6/1/1999
I LOVE MY JOURNAL!!!!!!!
Pouncival
6/2/1999
Sorry about that little outburst. I just had to get it out, man! You know how it is! Like one minute, you’re normal, then the next minute, WHAM! It’s like...it’s like...it’s like I don’t know. Okay, where was I? Oh yeah! I wasn’t anywhere! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry about that too. Okay, let’s get serious (ooh, this will be HARD). I got this journal from my man, my best friend, Tumblebrutus. He found it...I don’t know where he found it. I guess he just wanted to get me a present for something. Well, I’m gonna put my journal vow in this. Here it is:
I, Pouncival, do solemnly swear to write in this here journal every day for the rest of my kittenhood. I shall try to uphold this promise, but I might fail to keep it. I ask the Heavyside Layer to help me with this.
Pouncival
6/3/1999
I’m baaaaack!!! Did you miss me? Huh? Huh? Did ya did ya did ya?
OHH NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! I forgot to tell you something!!!! OH NOOOO!!!!! Please don’t hurt me, please! I beg of you!
Enough of that. I’m calm. I’m coool. I am settled.
Misto and I went through Tugger’s stuff yesterday. I don’t know what he was lookin’ for; he was just looking for his...weakness? Hey, don’t ask me, man. I don’t know. Well, anyway, we almost took Tugger’s comb and styling gel (giggle, giggle). But then Jemima caught us! That little furball! I could just wring her little neck.... grrrrrrr!!!!!!
Today Bustopher Jones came by today. I don’t think Misto saw him, a-‘cause he wasn’t there. BJ is pretty cool, for a fat cat! He gave me a little bowl of sugar. NO, I’m just kidding! Actually, he gave me and Tumble a lollipop. He said, quote, “Enjoy this treat, my boys.” Then he solemnly handed the lollipop to us. I was practically drooling! I LOVE SUGAR! Plus we hardly ever get treats from our humans. They feed us this yucky ucky cat food. It’s not fair! Victoria gets this great stuff, Fancy Feast, while we get dirt. AGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ya know what? You don’t? Guess, guess!!! Mungo and Rumple stole BJ’s spoon and they gave it to me! It’s fun pretending to be the fat guy!
Oh, I gotta run! I think I hear my mattress calling!
Pouncival
6/4/1999
Yo! I’m here! My day went really, really well. I did my duty, annoying Demeter. I was asking her about her and Macavity. I think I might’ve annoyed her. Do you think I was annoying her? Hmm, I’ll leave that question for you to answer.
Misto disappeared again! You know, I think that BJ was really, really worried about him yesterday. Why? Misto can take care of himself. ANYWAY, I think that BJ is starting to miss his spoon. I have it locked in my tiny little safe that Mungo stole for me. It comes in real handy when someone is annoying you. I bet Demeter wishes she had her own to bop me on the head with like I did to her! But she’s not going to get one, because it’s MINE, MINE, MINE!!!!!!
Pouncival
6/5/1999
I think I’m getting on Demeter’s nerves toooooooo much. Maybe I’m overdoing it. I, ah, sorta jumped on her through her little sunroof (hey, don’t ask me why she gets a sunroof). I think I also kinda hurt her, too. Again. Whoops.
Today was sorta BORING. I don’t really remember what happened today because I was, kinda bouncing on my mattress and I sorta did a flip and flew off the mattress. It really, really hurt. So I can’t exactly write today. BYEBYEBYEBYEBYEBYEBYEBYEBYEBYEBYEBYE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pouncival
6/6/1999
The Big BJ came back today! But I missed him! I heard that he brought another lollipop for Misto, but he wasn’t there. Sooooo, he gave to.....guess who? TUMBLEBRUTUS!!!! I COULD JUST KILL THE CAT!!!! He didn’t even think of me (sniff). Then Tumble was bragging all day (sniff, sniff)!!!!!!!!! I don’t think it was fair. But, I heard Jenny yelling and I was on my little perch on the chair and I saw her screaming, and screaming, and screaming at BJ. And he was screaming back. It was funny! I couldn’t tell what they were screaming about, but I got a good half-hour of entertainment in today.
