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DELLA
By
Patricia Nolan-Hall
Della crouched nearer the stove lashing her tail. She heard the scratching sounds again. A mouse was trying to get into the kitchen. One of the tall, skinny boys switched on the light. He learned down and rubbed Della’s ears.
“Good girl. We’ll all sleep better knowing Della the huntress is on the job.”
The boy poured a glass of milk. He left the empty carton on the counter, took a bag of cookies from the cupboard and went back to his room wishing Della “happy hunting.”
The mouse was very lucky or very smart because Della stayed by the stove all night and did not catch the intruder.
Music and counting was heard from the big room with the television set. Della knew that the woman was doing her bouncing and stretching. Della did not like to bounce but she liked to show the woman that when it comes to stretching no one does it better than a cat.
Della decides that a nice drink of water is just the thing after exercising. The nearest water dish does not belong to Della. The water dish belongs to Perry, the basset hound, and he does not like to share his things.
“Woof.”
Della always ignores Perry. Della never ignores the smell of coffee and the sound of the man opening the morning newspaper. Everyday the man tells Della that he cannot read the newspaper while she is sitting on it. Della likes this game very much. Her favourite part of the game is when the man slides the paper along the table and Della goes along for the ride.
“Go pester someone else, Your Highness.”
Della decides it is time to check on the two tall, skinny boys. They share a room at the very top of the house. Della has fun in the room chasing golf balls, tennis balls, baseballs, basketballs and footballs. When the boys are asleep Della likes to jump on them to wake them up. The boys are very loud. They laugh and shout.
“Someday, Della, we’ll jump on you then see how you like it.”
“Don’t you dare talk to my kitty that way.”
The girl with the long hair picks Della up and glares at her big brothers.
“Della is a queen and you two are lazy loafers.”
The girl with the long hair practices her flute every day. When Della was a kitten and the girl’s hair was not quite so long the music was very squeaky. Now there are not so many squeaks and the songs are very long.
Della decides it is time to take a nap on the back porch in her favourite patch of sunlight. Today the chubby boy who likes to sing is sitting in Della’s special spot. The chubby boy always hugs Della too tight because he loves her very much.
By
Patricia Nolan-Hall
Della crouched nearer the stove lashing her tail. She heard the scratching sounds again. A mouse was trying to get into the kitchen. One of the tall, skinny boys switched on the light. He learned down and rubbed Della’s ears.
“Good girl. We’ll all sleep better knowing Della the huntress is on the job.”
The boy poured a glass of milk. He left the empty carton on the counter, took a bag of cookies from the cupboard and went back to his room wishing Della “happy hunting.”
The mouse was very lucky or very smart because Della stayed by the stove all night and did not catch the intruder.
Music and counting was heard from the big room with the television set. Della knew that the woman was doing her bouncing and stretching. Della did not like to bounce but she liked to show the woman that when it comes to stretching no one does it better than a cat.
Della decides that a nice drink of water is just the thing after exercising. The nearest water dish does not belong to Della. The water dish belongs to Perry, the basset hound, and he does not like to share his things.
“Woof.”
Della always ignores Perry. Della never ignores the smell of coffee and the sound of the man opening the morning newspaper. Everyday the man tells Della that he cannot read the newspaper while she is sitting on it. Della likes this game very much. Her favourite part of the game is when the man slides the paper along the table and Della goes along for the ride.
“Go pester someone else, Your Highness.”
Della decides it is time to check on the two tall, skinny boys. They share a room at the very top of the house. Della has fun in the room chasing golf balls, tennis balls, baseballs, basketballs and footballs. When the boys are asleep Della likes to jump on them to wake them up. The boys are very loud. They laugh and shout.
“Someday, Della, we’ll jump on you then see how you like it.”
“Don’t you dare talk to my kitty that way.”
The girl with the long hair picks Della up and glares at her big brothers.
“Della is a queen and you two are lazy loafers.”
The girl with the long hair practices her flute every day. When Della was a kitten and the girl’s hair was not quite so long the music was very squeaky. Now there are not so many squeaks and the songs are very long.
Della decides it is time to take a nap on the back porch in her favourite patch of sunlight. Today the chubby boy who likes to sing is sitting in Della’s special spot. The chubby boy always hugs Della too tight because he loves her very much.
Della sniffs at the brown paper bag the boy is holding. The boy whispers in Della’s ear that he is going to run away. He has a bag of jelly sandwiches and he wants Della to run away too.
Della follows the chubby boy down the street to a cool, green park. Della has fun chasing squirrels and geese. The boy sits on a bench and eats jelly sandwiches. He holds Della on his lap and sings a sad song.
Della does not like jelly sandwiches. She decides it is time for a proper cat meal. She leaps down from the bench and looks at the boy.
“Meow.”
The boy looks at Della and smiles.
“Meow.”
The boy follows Della home.
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