"Um... guys? See- he's harmless!" said Penny, ushering Jimmy towards the slide.
Muttering could clearly be heard coming from the little box above the slide and eventually Russell poked his head out mumbled something incoherent and stuck his head back in again. A few seconds later a brown spiky ball tumbled down the slide and a pink monkey's foot disappeared back into the hole. "Minka! Why did you..." began Russell, un-balling himself and looking up the slide Minka had pushed the hedgehog down the stairs and he was not very happy about it. Suddenly he remembered the reason that he didn't want to be down here in the first place. "... aaaagh!" he shouted, curling up into a ball again.
"Russel!" Penny Ling whined. She really was fed up of people not listening to her.
"Hey... where did he go?" mumbled Russel, poking his head out and looking around the shop. The cat had ran away, not wanting to make a fuss.
Penny's disappointment showed on her face, and she turned away from Russell, heading to the armchair. She needed to be alone.
Blythe ran into the store like a mini tornado. "Jimmy! Jimmy? Where are you?" she called out, looking around the room. Eventually she found him hidden in a box with a hole in it. "Hey little guy, I have something for you" she said, smiling. "Come out and I will show you."
Wearily, the cat climbed out of the box and stood before Blythe. "What?" he said, sounding glum.
"This!" she declared, proudly holding out a tiny navy blue suit with a crystal-studded collar and crystal buttons.
"Oh." Jimmy replied. "... thanks." He didn't sound like he meant it, but Blythe wasn't about to give up.
"If you wear this, your owner might realize that having a boy kitty isn't such a bad idea!" she said. "And I know you don't like it, but your mum probably will, and eventually we might be able to get you into the outfits that you like!"
"I... I guess that's a good idea" said Jimmy, with a trace of a smile playing over his lips.
Blythe gently picked up Jimmy and slipped the little suit on. "What do you think?" she asked him.
"You know, this might just work" he said, grinning and twirling around.
"Ooooooo! Shiny" came Minka's cheery voice, and she slid down the slide and bounded across to the cat in his new suit.
"I'll leave you guys to it" said Blythe, smiling as the other animals cautiously exited the box on the top of the slide.
They all gathered around Jimmy in his new suit and just looked at him. He looked good. Penny hopped off the armchair and joined the rest of the pets as they checked out his new suit, praising Blythe's latest efforts and discussing whether or not his owner would warm to it.