Pouncival
6/7/1999
BJ came back today. AGAIN!!!!! And this time he brought this humungo lollipop with him. And what’s worse, Mistoffelees was there today! AND HE GOT THE DARN LOLLIPOP!!! I’M MAD AT BJ!!!!!!
Pouncival
6/8/1999
Man, Mistoffelees can be so rude!!! There I was, just sleeping like a little angel, when suddenly, Misto decides he needs batteries. He wakes me up, and I bump my head! It hurt! And then he threatened to use his lightning bolts on me if I didn’t give him batteries! Sniff, sniff. And I thought Misto was my friend!
Pouncival
6/9/1999
Today I was playing cards with Misto. Man, was THAT a bad decision! He won every round and Tumble and I lost every round! I swear, that tiny, shrimpy, scrawny little cat was using his powers (sorry to all those Misto fans that could be reading this, but that’s the way I feel). After that, Tumble and I went off to bug BJ about getting another lollipop. As we left, I thought I saw this new cat sleeping in Jemima’s bed. And it looked like an alley cat. I wonder what Jemima did about THAT? I wonder? I wonder why the sky is blue? I wonder why I’m writing all this junk down?
Pouncival
6/10/1999
I had a great day! I gave Demeter yet another scare. It’s getting to be sorta fun, except when she gets really mad and starts chasing me all over the junkyard. I pounced on her, knocking the wind out of her. That new cat, Saphinora, was with her. I scared her too! Is that good, or is that bad? I guess I’ll find out.
Life is still not fair! BJ gave Saphinora a lollipop! Maybe I should pretend to be a new cat and maybe he’ll give me a lollipop. Yeah, that’s a good plan.
I also sorta.....ah.....followed her when she went somewhere. I can’t remember where. But I saw this cat watching us......I mean.......Saphinora. I wonder who it was?
Pouncival
6/11/1999
I had yet another great day! I played yet another joke on Demeter. See, it goes like this: she was in her little home, reading this magazine on this human guy named Justin Timberlake or something like that. I wonder if human girls think he looks cute? Well, I look cuter so no competition there. Anyway, I had a hose, so I started spraying Demeter. She thought it was raining and forgot she was in her house. Well, I doused her. She was really mad after that. Demeter sure is easy to play tricks on! After that, I got Tumble, and we decided to go to Misto’s home. He wasn’t there at the junkyard, and Mungojerrie said that he couldn’t get out or something like that. His humans had been really worried about Misto, so they like abducted him (I don’t even know what I’m talking about). So Tumble and I decided to cheer him up with some Christmas carols. I wonder if Mistoffelees appreciated that? On our way back to the junkyard, we saw THE cat, Big BJ. I think he had a lollipop with him. He said it was for Misto. I envy the little guy (Misto, not BJ. You should know that anyway because BJ’s big and Misto’s small).
Pouncival
6/12/1999
I was following Demeter around. I can’t exactly tell you why, but I’ll try to explain. Admetus, Plato, and me were gonna do something. Admetus and Plato were trying to make me apologize to Demeter for playing all those tricks on her. Why they wanted me to do that, I don’t know. I almost did, but she caught us. DANG!!! Somehow, I felt that apologizing was the best thing to do. I’m turning over a new leaf! How do you like the new me?
I also saw this small brown, black, and white cat walking with Munkustrap. I think that we might have another new cat!! Isn’t this exciting??? I’m beginning to like this. Maybe I better try to get on her good side before it’s too late.
Pouncival
6/13/1999
I wasn’t at the junkyard today. There wasn’t much to do. I stayed with Plato, Admetus and Tumble today. We did stuff, stuff, and more stuff.
