Chapter three
"Of course, it is, you stupid primitive creature. I know this is a rat. I am the one who brought it for my Prim, you dumb primitive creature, and I know what it is. " I thought sarcastically.
"Prim" she added, in a harsh tone.
I hissed at her. I don't like anyone talking to my prim in that tone.
"Prim." She repeated in the same harsh tone. "Get that rat outside, and get that ugly cat out as well. He is nothing but trouble."
"But, I read in a book that cats like to offer gifts to their…" started to explain my Prim, but Katniss did not let her finish her sentence.
"Get that dead rat, and that cat outside the kitchen now, Prim." Katniss said. But she was not being harsh anymore. She was speaking in the usual soft tone she always uses when she is talking to Prim.
I stop hissing.
"Come on, Buttercup" Prim said.
I took the dead rat in my mouth and I followed her.
We went outside. I was annoyed when Lady joined us, but my Prim did not seem to mind her presence to I did not show my discontent.
"Beeehh" lady said, as if I had not already noticed her [undesirable] presence.
I placed the dead rat on the ground.
"I know what you did today. Not so long, I found a book in the school's library about animals. I read that cats like to offer gifts. Cats can bring gifts, like dead lizards to show their gratitude." She explained to me.
"And in your case, that's a rat you brought for me." She added tenderly, her eyes doing a rapid asymmetric gesture I could not understand.
I listened to her very carefully as she spoke to me, so as not to miss a single syllable of what she was saying. Her voice was the sweetest I had ever heard.
She took me in her arms and gave me a kiss on the cheek and started to stroke me just behind my left ear. I started to purr loudly. Not only because I like it when she strokes me behind the ears, but I was happy because she had been pleased by my gift. Making her happy and being sure she was always safe, that is the reason why I live. Prim, she is my everything and she means the world to me. She is my whole life. I just want her to be happy.