Are you blind when you are born?
3. The Jellicle Ball
It had been a week after the battle with Macavity when the Jellicle Moon appeared, so Munkustrap and Alonzo were walking bruises at the ball. Alonzo had been right, he had cracked three ribs. But he now thought that it had been worth it as Cassandra was deeply impressed with him.
Munkustrap was secretly grateful the Demeter was heavily pregnant and couldn't dance as much as she used to be able to. So, to everyone else it looked like he was just looking after Demeter, when he was resting AND looking after his dearly beloved mate.
The rest of Jellicles were happy with news that more new Jellicels where on the way. The tribal's youngest members since the last Jellicle ball were the twins Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer (and they looked like they were going to be trouble), the triplet boys; Plato, Pouncival and Tumblebrutus and final the twin girls Electra and Etcetera.
The evening was mostly a good one expect for a certain queen trying to return to the tribe. Demeter realty pitied her because Grizabella was now walked with a limp as a result from her fight with Macavity. Demeter could not help feel responsible for that limp. Her comments about letting Grizabella come back, everyone assumed her the result of her hormones. Bombalurina held her sister tight as Munkustrap and Alonzo chased Grizabella away, it did not take too much to see her off and she did not return that night.
The cat that Old Deuteronomy announced to be the Jellicle choice was his own mate, the albino queen Victorianna, the long suffering mother of Macavity, Rum Tug Tugger and Munkustrap. He was actually kind of sad to see his mum go. And secretly, so was Tugger. When the ball ended, Munkustrap walked back to the den with Demeter in his arms, clinging to her as if he was never going to let her go. He felt very sad that his mother had not got to meet her grandchildren.