Pouncival
6/14/1999
Today Saphinora moved into her lair. She moved into the stove. Everyone gave her something, so I decided to give her a humungo pile of batteries. I remembered the batteries incident (actually, I reread my entries), and I figured out that was what the batteries were for: her. She looked at me like I was some sort of freak. Oh well. It’s the thought that counts.
I also saw the other new cat today. I was taking a walk in the alley and I saw her curled up miserably in some boxes that I figured used to be her home. I walked up to her. “Hi,” I said. She looked up and gave me a smile. “Hi,” she said. “Who are you?” I started to reply, but she cut me off. “Wait,” she said. “You’re Pouncival, aren’t you?” I nodded, speechless. “Are you a mind reader or something?” I demanded. She laughed. “No, I just watched you and your friend, Tumblebrutus a lot,” she said. “You’re a fun pair to watch.” I brightened. “Really?” I asked. She nodded. “Oh, I’m Jequenia,” she told me. “Cool,” I replied. “Pretty name.” “Thanks,” Jequenia said. She flashed me another smile. “Well,” I started. “Do you wanna come to the junkyard with me?” Jequenia shrugged. “I guess,” she said uneasily. So I took her to the junkyard, but there was no one there. “Oh well,” I said. “I’ll just go back to the alley,” Jequenia said. Without another word, she disappeared into the shadows.
Pouncival
6/15/1999
Demeter is gonna get it sooooooo bad!!!!! She’s gonna be sorry she played those stupid tricks on me. At least mine were funny. Let me explain. While Tumble and I were jumping on our mattresses, having a good time, Demeter and Bombalurina were sneaking up on us. Demeter pounced on me, while Bomb had Tumble in a full Nelson. “Say uncle,” Demeter said. “No,” I told her. I tried to wriggle out of her grip, but noooo. “Demeter, have you put on a little weight?” I asked. Demeter really tightened her grip on me. I had enough. “UNCLE!!” I screamed. “UNCLEUNCLEUNCLEUNCLE!!!!!” She finally let me go after that. I ran away from her. Tumble joined me later. “What are we going to do to Demeter and Bomb?” he asked me. “I don’t know,” I admitted. “But we have to make it good. Go get Plato and Admetus. They can help.” Tumble ran off. While I waited, I spotted a field mouse. I started pouncing on it. As I was doing that, I saw a twenty-dollar bill lying around. “Well, what have we here?” I murmured. I crouched in my pouncing position, and did what I did best: pounce. But when I pounced, the $20 moved. “Hey!” I exclaimed. “Probably was just the wind.” I pounced again. And again, and again, and again. When I pounced for the millionth and one time, I bashed into a wall. “HEY!!!” I shouted. Then it dawned on me. “DEMETER!” I screamed. “Where are you?” She and Bomb stepped out of their hiding place. They were laughing. “We’re even,” Demeter told me. I gave her my cute grin. “We’ll see about that,” I told her. Then I went to the alley to talk to Jequenia. I found her writing in her journal. “Hey Pounce,” she said to me, smiling. I told her what happened. She thought for a minute. “Well, all I have to say is that those are the oldest tricks in the book,” Jequenia said to me. “If I was going to play a trick on Demeter, I’d....” She stopped. “What?” I asked. “Tell me.” She shook her head. “I’d rather not,” Jequenia said. “I want to stay on Demeter’s good side for now until I know her better.” She shrugged. “Good luck on finding a good joke,” she said. “Bye,” I said. I walked back to the junkyard. But when I was about halfway there, I heard, “Pouncival!” I turned and saw Jemima and Jequenia walking towards me. They were going to read Jenny’s books. They asked me to join them, so of course, me being me, said, “YEAH!” We had a great time, and Jequenia seemed to warm up a lot around Jemima. I think all she needed was friends. I, being me, am THE best cat to have for a friend. Thank you, thank you. I want to thank all the little people that taught me how to behave. I don’t know how they did that, with a challenge like that. Thank you, thank you.
