Lets Go Mo
Joe Ouimet
I won't get lost, come on, I'm promising you. You're not dealing with just any stray cat here. I'm Mo, a seasoned veteran cat of the outdoors you know. What do you say? Open that door for me and let a cat have some fun. I don't care what the adoption contract says. A cat needs to be a cat and that's that. Mo needs to go. All I need is a few hours just to stretch my legs. Fine!! Be good cat owners and don't let me out. I'll just wait for your kids to open the door for me.
I'm hidden pretty well here behind this chair. Little Kenny will never know that I'm even here until it's too late. I'll be out that door before he even knows what hit him. Here he comes off the school bus and right on time. WHAM! Out the door I go!! That was way too easy.
Boy, these new owners of mine do live out here in the sticks. Where are all the cars and garbage cans? Check out the woods in this place. Talk about hunting game. Back in Waterbury where I came from all I ever hunted were rats and for fun tipped garbage cans. This place is huge! I can't wait to explore.
Not bad, after 4 hours I caught three field mice, one mole, and gave a squirrel a real run for his money. That's not including the snake. He doesn't really count. It's starting to get dark so I better get going back to the house. Hmmm, all these trees look the same to me. Back in the city I could walk the roads home but not here. I guess that I better hurry up before dusk turns into night. I bet my owners are worried.
Did you hear that? Sounded like a dog or something. Never heard a yelp like that before! I think that was more than one yelp. Don't tell me they have pit bulls way out here in the woods. There it is again, this time closer. Oh my God, is that a coyote?! I never saw one in the city. He looks so scrappy and wild. There are two, no three right there right in front on me. Take it easy, don't run and give yourself up yet. Let's hope they don't see me. I can't make it back to my house because I'm too far away. Time to run!! Here they come.
Let's go Mo, zig and zag, zig then zag. Go faster please let me run faster. There's a house. They are right behind me. I better go to the house and take cover some place and hide where they can't get me. All the doors are closed, I'll have to run and go under the porch. Breathe, breathe, get yourself together and don't panic. Maybe they can't fit under here. Oh no, they can fit!! They are crawling in to get me. Run outside fast! I never knew how fast I could run or how fast theses coyotes can be. Gangway!!
Aaagghh, that hurt. He bit me on my back leg. A tree, jump!! Get up that tree now. Keep going. Up, up, up. Whew, that was close. I must be 30-40 feet up this tree. Safe as safe can be. Haha, how do you coyotes like me now? Luckily I only got nipped. My heart is beating so fast I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on. I better go up to that large branch and regain my composure.
Wow I'm high up. Never been above the third floor of a fire escape before. I wonder how I'm gonna get down. I never really climbed a tree before this high. Somebody will get me down. I'd fall and die if I tried to climb down.
Three days now and I'm getting really scared and hungry up here. A cat could die this high is the air. Never mind the old sayings that you never see a skeleton of a cat in a tree or a cat will come down when they are hungry. Here's a newsflash-I'm starved and can't get down. As for my skeleton goes. It won't be in the tree, it will be on the ground after I die up here and fall. Plus those coyotes come back to check on me at dusk and dawn every day. Wish I stayed inside the house. I wish little Kenny's parents had thought about me escaping a little harder. If I ever get out of this I'll never leave the house again. Never.
Meow, meow help!! Help!! At least it rained and I got some water. Hey there's a human who sees me. She has a can of tuna. A lot of good that does. I need a ride down not that a can of tuna wouldn't taste good. Hope she calls the Fire Department or a tree service. I can hear her talking to people saying that they don't climb trees and insurance stuff. Oh no, not the skeleton in the tree story again. Who is gonna help me?
After 5 days a tree service man climbed the tree with his spikes. I was happy to hold on for the ride down. That lady is smart. Good job!! She read my tags and I'm home. I learned my lesson about running out the door that's for sure. It's too bad that humans and cats have to learn the hard way. If you are ever in the area again please stop by and visit. We can hang out in the window and watch the birds. That's as far as I'm going to go outside again. You have my cats word on that one. Don't give into cat pressure and teach your kids to watch the door. It's that important.
Mo the Cat
