Our story opens at the park where we see Garfield, Odie and their owners out for a afternoon stroll.

"What a nice day to be at the park, isn't it Lyman?" asked Jon.

"You said it buddy" said Lyman "Sure is great to get out of the house and bring your pets for some exercise."

"Yep." Jon pet Garfield. "And it was nice of my parents to have us bring Nermal as well."

"Yeah, she's so cute" Lyman pet Nermal.

Nermal purred.

"Garfield, you should spend some quality time with Nermal," Jon told his cat.

"Feh" Garfield rolled his eyes "I'd rather be spayed and neutered than spend time with that hairball."

Jon then put Garfield and Nermal down onto the ground. The two cats walked into the field.

"This is gonna be so much fun Uncle Garfield!" Nermal walked with Garfield "We're gonna have so much fun!"

"Yeah," Garfield rolled his eyes "Real fun."

"What do you want to do first Uncle Garfield?" Nermal jumped on Garfield's back.

"Well honey," Garfield looked at Nermal "What I'm gonna show you a lesson on the natural order of things."

"What kinda lesson?" Nermal raised an eyebrow.

"Let me show you" Garfield carried Nermal on his back.

Garfield took Nermal to a tall tree.

"Why are we at this tree uncle?" Nermal looked at the tree.

"We're gonna climb it." Garfield turned around. "We cats use our claws to climb up."

"How?" Nermal looked at her uncle.

"First, we make a pouncing position" Garfield made a pouncing position.

"Right" Nermal made a pouncing position as well.

"Then, we run!" Garfield ran up the tree.

"Wait for me uncle!" Nermal ran up the tree as well.

They both stopped on a tree branch.

"Now what do we do?" Nermal looked at Garfield.

"We wait for the fire department and/or Jon and/or Lyman to come get us." Garfield looked at Nermal.

"But how do we know if they're gonna get us?" Nermal looked at Garfield, curiously.

"It's quite simple sweetie," Garfield looked at Nermal "We do what any dignified cats would do."

"What?" Nermal raised an eyebrow.

"RRRROWWW!" Garfield shouted.

"RRRROWWW!" Nermal shouted as well.

Nobody showed up at all.

"Well, guess we'd better get off ourselves" Garfield looked at Nermal.

"But how?" Nermal looked down "We cant climb down."

"Its quite simple," Garfield pointed down "We jump."

"Jump?" Nermal gasped "Doesn't that seem dangerous?"

"No way" Garfield waved his front paw "I'm getting outta here!"

Garfield jumped right off the branch, but grabbed the branch as soon as he started to fall.

"I didn't allow my resilient instincts to kick in until now" Garfield hung onto the branch.

"Hang on Uncle Garfield" Nermal used her front paws to grab her uncle "I'll get you back up."

After a couple minutes of struggling, Nermal finally got Garfield back up.

"I'm stuck in a tree," he thought "But I guess it could be worse."

"Uncle Garfield, I'm scared." Nermal looked at Garfield "Will you please hold me?"

"Scratch that" Garfield thought "It already has."

"How are we gonna get down?" Nermal sat next to Garfield.

"Beats me" Garfield looked at Nermal "I'm too scared to climb down."

"Why do we cats get stuck in trees all the time?" Nermal looked at her uncle.

"Must be the cat in us" Garfield shrugged.

"Darn right" another cat looked at Garfield from above.

Garfield and Nermal looked up and they saw other cats who got stuck in trees.

"How long have you guys been stuck?" Garfield looked at them.

"Five weeks ago today" one of the cats looked at Garfield.

"I've been stuck for about a month" another cat looked at them.

"And how have you guys been surviving?" Nermal looked at the cats.

"Sometimes, the squirrels bring back some food from the humans in the park" another cat looked at Garfield and Nermal.

"No need to worry" Garfield looked at the other cats "Those humans are bound to find us soon."

Hours and hours had passed and no one showed up. Soon enough, the sun was setting into the sky.

"Yep" Garfield sighed "They must be pretty worried about us."

"So much for humans bounding to find us" another cat looked at Garfield.

"Ruff! Ruff!" someone barked.

"Who could that be?" Garfield turned around.

Garfield, Nermal and the cats looked down, it was Odie.

"Ruff! Ruff" he barked.

"It's Uncle Odie!" Nermal smiled "Uncle Odie! Come help us!"

"Ruff!" Odie nodded.

He ran up the tree and ended up on the branch where Garfield and Nermal were.

"Ruff!" Odie licked Garfield and Nermal.

"Great," Garfield thought "My whole day got even worse than before."

Meanwhile back down, Jon and Lyman were searching for Garfield and Odie.

"Garfield!" Jon hollered "Nermal!"

"Odie!" Lyman shouted "Here boy!"

Just then, they came up to the tree where Garfield, Odie and Nermal were at.

"Lyman!" said Jon "Look up there!"

They saw Garfield, Odie and Nermal up in the tree, along with the other dogs and cats.

"It's Garfield, Nermal and Odie" said Lyman "They've been stuck up there!"

"Bout time you arrived" Garfield looked down at Jon.

"Hooray!" Nermal smiled "We're saved!"

"How are we gonna get them down?" Lyman asked Jon.

"I got an idea." said Jon "Why don't you call Odie to jump down and you'll catch him?"

"Great idea, Jon" said Lyman "Odie! Come down boy! Come down buddy!"

"Ruff!" Odie barked.

Odie jumped right off of the branch and landed into Lyman's arms.

"Good boy" said Lyman. "Now it's Garfield and Nermal's turn."

"How are we gonna get down, Uncle Garfield?" Nermal looked at her uncle.

"Yeah," one of the other cats looked at Garfield "How?"

"We use our heads, just follow me." Garfield smiled.

"Okay" the other cats nodded.

Garfield, Nermal and the other cats jumped right off the branches and jumped right off of Jon, Odie and Lyman's heads and landing on their feet.

"Yippie!" Nermal jumped for joy "We're free!"

"We sure used our heads," Garfield touched his head "And Jon's, and Lyman's and Odie's."

"Boy howdy" Lyman got up "Look at all these cats."

"There owners must be worried sick" said Jon "We'd better take them back"

Luckily, there were tags on all of the cat's collars and they could find the addresses for the cat's owners. It was a long night of returning the cats.

THE END

Author's Note:

Looks like Garfield, Jon, Lyman, Odie and Nermal have a long night of bringing those cats back to their respective masters. Stay tuned for another story coming very soon.