Over at Murphy and Stanley's place it is last Friday of the month story day... click to read more!!!
Normally I use a photo to prompt my stories and this is no exception; we are also given a sentence by M&S which we have to highlight in the story.
Normally I use a photo to prompt my stories and this is no exception; we are also given a sentence by M&S which we have to highlight in the story.
This month it is "...and that's why my toes turned purple."
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Monday past, you may recall,
I met a feline fellow
whose paws were bright on every leg
- and I don't mean yellow!
Slunk past my legs in silence,
(as is the wont of his kind);
sniffed a flower or two in passing,
then showed me his behind.
Such a '... hither' look he had,
I surely had to follow
and watched, as he groomed and strode
then began to wallow.
Mesmerised, I had to ask -
I mean, really, why, when, what??!
"How come, Sir, your paws are tinted
like a forget-me-not?"
Cat growled loud, Cat mewed and blinked
"I could tell you, but at cost...
perhaps some catnip?..fine-flake fish?
or tray of liver frost?"
"None of these I have to hand:
but fifteen mins of glory
I can promise if you will tell
the whole of your story."
A moment's hesitation,
then Cat let loose the torrent
about his brush with neighbours wild
behaviour, abhorrent.
He spoke words non-BBC,
the sort that can't be printed;
he wouldn't tone it down at all,
however much I hinted.
Such vitriol was spewed forth
I could scarce bear to listen;
but then I saw it in his eye,
a twinkle, a glisten!
He stopped, and again the wink:
"lady, you are kind, I see
so from this hatred I'll now refrain
and tell what tainted me.
Renovations under way,
they left their paint to curdle
- low - in a tray - I could not resist...
...and that's why my toes turned purple."
Hehe, and doesn't Mr Push-T-Cat look content wiv his purple sockies on!
ReplyDeleteLoves and licky kisses
Princess Leah xxx
Hari OM
DeleteA very self-satisfied individual, he was! Yxx
Oh we have been looking forward all week to this and it didn't disappoint.
ReplyDeleteToodle pip!
Bertie.
PS We found this month's FFHT quite a tough challenge - you can judge in a few hours time whether or not we, that's Gail and I, were up to it!
Hari OM
DeleteI agree Bertie lad, and to be very honest, on Monday I had absolutely no idea what was going to come out. This was produced literally an hour before going live! Cat whispered through the whiskerline..... Yxx
What a wonderful FFHT poetic story Aunty!
ReplyDeleteSmileys!
Dory, Jakey, Arty & Bilbo
I love your story and your purple toes!!
ReplyDeleteZiggy Out!!
MOL, Fat Cat aka Whiskers turned his butt blue by sitting in a paint tray. We hope the paint came off your toes easier than it came off Whiskers' butt.
ReplyDeleteGood one! I had no clue that my staff had diy-projects in your area... bet that was their fault that the cat got purple boots :o)
ReplyDeleteOH MY WORD YAM YOU ARE A POET FOR SURE...WHAT A GREAT POEM ALL ABOUT A CAT HAVING A HISSING FIT OVER SOME SILLY PEEPS.
ReplyDeleteAND I MIGHT ADD WHAT A HANDSOME FELINE TOO
HUGS MADI YOUR BFFF
Ha Ha! Excellent poem for FFHT. Alas our assistant dropped the ball on this month
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Mr Bailey, Hazel & Mabel
You are so much fun, and witty!
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