Cats

"Cats! When will the cats stop yowling?" I cried out in frustration trying to concentrate on my homework.

"It is not as if the cats are crawling all over your homework." My brother chuckled.

"Look! I found this pair of cats abandoned in a box downstairs. Mummy said that we could keep it!" My sister squealed breathlessly. My brother muffled a laugh as I stared angrily at the little horrors. Ignoring my protests, she dumped the cats onto my lap, grinning widely. I looked at the miserable creatures crawling on my lap. As if noticing my glare, the cats looked up with wide-eyed innocence.

After that day, the cats stuck close to me like a magnet while I tried to push the irritating cats away from me. Every time I would smack the cats and it would roll about mewing happily, not knowing that it was being punished for annoying me.

One day as usual, the cats trotted after me and followed me down the pavement. I was in a bad mood and did not want to entertain the cats, so, as soon as I reached the road, I dashed across. The cats surprised at my sudden gain of speed was late by a few seconds, but that few seconds was enough for a car to come speeding down the road. I watched in horror as the cats' body went flying down the path. I rushed to the cats immediately while the driver got out of the car. Tears were flowing down my face and I apologized profusely to the bloody cats. The cats blinked slowly and linked my tear stained-face and their bodies went limp. They are dead.

"No!" I screamed. "No!" I kept repeating, sobbing and screaming until my throat was sore. My blouse stained with the cats' blood. After I calmed down a bit I called my family and was immediately brought home. From then onwards, I stayed away from cats.

Karyien