Chapter 16: The Song Of The Jellicles
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Aah, that was so cool!
I immediantly dived to look up at Old D. I hope he liked our play! WAIT THE RUMPUS CAT! Shit, he's already gone....
Ooh, Old D's about to speak! Must listen!
Jellicle Cats and Dogs all must
Pollicle Dogs and Cats all must
Like undertakers, come to dust!
CRASH!
Aah! Macavity! "Macavity!" That's what I just said Demeter!
This time I didn't even wait. I immediantly ran into the junk pile. Oh, crap, what am I doing?!
I cowered my head and hid inside a basket. Wow, I'm a coward! I couldn't even wait for my family! Damn, see if Bomby will ever ACTUALLY dance with you now!
I hid there for a while. Man, everyone probably came out to dance again by now and I'm stuck here-
Suddenly, Old Deuteronomy's calm voice seemed to rise out of nowhere.
Jellicle cats come out tonight
Jellicle cats come one, come all
I began to follow his voice, wondering what was going on. It was coming from the clearing...
Suddenly, his voice was joined by three others.
The jellicle moon is shining bright
I poked my head out, and gasped a little. Old D was still out there, but so where Munk, Jem, and Vicky. And they were all....dancing?
Jellicles come to the jellicle ball
It must have been safe. That's what I heard in their call. "It's okay, everyone come out!". I saw Alonzo had heard them too, and he rolled his head in a questioning look. Suddenly, he walked out, swinging his hips. Then he started singing:
Jellicle cats are black and white
Jellicle cats are rather small
Jellicle cats are merry
At that moment I decided to run out and sing:
And bright
Alonzo gave me a quick flash of annoyance. Oh, phoo you! I got Vicky and Jem's attention for you didn't I?
And pleasant to hear when we caterwaul
You know, I really don't know what caterwaul means. Oh, good, Dad and Tumble came out! (that sounds wierd...)
Jellicle cats have cheerful faces
Jellicle cats have bright black eyes
Quaxo suddenly skipped out of nowhere. Admetus scittled out of the oven, and soon all of the Jellicles had emerged from hiding, and were all raising their eyes to the overhead Jellicle moon. It was so shiny...
We like to practice our airs and graces
And wait for the jellicle moon to rise
Jellicle cats develop slowly
Jellicle cats are not too big
I burst out laughing but quickly covered my mouth at that! Gosh, Tumble had said it so provocatively! No wonder Metus just swiped at him! Tumble crawled over to me with a frown on his face. "Damn, what's their problem?" he asked.
I shrugged, a little cuaght up in listening to Bombalurina sing-
"DAD WHAT THE HELL?!"
I looked. What the hell indeed! Alonzo was dancing with Jemima! Yeesh, why are all the older toms such perverts? "Dad, what are you doing?!" Tumble asked him in fury. Okay, time to get out of here!
And what better way to do it then a triple front flip! HOP HOP HOP-Ooh, almost didn't land that last one!
Jellicles dry between their toes
Huh? What? I noticed Jelly, Electra, and Cetty all staring at me. What's going on?
Jellicle cats are white and black
Jellicle cats are of moderate size
Two sets of twins!, I noted. MungoTeazer and CoricoMile! Fun names!
I smiled at Bombalurina as I thought of this, who smiled back, and then I jumped up into the air with Dad and Tumble, and sang:
Jellicles jump like a jumping jack
Jellicle cats have moonlit eyes
What is with Cassandra and her poses?
Then we all started to the center of the clearing again. Hey, cool, Exotica is across from me! Exotica never comes out to dance!
We're quiet enough in the morning hours
We're quiet enough in the afternoon
As we sang that, I giggled a little. We are NOT quiet in the afternoon. Well, the kittens aren't anyway. Espiecally with Mom drilling us all the time! I propose we make a petition to end Mom's drilling sessions!
(I am hyper)
Reserving our terpsichorean powers
Now, what the heck does terpsichorean mean anyway?
And then we all started to dance again. It was actually pretty fun! Of course, I decided to rest my feet a little for the big dancing coming up, so I resorted to watching Dad dance with Tumble and Quaxo.
To dance by the light of the jellicle moon
Jellicle cats are black
And white
Jellicle cats (as we said) are small
If it happens to be a stormy night
We will practice a caper or two in the hall
Ha, Quaxo ran into Tugger! Look at his face-OH DAMMIT TUGGER!
If it happens the sun is shining bright we all chorused.
You would say we had nothing to do at all
AAAH TUGGER WHY ARE YOU STILL HERE?! DO NOT RUIN MY NIGHT ANYMORE, YOU HERE ME?!!
We are resting and saving ourselves to be right
For the jellicle moon and the jellicle ball
Ugh, Tugger is a pedophile! Look at Etcetera, her head is between his legs. Ooh, I just pictured me and Bomb in their places...would you call me obsessed?
Maybe....
Jellicle cats come out tonight
Jellicle cats come one, come all
The jellicle moon is shining bright
Jellicles come to the jellicle ball
As usual, SOMEHOW I ended up next to Bombalurina. I call it fate...while, if I think about it, Munkustrap, Mom, Dad, Teazer, Plato, Demeter, and everyone else would call it stalking. But it's not stalking cause I love her! And she loves me!
I leaned over a little to her. "Want to sneak away for a dance?" I asked, hope in my voice.
"Pouncival," she said a little sternly. Huh? "I said I'd dance with you-I didn't say which dance!" she said.
What did she mean by that?! I was confused! Oh, now it's gone.
Jellicle cats come out tonight
Jellicle cats come one, come all
The jellicle moon is shining bright
Jellicles come to the jellicle ball
Hope your feet are ready, cause it's dancing time!
Hey, I just realized, I've never heard that song before!
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