The female cat watched through the
> driving spring rain as
> a car sped up to a corner, stopped, and dropped a a
> cardboard box out
> onto the street. Then as quickly as it had come, it
> left.
> The cat cautiously approached the box with some
> doubt in her mind.
> Peering over the edge the kindly cat saw a tiny
> calico kitten about 7
> weeks old.
> The kitten was looking around for a way out of the
> box when she saw the
> older cat. *Who is she? Will she hurt me?* she
> thought. She cowered
> back into a corner of the box and passed out from
> exaustion.
> The cat carefully picked up the tiny kitten and
> trotted off.
> _______________________________________________________
> It was morning when the kitten woke up. She felt
> warm and comfortable.
> *Where am I?*she thought. She saw an older cat
> watching here.
> "Where am I?" she asked.
> "You're in my home, dear. might I ask your name?"
> "My name? Um, my name is Dittany," the kitten
> replied.
> "Dittany. That's a pretty name. my name is Cy," she
> said.
> "Cy, can I stay with you?" Dittany asked.
> "Yes. Though not for long I'm getting old and i
> won't be here forever,"
> Cy said.
> "Thank you. I've never had a home before," Dittany
> replied.
> Then Dittany went to sleep feeling warm, happy, and
> for the first time,
> safe.
> When Dittany woke up the next morning she looked at
> Cy. She wasn't
> moving or breathing.
> *She can't be dead.*Dittany thought. Then she saw
> the truth. *Now what
> am I going to do?*
> Dittany walked out of Cy's home in search of food.
> She had realized
> that the last time she had eaten was a couple days
> ago. When she was
> looking around she accidently bumped into a tom.
> "Oops! I'm sorry. I didn't mean to bump into you,"
> Dittany appoligized.
> The tom looked at the new kitten. She obviosly
> wasn't from around here.
> "It's okay, little one. What are you doing here?" he
> said.
> "I. I, um. I kind of got lost. What's your name?"
> Dittany asked
> curiously.
> "My name is Mistofelees, but call me Misto."
> "Okay, Misto. My name is Dittany," she giggled.
> "You said you were lost. Do you want me to help you
> find your way
> home?" Misto asked.
> "No. I really don't have a home. I was staying with
> Cy, but she died,"
> Dittany said sadly.
> "Cy? She died? Why were you with her? Where are your
> parents?" Misto
> asked concerned.
> "Cy found me. She took me in. My parents are
> somewhere with their human
> cruising around the ocean," Dittany told him.
> "Hey! Maybe you could come to the junkyard with me!
> I think that
> they'll let you stay. Come on!" Misto cried
> excitedly.
> "What junkyard! I'm not from around here! You're
> only the 2nd cat I've
> met! Wait up!" Dittany called racing after Misto.
> "Oops," said Misto stopping abruptly. "I forgot you
> weren't from around
> here. Well, the junkyard is the home to my tribe,
> the Jellicles. I was
> thinking that maybe you could become a jellicle.
> Then you wouldn't have
> to worry."
> "Thanks, but why do you want me to join? I'm just a
> kitten!"
> "There ARE other kitten, Dittany. Besides, I think
> you would have fun,'
> Misto said.
> "Okay, lead the way!"
> The two cats raced in the morning light.
> _______________________________________________________
> When Dittany and Misto arrived in the junkyard the
> cats were just
> starting to arrive. Munkustrap noticed Dittany
> behind Misto and pulled
> Misto over to him.
> "Who's the new cat?" he asked.
> "Oh, that's Dittany. She's new. She said that she
> was living with Cy,
> but she died," Misto replied.
> "Cy? What was she doing with her?"
> "To be honest, I have no idea. Why don't you ask
> her?" Misto returned.
> "I'll do that."
> Dittany sat watching in wonder at all the cats.
> *I've never knew there
> could be so many cats!* she thought. Her thoughts
> were interupted when
> Munkustrap came over to her.
> "Hello. Misto told me that you were staying with Cy.
> Why?" He asked
> her.
> "Hi. She found me. My parents' humans didn't want me
> so they dropped me
> off here on the land. I don't even know where here
> is," Dittany told
> him.
> "You mean you didn't live on land? Where do your
> parents live? I can
> tell you where you are. You're in London."
> "No, I didn't live on land. This is my first time
> off the boat. My
> parents are ship cats and sail around the ocean."
> "I see. Here I'll have Misto show you around the
> junkyard."
> Misto led dittany around the junkyard introducing
> her to the various
> cats.
> Soon she had met everyone except for Old
> Deuteronomy.
> "And that's the grand tour," Misto said.
> "Wow! I never there were so many cats!" Dittany
> exclaimed.
> "Why don't you go play with the other kittens? I'm
> sure that you'll
> have fun."
> "Okay! See ya!" said Dittany running off.
> To be continued...
> I'll add more as soon as I write it.
