Date:         Thu, 16 Dec 1993 02:05:23 CDT
 
 
 
 
Sidney's Chirstmas
 
  by
 
Dionne Nelson
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sidney was having a bad week.  First his normally reliabe person had left; he
had just been settling in for her normal "work" schedule when Nick (who was
friends with that monster Janette) kidnapped him.  Nick had put him in his
carrier (it was worse than the cages at the vets!) and then put him in a huge
room!  The room had been mostly black, which was good, but it was so big Sidney
knew he wasn't going to be able to explore it, let alone establish his
territory.  Nick had made a nice bed for him, it was white and fluffy, and
didn't even smell funny.  But just after he'd gotten his bed just the way he
wanted it he started sneezing.  Then it was back in the cage to a new location.
 
He was dropped off (left again, really) with the monster Janette.  At least the
room was smaller, and he could breath much better.  *You're a monster* he would
say to the creature, and she would respond with *I eat cat-litter*, her accent
was horrable!  Since she didn't understand the basic neccesities of cat life he
gave her a fur-ball, the demon didn't even clean it up!  She also didn't
understand about scratching posts so he'd gone after a couch leg (the fabric
would have been better exercize, but he was trying to teach her something).
After awhile another demon came in, and then brought a bird, a very large bird.
 
Janette left shortly after that.  Sidney had just settled in for a nap when the
bird started making noise.  Sidney swore at it, pleading for a little peace,
when suddenly the bird answered him. *You don't need to be so rude, you have
nine lives, you can wait until we understand each other*.  That had turned into
a very interesting conversation, even after the monster returned.
 
Now Sidney was back home, his person was holding him on her lap and feeding
him treats.  She gave him a good scratch behind the ears, and stayed still,
even after he fell asleep.  It was good to be home.