The Cattails of Doody Newman

=^.^=Prissy=^.^=

Let me tell you about my adopted sister, Prissy. We're about the same age. My skin-mommy brought her home when I was close to three months old. She once told me she is a day older than me, but we look a lot alike, 'cept she is a silver tabby with a red nose, and I'm the brownest tabby in Texas with a brown nose, if you ask me. She likes to get me in trouble and I always seem to follow her around. She is kinda bossy, since she is a day older than me, and I just have to do as she asks because she is so beautiful. Plus, we've been together the longest and she is my best friend. We do everything together and very rarely separate. I love her. So, when she pounced on me that morning, I got right up and went to eat.

I couldn't stop thinking about the night before—had it really happened? Had I dreamed it? Am I'm going crazy? It was all too much for me. I went outside to look for the Orange Gecko but couldn't find him anywhere. I even went to the place where I'd last seen him, but no luck. I did notice that I had a funny feeling in my tummy whenever I walked over to that spot where all the lights and rainbow stuff had happened. And I sat there for what felt like hours, just watching all my adopted brothers and sisters playing in the backyard. The funniest thing was that nobody noticed me, even though I was sitting right there in the yard. I yelled to my brother Rustaford, but he seemed to ignore me... Humpf, that wasn't nice. I tried yelling to my fur-mom, still no response. I was starting to get tired since I'd already been up for a whole hour (us kitties need lotsa sleep), so I decided to take a nap. I'd worry about everyone ignoring me later.

I woke up from my nap with a jolt. The dogs were barking at something in the yard... I got up and went to check it out. When I walked out the back cat door I noticed all three dogs yelling their heads off in the corner of the yard, in the same place I had seen the Orange Gecko, the rainbow, and fireflies. I wondered what it would be like to see through a dog's eyes. I know they can see stuff I can't. I wished I could talk to them and ask, but I don't speak dog. I slinked back toward the rear corner of the yard to see what they were barking at. That's when it happened—the dogs couldn't see me! I thought this was unusual because most of the time when they see me they chase me. This time? I walked right past their noses! They looked like they thought they smelled something, but didn't seem to see me.

Could I be invisible?

Does this mean I really had met the Orange Gecko and the fireflies and that I had actually floated inside the rainbow? I was determined to find out if I was invisible. So, I walked right up to the big dog, Jack, stood in his face and said,

"Hey, you, big dog, your breath is so bad, it could stop traffic!"

As soon as I'd said it, I turned away super fast and squeezed my eyes shut, because even if he hadn't understood what I'd said, I was still in his face and veeerryy close, so surely, he was gonna get me for that one... Nothing? Really? I tried it again, but louder...

"HEY, YOU, BIG DUMB DUMMY, YOUR BREATH IS SO BAD IT MAKES THE FLOWERS WILT!"

Still nothing? ...I wasn't sure how to take all this, but maybe something really had gone on last night with the Orange Gecko. I was extremely curious now, wondering if he and the fireflies had made me invisible. If so, when had it happened and when would I go back to being me again? Would I ever get noticed and would my fur-mom know where I was? Would my best friend, Prissy, miss me and would I ever be able to lick my skin-mom's beautiful soft face ever again?

Wow, I am sad. I think I'll go inside and look for some wet food, maybe my skin-mom got my favorite tuna with shrimp gravy. That will make me feel better... Then I'm gonna take a nap, all this thinking and wondering and excitement has made me tired. I keep thinking... Never mind, I'm too tired to think. I'm gonna go take a snooze.... No! I'm so weirded out about this.... But I'm so tired...

I knew it was really strange none of the dogs, especially big dog, Jack, had seen me. It was crazy odd, and I just kept thinking about what I saw. What did I see? I can't explain what it was. Maybe it was another cat? No, it was a bird. No, it was like a shadow, my shadow...but not exactly a shadow. Because to cast a shadow, you need to be a solid form, and if I'm not visible, if I'm not noticeable... If, in fact, I am invisible, how could I possibly cast a shadow on the fence? But the shadow didn't move like I was moving. It moved opposite of me, like it was looking at me, waiting for my next move, like it was watching me...

Oooooh weird! I got goose bumps under my brown fur as I thought about the something I thought I might have seen—that was or was not seeing me at the same time. Even if nobody else can see me, everything had made me SOOOOO tired... I promise I'm going in for my nap now.