Pouncival
6/16/1999
Nothing happened today. That’s all I have to say.
GOODBYE!
Pouncival
6/17/1999
I AM GOING TO KILL DEMETER! I am soooooo steamed! That little rat.....I AM GOING TO KILL HER! I can’t believe Demeter followed me to Jequenia’s home! Grrrr...........
Okay, I’m cool. I’m almost calm. Maybe I better start from the beginning. I went to Jequenia’s little home in the alley to talk to her. But before I could do that, Jequenia said that someone was here. I looked around and didn’t see anyone. I asked who, and she told me Demeter. That’s when I lost it. I went bezerk. I can’t go into detail. You might not enjoy it.
Tomorrow, Demeter’s going to get it.
Pouncival
6/18/1999
I messed up. I messed up big time. I was suppose to go to Jequenia’s home so Jemima and I could take her to Munkustrap so she could tell her secret (in case you’re wondering, Jemima told me all the fun details). How come I have a feeling that something bad is going to happen to Jequenia?
Pouncival
6/19/1999
Man, this is like horror week at the junkyard! First, started with Mistoffelees, when he didn’t show up to give Saphinora her initiation test. Then, Demeter playing jokes on me. Then, Demeter again, blabbing that Jequenia used to work for Macavity. And now this. Saphinora can’t become a Jellicle. I don’t know what happened, but Misto went to talk to Munkustrap and ended getting Saphinora kicked out of the junkyard. Horror week, definitely. I hope nothing bad happens tomorrow.
Pouncival
6/20/1999
Demeter did something really, really bad. I saw her talking to Munku, and he went ballistic. I can guess what she told him. I better tell Jequenia before Munkustrap does something to her.
Gotta run really, really, really fast!
Pouncival
6/21/1999
I am so glad that we got Jequenia out of there yesterday. Munkustrap had a search party going for her. I was sooooo nervous. Jemima was tense too. Once, they came really close to finding her. Oh man. That was nerve-wracking. I hope that Jequenia likes it in her home. I sorta miss her.
Man, I gotta start playing major jokes one Demeter! When was the last time I played a joke on her?
Pouncival
6/22/1999
I’m thinking up tons and tons of jokes to play on Demeter! Ooh, this will so much FUN! I’m brilliant, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh, oh, oh yeah!
Today I visited Jequenia. She is really happy in her home, but she misses Jemima and me (especially me, of course!). We’re turning out to be really good friends. I got a friend, I got a friend, I got a friend hey hey hey hey (and it’s a Queen! I am so good, thank you, thank you)!
Pouncival
6/23/1999
Demeter wasn’t around today. Darn. I can’t do my brilliant joke! Darn.
Pouncival
6/24/1999
Today Saphinora had this little party for her becoming a Jellicle. It was horrible! All day long, you could hear all the Queens squealing and laughing. It was soooo annoying! I think it’s disgusting to have all them gather around and giggle and all that girly stuff.
Pouncival
6/25/1999
Demeter wasn’t around today either! I don’t get it! When can I play my brilliant trick on her? I am sooooooooooo mad!
I saw Jequenia. She told me that Demeter had talked to her, and they made up. Now that was a shocker. I guess that Jequenia’s really happy that she made up with Demeter, and now they know each other. Okay. Bye-bye. I gotta think up more tricks!
Pouncival
6/26/1999
Demeter finally came back! Now I can play my brilliant trick on her today (maybe). She looked happy. What’s there to be happy about? I dunno. I guess it’s a Queen thing.
Pouncival
6/27/1999
Ya know what? Do you? JEQUENIA MIGHT GET TO BE A JELLICLE! WHOOPE! YAHOO! I’M SO HAPPY!
Can’t talk. TOO nervous.
