Cat Stories that Dogs Tell (standard:humor, 1475 words)
Author: Robert G Moons	Added: Jul 01 2013	Views/Reads: 2927/1988	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
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Cat Stories that Dogs Tell 

By Robert G. Moons 

(To be read to ages 6 and up) 

This story takes place somewhere in the Southern USA; a place where
plants grow in the air. Sounds like magic, doesn't it? Well, these 
plants are called Spanish moss and it hangs down from big old trees, 
everywhere. You could say this plant's best friend is a tree. Now, 
trees and Spanish moss go together like milk and cookies. But, not all 
friendships come this easily. Sometimes, friendships can be made 
between the most unlikely of pairs, or even enemies. This is a story 
about a cat and a dog, and how they made their own kind of magic – the 
magic of friendship. 

One sunny day, a little orange cat was playing in her owner's big
backyard. She loved playing outside. She liked the smell of the green 
grass. And, there were so many things to see and do. She could hide in 
the bushes, or even in the grass, but only when it was taller. There 
was a tree she could climb, but the last time she did that, she 
couldn't get back down. Her owners had to get a ladder to climb up and 
get her. That was scary. She decided to wait until she was older when 
she could do that safely. 

And the bugs! There were so many bugs and insects; they were everywhere,
and she knew exactly where to find them. There were ants; they were all 
over the dirt. All she had to do was stick her pink nose between the 
blades of grass and there they were. Sometimes she could even find 
their home where they all lived. It was like a teeny tiny hill with a 
hole in the top. She sometimes sat and watched them go into the hole, 
and then come out of the hole, and into the hole, and out of the hole, 
into the hole, out of the hole, in, out, in, out.... One time she fell 
asleep watching them. 

There were all kinds of different bugs. Every day she went on an
adventure to find a new bug; a bug she never saw before. There was a 
bug that could roll up into an itty-bitty ball, and a bug with so many 
legs she couldn't count them all. There were even insects that could 
fly. Her favourite was the bu-tter... butter... butterfly. She was 
still learning how to say the name. She just needed a little more 
practice. So, on this one special day, the young cat was watching a 
slimy, squirmy worm when a dog jumped over the fence and right into the 
backyard. He was much bigger than the cat! His fur was all black, and 
he looked real mean. 

"RUFF! RUFF! RUFF!" the dog barked at the cat. 

"SHHHHHHHHHHH!" the cat hissed back.  She arched her back trying to look
as big as the dog, but it didn't quite work out that way. 

Then it got real, real quiet as they both stared at each other, not
moving at all. Finally, the dog said, "Did I scare you?" 

"Of course you did," replied the cat. "Why did you do that?" 

"Um... I don't know. I just did." "But why?" asked the cat. 

"I'm a dog." 

"So?" 

"You're a cat." 

"So?" 

"Dogs bark and chase cats," the dog said. "It's what we do." 

"Why?" the cat asked again. 

The dog thought for a moment. "Hey, wait a minute.... You're trying to
trick me, aren't you?" 

"No I'm not." 



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