CHAPTER TWO Putting aside my thoughts of Paul's visit I drifted off to sleep in my yard I was enjoying the most lovely dream In it I was chasing rabbits I would never hurt rabbits mind you I just like to chase them when I heard the sound of loud panting in my ear Opening one eye I saw a dog before me But not just any dog This dog was sitting back on hind legs and if I had to guess I'd say it was a Great Dane wearing a deerstalker hat Odd choice of hat I thought closing my eye again I wasn't the slightest bit scared In my experience if I don't bother other creatures they don't bother me I figured if I just ignored it it would go away But no Dr. Catson I presume the dog said This time I opened both eyes Who wants to know I asked warily I am Sherlock Bones the dog informed me That name sounded disturbingly familiar
I believe the dog went on Our Mutual Friend said I would be stopping by It took me a while to piece together what he was telling me Yes it had only been one day since Paul had come to call But you must realize I'd napped at least a dozen separate times since then So for me it felt like ages ago And then it hit me Who this was What this was about He never said you were a dog I cried outraged And he never said you were a cat the dog said But since he is one himself I deduced that you were likely one as well I told him I said that I don't want a housemate Yes I believe he may have mentioned that small fact But never mind that now though because And here his eyes grew wide in excitement as he raised a paw in the air as though pointing at the sky The game's afoot Which one I yawned Pardon Well you have four feet don't you So I want to know Which foot are we talking about That's not what I meant Then why on earth did you say it
I might have been wrong but it did seem to me that the dog was starting to look annoyed What I meant was the dog said a gleam of excitement filling his eyes again a crime has been committed
CHAPTER THREE By whom I asked Some humans That's nothing new Yawn Human are always committing one crime or another Yes but this time I rose and stretched each of my front paws out one at a time and then I arched my back to its fullest height as I turned away from him ahh which immediately served to cut him off It's amazing how turning your back on someone can have that effect Then I began to walk away You’re limping he called after me How observant of you I said Yes I was wounded in the Cat Wars I've heard of those He seemed pleased to know this I heard you creatures fought like cats and I stopped him with a steely glare You were going to say cats and dogs weren't you I said
