I was stunned, the woman and the little girl had bought me and 6, we were put into a carrier-box and then carried to something big and shiny, what I later discovered was called a car. When we started moving, I panicked, but 6 reassured me and soon I had relaxed.
The house wasn't big, but it wasn't small either. It was tall, thin and long, with a lounge, dining room, kitchen, two bedrooms and two bathrooms. We were taken into the upstairs bathroom and the woman started running water into a bath, something else I had never seen before. When we were let out of the carrier-box they put us into the bath, which was shallow and warm, they added soap and shampoo to the water and the woman washed us gently with a flannel, it reminded me of my mother's toungue licking me clean, I'd missed that. 6 was enjoying herself immensly, splashing in the bubbles and tugging on the flannel, jumping up the sides, almost to the top but not quite high enough to reach the edge.
After the bath, the little girl was ready with a towel, but she was a little rough and by the time she'd finished drying me, I looked more like a cottonball than a cat, with my fur sticking out all over me. The woman brushed my now shiny fur straight, and then began talking to the little girl, who had 6 sleeping in her lap. She looked up and said "Now you'll have to decide what to call them", the little girl giggled and answered "That's easy, Jamie and Johnson", the woman laughed and said "But one of them's a girl, shouldn't she have a different name?", the little girl frowned and crossed her arms, then suddenly looked up with a smile, "I know, how about Alice and Johnson?". The woman grinned "Perfect, Alice is the one in your lap, and this one is Johnson", she bent down to tickle my ears. Then the little girl said "Mummy, I'm hungry", and the woman replied "OK, Livvi, I'll get dinner ready, and I suppose those two are a bit hungry too".
The Whiskers pouches were delicious, both Alice and I licked our new dishes clean, mine was flavoured with beef, hers with salmon. Livvi and Mummy were sitting at a table eating something that smelt of potatoes, fish and salt. Then we were taken into the lounge and Livvi played with us, using a ball on a string, until a certain program came onto the TV, and then she sat on the sofa and gazed at the screen, her mouth slightly open. After a while, a knock came at the front door and Mummy went to answer it. A man stood outside, he had a bottle in his hand and a smile on his face. Mummy invited the man inside "So good to see you Johnny" my ears pricked at the sound of his name, it sounded like mine. I went to tell Alice about the strange man, but she was fast asleep in Livvi's lap again, Livvi hadn't even noticed that someone had come to the house, she was still absorbed watching the TV.
The man came into the room and Livvi looked away from the screen to greet him, he stayed on the sofa for a minute or two before saying "Those animals on the TV are called gazelles", Livvi looked up at him and said "They are Thompson's gazelles". The man burst out laughing and so did Mummy, who had been standing in the doorway.
A/N: The city is London, and I lived there until I was 8, and my mum bought Alice and Johnson for my 6th birthday. I hope you've enjoyed it so far, click the green button!