknob, turned it and pulled the door open.

"Bye Mom! Bye Dad!" called Leonardo as he went out of the front door and then he went out on his way to meet up with Tony.

"Now that Leonardo has gone to see his friend, there is something I need to do," said Rochelle as she stood up from the table and then suddenly an idea came to her and she smiled.

"I know," said Rochelle.

She turned to Stanley. "Hey, Stanley..."

"Yeah?"

"Do you ever wonder if we should get a pet for our son?" Rochelle wanted to know.

"I don't see why not," said Stanley.

"It'll be the perfect way to surprise Leonardo when he gets home," Rochelle replied.

"What pet are you planning on getting him?" asked Stanley.

"I was thinking of a cat," Rochelle replied.

"What a perfect choice for a pet," said Stanley with a smile.

"I'm going to go to the adoption center and see what cats are available to adopt," Rochelle said.

"And I'll look after things around here at the inn while you are doing that," said Stanley.

"Thank you," said Rochelle as she picked up her purse and her car keys. She went over to the front door, placed her hand on the knob, turned it and pulled it open. Then she walked out the door and went out to the car.


Later on in late afternoon, Leonardo sat in his bedroom watching TV, however, he heard a knock on his door, before Rochelle opened the door gently.

"Leo, honey?" she started.

"Yes Mom?" asked Leonardo.

"Could you come into the living room, please?" Rochelle asked. "There's someone we'd like you to meet."

"Okay," said Leonardo.

He switched off his TV, got off his bed and left his bedroom. A couple of minutes later, he headed into the living room.

"Who is it that you want me to meet?" asked Leonardo.

Suddenly he heard a little meow, and when he looked down in front of him, he saw a cat walking up to him, the cat was a Bengal, it's fur was brown and it wore a Red collar around it's neck. The cat rubbed himself against Leonardo's legs.

Leonardo smiled. "Aww, it's cute..." he said as he reached down to pet the top of the cat's head.

"Leonardo, this is our new cat," said Rochelle, "His name is Felix. I got him from the adoption center."

"That's really nice of you, Mom," said Leonardo. "Thank you."

"Why don't you take Felix into your room and play with him?" suggested Rochelle.

"That's a great idea," Leonardo replied and he picked up Felix gently, walked out of the living room and back to his own bedroom and when he got there, he placed Felix on the bed and sat down with him.

"This is my room, Felix," said Leonardo.

Felix looked around Leonardo's bedroom, it had yellow and blue striped wallpaper, at the opposite wall was a flat-screen TV with a DVD player and a Xbox 360, in another part of the bedroom there was a cupboard full of video games & DVDs of movies, next to the cupboard was a chest full of toys such as trucks, cars, a robot, planes and dinosaurs and there was also a bookshelf full of books, Felix stretched his front and back legs before he used his claws to "knead" the bed he was on and Leonardo smiled as he watched Felix do that.

Leonardo placed his hand on Felix's back and moved it up and down, petting him as he did so and he said while petting him:

"I'm glad we brought you home, Felix. I think we're gonna get along great."