Pouncival
6/28/1999
Saphinora went to talk to Jequenia. That’s nice. I’m still nervous. I can't write. I’m nervous. Can’t write.
Pouncival
6/29/1999
Pouncival
6/30/1999
I’m happy, oh yeah I’m happy! Bouncing up and down the walls. La la la la, la, la la la la, la. I’M HAPPY!
Okay, yet again, I’m calm.
I’ve been staying up late with Jequenia and Tumblebrutus to bounce on the mattress. It’s really fun. Tumble and Jequenia seem to get along really well. I’m jealous!
Pouncival
7/1/1999
The 4th is coming! The fireworks are coming! The fun is coming! The food is coming! The decorations are coming! Oh yeah.
Okay, okay, okay. ONCE more I am calm, cool, collected.
Let me explain. The 4th of July is really fun. Humans put these things called fireworks in the sky, and they blow up! Okay, not EXACTLY blow up. They make pretty lights and designs in the sky. Perty stuff. I think I’m going to have the time of my life with Jequenia. Yup yup yup.
Pouncival
7/2/1999
OH MAN! Jellylorum has had me working ALL DAY long on cleaning, cleaning, cleaning. It’s not fun. Besides, it’s the QUEENS job to clean. The Toms do other stuff. FUN stuff.
Jequenia’s been stuck cleaning too. Jenny had her organizing EVERYTHING. So she had a bad job too.
Oh well. Life’s life.
Pouncival
7/3/1999
I feel sorry for Mistoffelees. He was made into a patriotic mummy today by those crazy Queens. They were running around, giggling and laughing and shouting and all that, stringing crepe paper EVERYWHERE. And Rumpleteazer was struggling to tape everything down. Jequenia wasn’t laughing, though. She was looking longingly at the fun dejectedly. So (me being me) went over to her and asked her if she wanted to bounce. Jequenia said okay, and we spent the rest of the day doing that.
Pouncival
7/4/1999
Today was one of THE best days in THE entire year. I love the 4th! Yahoo! Fun, right and left! Up and down! Side to side! Top to bottom! North and South! East and West!
Okay. I’m on track. Let me explain.
In the evening, the partying started. We had a field mouse buffet, rat supreme, caviar, and strassburg pie. It was, like, gourmet night. I was in heaven. There was other stuff, like this really good Meow Mix with special sauce. Oh, and Victoria brought a few cans of Fancy Feast (which Tumble and I snatched and hid). When it was 10:00, we watched the fireworks. Jequenia was watching in amazement. But I wasn’t watching the works. I was watching her. She looked so beautiful, and...wait a minute! Just wait a minute. AM I in love? Am I?
Pouncival
7/6/1999
I am so good! I played my brilliant trick on Demeter. That’s why I didn’t write yesterday. Too busy thinking about how I could do it. But I am so good!
Here’s the trick: I painted Demeter in rainbow colors, so she looked like a hippie cat (don’t sweat it. It was washable colors). In the morning, I could hear her scream, “POUNCIVAL!” “That’s my name. Don’t wear it out!” I said cheerfully. After that, I decided that I better get ready to run. And it was a good idea, too! Because the next instant, I could see a rainbow blur headed towards me. “Hi Demeter!” I said in a happy voice. “I’M GOING TO KILL YOU!” she screamed. And it goes on, and on. Demeter kept chasing me until night. It was a fun day! All the time, I could see Jequenia laughing.
Pouncival
7/7/1999
Since Demeter is so angry, I decided to reinforce my lair. Jequenia helped me. We built a tall fence around the entrance to the lair. But, (me being me), we got trapped inside. Uh-oh. That’s bad. So Jequenia and I spent the rest of the day playing with all the junk I have piled in my lair.
Pouncival
7/8/1999
We were still stuck in the lair all day today. But we were thinking of a plan to make a door and a lock. So I spent all day with Jequenia searching for a saw in my junk pile.
Pouncival
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