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November 9, 2001 - Purrcy's Offering
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This week's Funny Quotes:
"My therapist told me a way to achieve inner peace was to finish
things I had started. Today I finished 2 bags of potato chips and a chocolate cake. I feel better already."
"The thing that really creeps me out about basketball, is when you're playing against some guy you've never met before, yet he knows all this secret stuff about your mama." - ad for Crunch
"I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian
because I hate plants." - A. Whitney Brown
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PURRCY'S OFFERING
by Betty Craiglow
It was midnight and I'd fallen asleep on the couch. I heard the cat
door. "Flap." One of the cats had come through it. "Meowrrff." Most likely that was Purrcy, who sometimes announces his arrival with an "I'm back, where are you" meow. But somehow his meow didn't sound right.
Purrcy walked in and stopped near the couch. Something was sticking out both sides of his mouth. It took only a few seconds to realize what it was. Now I've never regarded myself as the 'Eeek, a mouse!' sort of person, yet that was exactly what I did. I screamed. Purrcy was so startled, no doubt expecting high praise, that he dropped the mouse and ran off. The very-much-alive mouse disappeared under the couch.
Distraught and wringing my hands, I wondered how in the world I was going to get that mouse out. Then I noticed Crystal, my little snow white cat and huntress nonpareil, over in a corner still sound asleep even after my scream. Aha, I thought, as I grabbed her. I deposited her in front of the couch and tipped it back. Her whiskers twitched once, she pounced on the hapless little mouse cowering there and dashed outside with it.
I quickly put the insert in the cat door before she could return with
the mouse. You see, she brings all her birds, mouses and snakes into the living room where she devours everything except the little ground snakes, which are strictly for her entertainment.
Later on, deciding it had been long enough, I opened the cat door
again. The next morning the remains of the small mouse carcass lay on the carpet. It was Purrcy's first and last mouse offering.
Betty Craiglow copyright 2000
bettebelle@aol.com
Betty Craiglow, with two grown children, is retired after 34 years in
the energy business. Everything in her Grapevine, Texas home is
shared with her 3 cats: Purrcy, Crystal and most recently Tommy who adopted her early in 2001 after being a "stray" for about 6 months. Betty provided a warm bed in her garage during the bitter cold of winter then made the mistake of giving Tommy his first can of catfood and the rest is history - he wasted no time in moving in. Betty has been "growing" raccoons, 'possums and stray cats for many years by leaving a large sack of catfood available outside for the wildlife around her home. So many raccoons make their way to her home now they have to eat in shifts.
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The Letter Box:
'Arch'l War Dance is so funny; I can imagine Ellie's attempts to stay modest as she evicted the ants. You don't need to go to Peru to be attacked by wild dogs. Twice I've lived in places, in England and Wales, where old houses were being pulled down for redevelopment and each time a pack of dogs has roamed the area. They used to be gradually caught and taken away. One time there were two left. Spot was the size of a donkey and, with the deepest bark you've ever jumped in fear at, would launch himself at anyone within reach. Even in so-called civilisation, life can still be fraught.
~Margaret Drysdale
mallott@lineone.net
Funny Friday,
I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed Allan Coleman's Funny Friay story. His stories on 2theheart always make me cry, but this one made me laugh! I really enjoy the Funny Friday stories - thank you!
~Clara Stephens, San Diego, CA
Loved the story about Ellie and the ants! Cracked me up picturing her jumping around and her husband not knowing what was wrong. Great story.
~Joe
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