"Jenny, please help me!" Skimble called out. Jenny was the "babysitter" of all the newest kittens. Today she had to take care of Etceterina, Sillabie, Poucemejerrie, and Bombrina, Electra. and Bombanya, but Skimble had to help her.
The kittens were running around screaming about remotely unimportant things, while Jenny was trying to think of what to do today to busy them.
"JENNY!!!" Jemima ran in, and startled Jenny, almost to tears.
"Hi, Momma!" Pouncemejerrie waved.
Jemima waved at her kittens with shaking hands.
"What is it, Jemmy?" Jennyanydots asked.
"Victoria is having her kittens! She's screaming like a maniac, I tried to help her, but you know I can't handle the pressure!" Jemima squealed.
Skimble, all this while, was sditting down, drinking tea, watching humorously what was going on. He kept laughing to himself, wondering why queens always make such a big deal about nothing at all!
Jenny ran out of the door, crying, "Skimble, darling, take care of the kits! Take them to the station with you!"
Skimble looked back at her, unbelieving. He had to take a bunch of silly kittens to the station with him? Oh well, things could be worse, He thought.
Things got worse. The kittens were going crazy! What was he going to do?
"Listen, Kits." He said, trying to sound calm, though he was thinking inside what an idiot he was. The kittens just kept playing, acting as if no one said anything.
"ALL JELLICLE KITTENS REPORT TO BASE AT ONCE!" Skible yelled. The kittens all stopped, and stared at him. Sillabie gasped in surprise.
"Okay, listen to me! We're going to the station for a little field trip!" Skimble said quitely.
"FIELD TRIP!!!!" Pouncemejerrie yelled.
They headed off, in pairs of two.
As the group walked in the station, Skimble's stout, balding boss padded up to them. "Well hello, there! Who do we have here?"
Skimble winked. "I hope you don't mind" He whispered.
The boss nodded his head. "It's okay. I know Jenny made you do this."
Skimbleshanks smiled. "All right, who wants to rise on the train with me?"All the kittens raised their paws. "Okay, EVERYONE is coming!" He rounded them all into the dark black train.
"Wow...", "This is neat...", and "Nifty!" were being heard around the train car. All of the kittens were exploring and sniffing everything in sight.
Pouncemejerrie padded over to Skimbleshanks. "This is the first time I have ever been on a train. Will it go fast?" His deep brown eyes were moist from emotion.
"To an extent, little fellow. But don't fret. I haven't ever gotten hurt, and I have been on this train for 42 years." Skimbleshanks reassured the little guy.
The wispy sound of a train engine grew louder and louder, and finally, the train began to move. The kitten's ears pricked up. "Are we moving?" They asked.
"Yes, little ones. The train moves like this the whole time. Don't be alarmed." Skimble put his arms around the frightened kittens. "It's not really that frightening."
One of the passengers had called for help so Skimbleshanks went to help them out. "I'll be back in a bit." He sat them down in a chair, and told them not to move.
"Guys, what do you want to do?" Sillabie, the brave, talkative kitten asked. She motioned to her sister, Etceterina.
"I think we should stay here like good little kittens. It is too much trouble to do anything else. Sillabie, stop getting those ideas in your head." Etceterina scratched her ear.
"I don't care what you say, Etcer. I'm going to look out the door, and see how fast we're going." Sillabie grinned evilly.
"Don't do it!" Pouncemejerrie, the oldest brother of the two, meowed.
"Why not, are you SCARDY-HUMAN and don't think I can do it? I'll show you!" Sillabie opens up the door to the train. The door swung open sharply. Silly's eyes opened widely. She had second thoughts. But... she couldn't! Everyone would poke fun at her! Oh well.
"Here I come!" She yelled. She clawed across the pipes at the side of the train. Sillabie looked down at the swerving ground, going faster and faster. "Ahhhh!!!!" She screamed.
"Oh no! I told her to not do that! Why doesn't she ever just believe me! The nerve!" Etceterina hissed quietly.
"Forget the past, we gotta worry about saving her!" Pouncemejerrie meowed.
Bombanya ran over to the door, and squealed. "She's barely hanging on!"
"Help, you guys!" Her claws were scraping against the sheer metal of the side of the train. She screamed.
Pouncemejerrie gave a loud meow....
"Do you like your mornin' tea?" Skimbleshanks asked. He was interrupted by the long wail of one of the kittens. He ran through all the cars, and saw Sillabie hanging onto the side of the train. "What do you think you're doin'?" He gasped.
He ran, grabbed onto a pole hanging from the train, and grabbed Sillabie. He junped down, and set her on the floor of the train.
"Why did you do that?" He asked.
"I was bored. I didn't want to just sit there... so I wanted to see how fast we were going."
"And..."
"We were going fast." Sillabie said. "Etceterina kept telling me not to do that."
"She was right." Skimbleshanks patted the kitten on the head.
"I'm sorry, Etcer." She hugged her twin.
Later on that day, the group was heading home from the station when the kittens found a rosebush. Sillabie picked a yellow and red one, and decided to give it to her aunt, Jennyanydots.
"Don't tell her about what happened today, right?" Skimble nudged her in the ribs.
Sill nodded.
When they reached Jenny's house, she wasn't there. "She is probably still at Viccy's." He checked around, maybe for a note or something.
The door busted open with Jennyanydots, and her daughter, Jemima. "How are the kittens?" Skimbleshanks asked.
"Just fine. Four of them. Jade, Platinum, Ishkabibble, and Nanitiger. They are all beautiful. Mistoffolees was so proud." Jenny started to cry. "I'm sorry, I just get so emotional when my babies are all grown up."
"Well, Sillabie and the gang brought you home something." He motioned towards Sill."Go ahead."
"Aunt Jenny, this is for taking care of me, my brothers and sisters, and my friends. We all love you very much." Sillabie gave Jennyanydots a hug.
"Ohhh..." She burst into a whole new fresh batch or tears. Jenny cried so hard. "I love you all too!"
Everyone hugged, and then, Sillabie cried out, "Unca Skimble saved me well, too!"
"What's that's supposed to mean?" Jenny asked Skimble.
Etceterina bopped her paw on the side of her head. "My big mouth sister!"
