Our story opens today at Garfield's house where we see Garfield lying on Jon's lap, who is sitting on his easy chair in front of the TV.

"The All Night Movie Marathon is on TV now Garfield." He stroked his cat "I've got my trusty cat to keep me company, extra butter popcorn to snack on, and some coke to wash it down with. You ready?"

"You bet I am!" Garfield nodded.

Garfield jumped off Jon's lap and came back with the remote control in his mouth and handed it to Jon.

"Thanks Garfield." Jon took the remote "Time to turn it on!"

The TV turned on.

"And now, the All Night Movie Marathon on PawsTV!" the announcer said.

Just then, Garfield and Jon fell asleep right in front of the TV while the movie was still playing.

DING DONG!

Jon and Garfield jumped right out of their chair and instantly woke up.

"It's the doorbell." Jon got off his chair and set Garfield down "I'll go get it."

Jon opened up the door and there was a man about his size with a stache.

"Lyman!" Jon exclaimed.

"Jon!" the man exclaimed back.

"It's great to see you." Jon hugged Lyman "It's been so long."

"Too long." Lyman added.

"Looks like we've got some catching up to do, huh?" Jon asked his friend.

Just then, Garfield walked over to the door and saw Jon and Lyman hugging.

"Either Jon has found a girl with a stache or he's finally found friends." Garfield looked at the two men.

Jon looked down at Garfield and his glaring face.

"Lyman, this is my cat Garfield." Jon picked up Garfield "Say hi Garfield."

"Rrroww." Garfield meowed.

"What a sweet kitty." Lyman petted Garfield "A little portly though."

Garfield hissed at Lyman and tried to show his claws.

"Garfield, Lyman is our guest." Jon put Garfield down "Behave yourself."

Jon and Lyman went down to the table and had a cup of coffee together.

"So Lyman," Jon sipped his coffee "Why did you come over here?"

"There's something I wanna tell you Jon." Lyman put his head down.

"What is it?" Jon asked.

Lyman started sobbing "I'm broke! I'm poor! I've got nowhere to go! Please, take me in! Take me in!"

"Sure Lyman." Jon put a hand on Lyman's shoulder "My home is yours."

"And my sandbox is off limits!" Garfield looked at Lyman and Jon.

"My suitcase is outside, I'll go get it." Lyman went outside.

"Isn't it great Garfield?" Jon looked down at Garfield "We're gonna have a new member of our household."

Garfield just stretched himself. He didn't look amused at all.

"Don't be a grumpy puss Garfield." Jon said "You'll love having Lyman around."

"I guess." Garfield thought.

Lyman came back inside with just a single suitcase.

"Here are my things Jon." Lyman showed his suitcase "So, where do I sleep?"

"Wait, is that all you have?" Jon asked Lyman "Just a single suitcase."

"Not exactly." Lyman said "Here boy!"

Just then, a yellow dog with a big, red tounge came leaping into the house. Garfield was shocked.

"Oh Lawsey, lawsey, lawsey." He shook his head and went into a corner.

After a few minutes, Garfield went out of the corner.

"Come on Garfield," He lied down "Snap out of this funk! So what if a dog moved in? At least you still have your dignity."

Just then, Lyman's dog came bouncing some more across the room.

"Take me now lord!" He looked up at the ceiling.

The dog jumped onto the table to greet Jon, who was with Lyman.

"What's your dog's name?" Jon asked Lyman.

"Odie." He answered.

"Odie." Garfield sighed "A dog named Odie. A ship named Titanic, a car named Edsel..."

As soon as Garfield calmed down, he leaped up to the table where Odie was still skipping until he fell right off the table.

"Over eight billion dogs in this world and I get stuck with the stupidest one ever." Garfield smacked his forehead.

Garfield went pacing throughout the whole living room and then started sulking.

"A stupid dog moved into my house," Garfield lied down.

"Ruff!" Odie barked to Garfield.

"RRRAAARRRRR!" Garfield roared to Odie back.

Odie got scared and ran away.

"How will I ever survive?" Garfield kept walking.

If there's one thing Garfield learned about Odie while he was trying to get used to having him as a fellow pet, it's that he wasn't housebroken.

"Odie!" Lyman pointed to the floor "Look what you did on the floor!"

Lyman rolled up a newspaper and started hitting Odie's butt with it.

"No! No! No! No! No!" He chanted.

"They should've named him, 'Spot'." Garfield looked at Odie's disincline.

After Jon cleaned up the "spot" Odie made on the floor, he and Lyman had a little conversation and coffee.

"Lyman, I think you should housebreak Odie." Jon told his roommate.

"How?" asked Lyman.

"With this." Garfield showed them a baseball bat he was carrying in his mouth.

"Not funny Garfield." Jon told his cat.

"I don't get what's wrong with humans and dogs." Garfield lied down on the floor "We cats are wonderful and majestic creatures. The saying 'nervous as a cat' is an old wives tale."

Just then, Odie came up to Garfield.

"Ruff!" He barked loudly.

Garfield was very shocked and jumped up into the ceiling, luckily he had claws to help him grab onto the ceiling and climb down. Unfortunately, his weight made him fall and land safely on his feet.

"But 'cats always land on their feet' is not." Garfield landed on the ground.

"Well, I think we'd better get ready for bed." Jon said to Lyman "I've got work tomorrow."

"Yeah, I'd better get settled into my new house too." said Lyman. "Come on Odie!"

"Ruff!" Odie followed Lyman.

As soon as Jon put on his pajamas, he saw Garfield playing in the bathroom sink.

"Heh heh." He chuckled "Cats love to play with water."

Finally, Garfield picked up something out of the sink.

"Finally." He looked at the thing "I thought I'd never find Jon's favorite watch."

Author's Note:

Well looks like Garfield has a new roomie and so does Jon! And so ends Garfield's Terrific Tales! But don't worry folks! There are more Garfield stories on the way! Get ready to meet the other characters and find out what happens to Orson when he gets lost in the scary forest! Stay tuned for another story!