Time: 9 pm

Place: Tippy and sister Bella laying side by side on our bed...

Tippy: "Come here, dear sister mine, for a loving head wash, lick, lick"

Bella: "Mmmm... Purrrr..."

Tippy: "Lick, lick, lick"

Bella: "Here, your turn now"

Tippy: "Lick, lick, I'm not done yet!"

Bella: "Lick, lick, yes you are"

Tippy: (washing faster) "No I'm not!"

Bella: (becoming impatient) "Look, I love you too!"

Tippy: "I love you more, lick, lick!"

Bella: "No you don't!, lick LICK!"

Tippy: "Yes I do!...Lick, LICK, LICK!"

Bella: "LICK, LICK! LICK!"

Tippy: "OW! let go of my ear!"

Bella: "Lick! Get your claw out of my eye!"

Tippy: "HEY! LET GO!"

Bella: "Ouch!... OW! *HISS!*"

Tippy: "Rrrrrrow!"

Bella: "*Hisss*!"

The two siblings bound out of the room, chasing each other.

Bill sighs, puts down his book to listen to the mad clattering of claws on the hardwood floor, and hears the distant sound of something breaking.

Silence.

Shortly, two 'innocent' cats reappear on the bed, and lay down, side by side again.

*Sigh*

Copyright © Bill Mason
August 22, 2003