A to Z April: "A" is for Animals

So, I know that I'm supposed to wait until April 1st to start this April Blogging Challenge ™. But, see, I wrote this fun story and it's been killing me not to share. So, here is the blog post and story a little early [image error]

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For the month of April, I decided to do spice things up a little by participating in the "A to Z Blogging Challenge." The notion behind this is to get bloggers to write a post Monday-Saturday in April for each letter of the alphabet. I'll be doing a bundle of different things throughout the month, each represented by the letter of the day.

And so…today's blog post is brought to you by the letter A for Animals.

NO MORE ANIMALS by Krista D. Ball

Once upon a time, Krista lived in an apartment with two cats, Sputnik and Worf. Krista and her kitties were happy in their one bedroom place, with lots of windows and cozy chairs to curl up and enjoy the sunny afternoons.

But all was not well. Krista's friend, The Engineer, also had a kitty, Sam, and a very weird thing called a dog, named Star. The Engineer and Krista were at PetSmart, where they saw an abandoned kitty up for adoption. The Engineer brought the kitty home and named her Lin.

Sputnik and Worf accepted this, as they only visited The Engineer on weekends. They didn't seem to care too much. Sam and Star decided that four cats was a good, solid number for weekends.

But, then the most dreadful thing happened! The Engineer got a call. A friend could not keep his two cats, Salem and Gypsy.  Krista and The Engineer took one each. Things were snug in Krista's apartment, but there were plenty of places to sleep still. And, they only visited the other kitty tribe on weekends.

Everyone was settling into their kitties lives again. Humans, kitties, and dog all declared, "No more animals!" But, that changed when the phone rang. The lady from far away said they found our cat. There was a head count. Nope, no cats were missing.

"But, but, but!" she cried, "we have a cat with a microchip where that is named Tigger and is listed as yours."

The Engineer was shocked! Tigger had been gone seven years! The Engineer jumped into his car and rushed to the far away town. Tigger immediately recognized The Engineer! Tigger had a very bad hip now, was really skinny, and had lost both his ear tips to frostbite. The Engineer brought Tigger home to fatten him up.

And then, Krista and The Engineer decided to merge their kitty household! It was dreadful! There were seven cats now and a dog! All of the kitties absolutely hated this new arrangement and went on strike. Krista bought them a giant cat home, with lots of perches and houses. This allowed the kitties and dog and humans to all live in harmony again.

But everyone agreed: no more animals!

Then, a horrible, dreadful thing happened. The Engineer's neighbour, who he'd known forever and ever, died. And, he had a kitty named Twinkie. No one wanted Twinkie and there was no way that Krista and The Engineer could allow their nice neighbour's kitty to be put at the Humane Society for something that wasn't her fault.

And so, Twinkie moved in.

And everyone agreed: no more animals!