A Sinister Visitor
by carolynholm
Hey Mom,
What are we supposed to do with this thing?
Winston
Dear Winston,
It’s a toy!
Love, Carolyn
Hey,
We’re supposed to play with it?
Winston
Dear Winston,
Yes, play with it! I don’t know why you and Puffin keep looking at it so suspiciously.
Love, Carolyn
Hey,
It’s just weird.
Winston
Dear Winston,
The ads on TV show cats going wild over this toy.
Love, Carolyn
Hey,
Doing what with it? That’s what I don’t understand. What I’m supposed to do with it.
Winston
Dear Winston,
Wrestle with it! Grab it! Pummel it with your hind feet!
Love, Carolyn
Hey Mom,
But it moves. I don’t know what it might do to me.
Winston
Dear Winston,
The moving part is what makes it like prey!
Love, Carolyn
Hey,
Puffin says it looks like it might be a predator.
Winston
Dear Winston,
For heaven’s sake, it’s not a predator.
Love, Carolyn
Hey Mom,
Puffin says I’m not very manly. But he’s more afraid of the predator fish than I am.
Winston
Dear Winston,
It’s not a predator.
Love, Carolyn
Hey Mom,
Puffin thinks he’s such a tough guy. Last night he was hissing and growling out the window. It’s all show. There’s a screen on the window so the cat passing by outside couldn’t get to us even if she wanted to.
Winston
Dear Winston,
That was the neighbor’s cat passing by there, under the shrubs. There’s a cat path there.
Love, Carolyn
Hey Mom,
There’s a Cat Path??????? That’s so exciting!!!!!!! I want to go on the Cat Path!!!!!!!
Winston
Dear Winston,
It’s just for neighbor cats. But let’s circle back to this fish. Maybe if you tried to wrestle with it, you might find you like it.
Love, Carolyn
Hey,
I might. Anyway, as I was starting to say, Puffin thinks he’s such a tough guy, but he’s more afraid of the predator fish than I am.
Winston
Dear Winston,
It’s not a predator.
Love, Carolyn
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