Part 1
A lone cat approached the lights, sounds and smells of the Jellicle Ball. She looked around carefully, taking in the new scene, and saw a white cat dancing with a black and white cat with sparkling furr. She saw a boy and a girl cat who had identical orange, white and black furr, doing cartwheels not so far away. She saw so many cats, but not the one she was looking for. None of the other cats noticed her yet. Not that she blended in, she was tall, and graceful, and had black fur, except on her arms, legs and chest, where leopard print dominated. She had bright blue eyes, and had yellow, white and orange on her head. She stood on her tip-paws, and searched looking for the cat she had came here for...and then, she finally saw him, there, in the middle of a crowd of young girl kittens, mewing for The Rum Tum Tugger, the centerpiece. He was smiling contently as the girl kitties pet and pampered him. She padded over to them, and when the cats saw her, they moved aside, making way for the alien cat. Rum Tum Tugger, caught off guard by the commotion, stood up, and saw what everyone was looking at. His eyes widened, and his mouth dropped open, "Mom!".
part 2
"Mom!" Rum Tum Tugger, exclaimed.
"Oh my little Rummy Tummy! Is that the way you greet you tired old mum? I come all the way from our old box in sussex and this is how you treat me? You don't even introduce me to your friends, this is what I get for giving you all I had all your life and taking care of you when you were sick..ohh !"
She put her paw over her eyes. "Come on Ma" he said, making that face most people make when there parents are being ridiculous."You're embarrassing me!"
He sat back and put his arms around Bombalurina and Etcetera. "Oh Tummy! Two girls at once whats the matter with you?" Mummy Tugger meowed.
"It's not like that...I'm a stud, I'm cool..." All the girl cats around him nodded, and purred.
"A stud? Where did you learn to talk like that to your mother? Oh, I knew this day would come, I did. I knew it when you would rather give yourself a bath than go out and catch mice..."
She stood up, and walked over to him, forcing all the cats out of the way, and took his paw. "You are coming with me!" She cried.
Part 3
"That's it Tuggy bug, you're coming with me!"
The tall woman cat grabbed Rum Tum away from the clinging paws of Etcetera, and dragged him across the junkyard. Rum Tum was kicking and yelling, "Ma, don't call me that! Where are you taking me? Let me go! Heeeeellllllppppppp!!"
"Oh, you were always so over dramatic, Rummy, this is for you're own good, I'm taking you to see you're father!"
Suddenly, Rum Tum stopped kicking and screaming, and looked up at his mother with curious eyes, and a half grin. "My father? I didn't know I had....a father! Where is he?"
She looked down at him, "He lives in Shepards Bush, and you're just like him, he was always the "stud" cat. I just want you to see what you're getting yourself into. But we're not going to say anything to him, he probably won't even recognize me."
"Why not? I want to talk to him! And you can't stop me!"
Rum Tum broke away from his mothers grasp, and bolted for an opening out of the junkyard, but Mungojerrie happened to be right in front of Rum Tum, and stopped him. "And just where do'ya think yer goin' eh?" Jerrie questioned.
Just then, Mum Tug, came up, and took Tugger's paws once again...(this time with a firmer grip!) and dragged him away....
Part 4
"Mum, you don't have to drag me anymore, I'll walk! I won't try to run away..." Rum Tum begged.
"Oh, all right Tummy (she didn't see the face he made at that) its not far now anyway." She let go of his paw.
Rum rubbed his tender paw, "Now, tell my why again you took me away from my cat chicks...something about my ol' pop?"
"You'll see, just shut up, and follow me!"
They walked through dark alleys, hopped over trashcans and leaped through many a puddle, until they came upon an open door. "Here we are, just walk in and look, I'll be wating out here. Don't say anything, or something's gonna happen to ya."
She motioned for him to go. He walked in. Then he saw his dad. He looked just like himself, but his eyes were drooping, and he only had two teeth in the front. His fur was dirty, and had mud clumped in it. He was curled up in a corner...all by himself. Rum Tum shuddered, and walked out. Fixing the fur around his neck, he said to his mom when he reached the door, "Why did you want me to see that? He's all alone."
"Thats whats gonna happen to you, if you don't change your ways Mr. Tuggman! Everyone's forgotten about him, no one cares anymore. He doesn't remember me, I was a fling." She frowned, "Now lets get back."
They walked back to the junkyard in silence. When they got to the gate, Rum Tum turned to his mom and said, "Are you coming in?"
"No, I'm gonna head on home. And it wouldn't kill you to come and visit me once in a while! Don't forget what you've seen tonight!"
(Do you think he forgot? I would count on it...) "Bye my little Rummy Tummy Tugger Buggy Boo Boo!!"
"MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!"
~THE END~~
