At The Ball Chapter 7: Jellicle Songs For Jellicle Cats, a cats fanfic

And now the Jellicle Ball begins!

Chapter 6: Jellicle Songs For Jellicle Cats

Note : Whatever is in italics is what is being sung by one of the characters, I do not have the patience to add all the quotation marks!

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Oh, man, I am so excited! The Jellicle Ball is finally here! I have no idea what to do of course, so I just run up to my rocking chair and look about the clearing. Munkus, Cassie, Dem, and Dad were already there. I knew I had to sit still...shudder......oh, well, as we were waiting, the only people who showed up where Tant, Cori, Electra, and Tugger. Oh, I hope Aunt Chessica comes! Oh, wait! Munkustrap is moving off the car! The ball is about to begin! Shut up, mind, I want to hear him.

Munkustrap crawled to the center of the yard, stood up, and looked out into the sky. Then, he sang:

Are you blind when you're born?

Dem crawled out of the pipe (Quaxo's pipe by the way!) and moved her hands in a wierd way as she sang.

Can you see in the dark?

Oh, Dad, cool, you're singing too!

Dare you look at a king?

Whoa, where did Asparagus come from? I didn't see him there? Oh, look! Chessica and Alonzo are here! Yeah! I knew she'd come!

Would you sit on his throne?

Can you say of your bite

That it's worse then your bark?

Grr.....Tugger....

Are you cock of the walk?

He he....he said cock....

When you're walking alone?

Yeah, Aunt Chessica!

Oh, good, it's time for the chorus! Mom and Dad had drilled me and Teazer and Admetus on this, but I don't know why on them because they already knew the words so well. But time to sing! Don't want to leave my chair just yet though....

Because Jellicles are and jellicles do

Jellicles do and jellicles would

Jellicles would and jellicles can

Jellicles can and jellicles do

Alonzo looked up at me for a moment. "Don't you wan't to get down and dance?" he asked. I shook my head no. He just shrugged.

Then, All of a sudden almost every Jellicle began to show up. Jellylorum crawled up on the car, and Exotica slunk in through the shadows like she always did. It's like the song was calling them at super speed or something! Jelly then began to sing:

When you fall on your head, do you land on your feet?

Are you tense when you sense there's a storm in the air?

It's so cool when Coricopat and Tantomile move as one (I sound so smart!). Too bad Cori's mad at me....

Jemima moved gracefully out of the shadows, and boy boy, I caught a glimpse of Tumble watching her from a little crease in the junk wall. Sneak, hee hee!

Can you find your way blind when you're lost in the street?

Ooh, Deuteronomy himself is here too! Maybe I should get in with the dance...nah, I'm comfortable right where I am.

Do you know how to go to the Heaviside Layer?

Because Jellicles can and Jellicles do

Jellicles do and jellicles can

Jellicles can and jellicles do

Jellicles do and jellicles can

Jellicles can and jellicles do

Tantomile then suddenly bent over, and Cori did the same behind here. Okay, a little creepy looking for siblings...

Can you ride on a broomstick to places far distant?

Mom and Victoria suddenly appeared on the car. She smiled up at me before they sang at once:

Familiar with candle!

With book and with belle! Electra suddenly shot out. Dang, she looks scary from up here!

Ooh, Bomby's finally here! Where have you been, you owe me a dance!

Were you Wittengton's friend?

Quaxo jumped out of the shadows, Admetus following behind him.

The pied pipers assistant?

Have you been an alumnus of heaven and hell?

I sneaked a glance at Alonzo. He looked a little....proud? Man, he is a wierdo...

Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer were up next:

Are you mean like a minx?

Are you lean like a lynx?

Etcetera looks so cool! Why she all the way up there though? Wait, who am I to talk?

Are you keen to be seen when you're smelling a rat?

Another glance at Alonzo tells me he is oh so enjoying Cassandra slink her body up. Hard not to, with that body....

Where you there when the pharoah's commisined the sphynx?

Alonzo suddenly ran up to me. "Come on, Pouncival, get down!" he said, motioning me with his arms. Oh, man, time for the big chorus! I let him help me down, and I joined my fellow Jellicles on the dance floor.

If you were and you are

You're a jellicle cat!

Jellicle songs for jellicle cats

We can dive through the air

Like a flying trapeze

We can turn on a sumersualt, bounce on a tire

We can ride up the walls, we can swing through the trees!

We can balance the bar, we can walk on the wire!

And then we were dancing like mad. During this time we started by circling eachother, then Etcetera got up on the trapeze! It was so cool! I think Bustopher Jones was pushing her, he's too fat to dance, all he can do is waddle! And of course while she flies through the air we all shake our sexy hips. We bounced and jumped, and Victoria got picked up and spun around by Munkustrap. Why does he look like he enjoyed that?

And then we repeated the chorus, dancing in a circle, twisting and bending over, shaking our butts in front of the person behind us. Sweet! I was behind Bomby! Luck is on my side!

Jellicles do and jellicles can

Jellicles can and jellicles do

Jellicles do and jellicles can

Jellicles can and jellicles do

Jellicle songs for jellicle cats

Next thing I knew, we were all up on the tire, standing in a large chorus stand. I was at the top! Right below Deuteronomy too! And I didn't even have to worry about the fact I hadn't been taught this part, since the words just flowed out of me! It must have been my Jellicle Instinct!

Although truly I had no idea what I was saying.

Can you sing at the same time in more then one key?

With two Heimphin singing

And waltzes mistrough?

And can you as cats do begin with a C?

Way to hit the high note mom!

And always triumphant in use of the house

Jellicle cats are queens of the night

Singing at astronomical heights

And stealing pieces from the Messiah

Hallelugheh! A jellicle ball-

Suddenly, an old boot fell off a junk pile and landed right in the middle of the clearing. And of course, we all stopped and had to repeat the whole thing over again.

Jellicle cats are queens of the night

Singing at astronomical heights

And stealing pieces from the Messiah

Hallelugheh! A jellicle ballllllllll

Suddenly, we all got serious and began singing in really high voices. Ew, I sound like Etcetera right now!

(A/N: And now I am too bored to post the rest of the lyrics)

Well, now that that was done, we all lept up and ran to the clearing, before doing more dancing. I was happy to see Chessica looked happy as she danced, even though I still couldn't understand what we were singing.

Then before I knew it, the song was over, and we were all standing there, panting and tired, in a perfect stance.

So far, this was awesome!

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Done!