Bob woke up the next morning feeling refreshed and stomachache-free. He remembered his meeting with Joe and figured he had about three hours to figure out what to do about the blue water without the creepy lady noticing. He shuddered. Anyway, let’s figure this out. He thought and thought, but nothing occurred to him, until he bumped into a plant in a shallow container, in the corner of the room. A plant…shallow container…hmmm… Suddenly it occurred to him! I’ll dump the stuff in the plant! He started nudging the bowl across the room. It was slow work. He had to make sure none of it spilled, or the lady would surely figure it out. He finally made it over to the plant and started tipping the bowl up, letting the liquid pour out slowly. Then he thought, What if they put something in the other water too? So he pushed the bowl back where it was, which took a lot less time this time, since it was empty. Then he sniffed the other water and, with his superior cat senses, it didn’t smell anything like normal water! So he started the process all over again…
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In another room, in another wing of the building, the lady sat staring at a live video feed of Bob as he emptied the contents of the bowl into the plant. She called in to her superiors. “Subject 20 has figured it out,” she said. “I blame Subject 11, with his paranoid antics. He tipped 20 off, and made him more wary.” A voice on the other end sighed. “We will have to take care of 11, before he gets to any more cats.” “But what about 20?” the lady said. “What will we do about him?” “I don’t know yet,” the voice replied, “but I will figure it out…” He hung up. Why is he always so mysterious? She thought to herself. Then she went back to watching Bob. Those cats, so ignorant to think that we that we wouldn’t watch them.
Oblivious to her musings, Bob was sniffing at his breakfast, which she had delivered that morning through the wall. Scientists are so weird. What’s wrong with the door? Instead, she had to go through some kind of magnetic field. And of course Bob’s ball had gone through the wall, therefore arousing his suspicions. He would soon be going down the same road as 11. And she was starting to get kind of fond of Bob too…
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Bob was about to eat, but then he thought, What if they put something in my food too? Maybe that’s how I got the stomachache yesterday. I hope not…I’m sooo hungry, and I hate stomachaches. He sniffed, and then, relieved, he thought, It smells normal, thank goodness. He ate, and then he looked up at his clock. I’m going to be late! He thought, I’d better get going. He started off down the hall…
When he got to the common room, Joe was pacing back and forth in the corner. “Oh, thank goodness! You’re here! I thought they got you!” said Joe. “Relax, I’m fine!” Bob said, “I was just a bit busy. The lady put this weird blue liquid in one water bowl and some clear stuff in the other. I had to dump them.” Joe said, “I’m glad you did. Who knows what that stuff was and what it might have done to you. How did you get rid of it?” “I dumped them in a potted plant,” Bob said. “What?!” Joe said, “What if something happens to the plant? They might get suspicious!” Bob said, “Oh, it’ll be fine. Plants die all the time. Besides, do you ever notice how that stuff the humans put on us for fleas never hurts us? It’s probably the same for that plant.” “All right,” Joe said. “But if anything happens, it’s your own fault.” “Okay,” Bob said. “Anyway, is there any place I can get water around here? I’m thirsty.” “Yup, follow me!” Joe said. Bob followed Joe as they went to get some water…
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Bob the Cat
FantasyBob has a happy, normal life...until his owners go on vacation....
