Are you ready to meditate with Corrie?
Make sure that you're in your bed,
You're laying down and you're comfortable.
Try and stay still so you can relax your body.
And that way,
Maybe you'll fall to sleep as you listen to the story.
Heidi,
Cherry,
Vair,
Tucker and Leo and Mr.
Kitty were all hanging out at Tucker and Leo's house.
There was a knock on the door.
Tucker went to answer the door and Mr.
Kitty followed close by.
When they opened the door,
There was a black cat stood there.
The black cat was quite tall and he had long hair that went over one of his eyes.
He kept blowing up at the hair as if he was trying to uncover his other eye.
And then he would shake his head.
He looked very suave,
A very cool looking cat.
His fur was super,
Super shiny.
He said,
Hello.
And Tucker said,
Hello,
What do you want?
What do you want?
Can I help you?
What is it?
What's happening?
The cat said,
Oh,
Oh,
Sorry,
Nothing's happening.
It's just that I'm here collecting money for the local library.
We're having a book sale this weekend and we're inviting all the locals to come to the book sale so that hopefully we can sell some books and hopefully we can raise money to keep the library open because the library has been straddling,
You know,
These days and for us young poets that are enthusiastic about books,
That's a very sad thing.
Mr.
Kitty looked at Tucker as if to say,
Who is this dude?
Tucker didn't get Mr.
Kitty's face at all.
Tucker just bounded forward and said,
Come on in,
We've got a house full of people,
Lots of kitties that you can talk to and me and my brother,
Leo,
Are very nice to kitties,
Aren't we,
Mr.
Kitty?
That is if Mr.
Kitty would let me be nice to him because this is my friend,
Mr.
Kitty,
By the way.
Mr.
Kitty nodded at the black cat at the door that had not come in the house yet.
The black cat looked down its nose at Mr.
Kitty as if to say,
Who are you,
Peasant?
And Mr.
Kitty felt the vibe straight away as if there was instant competition between the two of them.
Tucker was completely oblivious.
Come on in,
Come on in.
Yes,
Like I said,
I like cats very much.
I like to lick cats,
Are you okay with that?
The cat looked at Tucker as if he was joking.
Tucker wasn't joking at all.
Mr.
Kitty said,
He's not joking.
And the black cat said,
Oh gracious,
That sounds delightfully not delightful at all.
The black cat was talking way too intelligent for Tucker to get or pick up on any of the sarcasm that he was laying out.
So Tucker just assumed he was okay to lick the new black cat.
Tucker leaned forward as if he was going to give him a big old lick as a nice welcome to say hello and welcome to our house.
The black cat dodged the lick very quickly and nimbly.
And Mr.
Kitty noticed.
It was like they'd gone back 200 years or so or maybe more than that,
To the times where people would duel to the death.
It was an instant dislike between the two of them and they kept eyeballing each other up.
Heidi,
Cherry and Vaya also came downstairs to find out why Mr.
Kitty and Tucker had been at the door for so long.
As soon as the cat spotted the cat at the door,
They swooned forward.
Oh,
Hello,
Said Heidi.
Vaya said,
Yes,
Pleased to meet you.
My name's Vaya.
She put one of her paw forwards for the new cat to shake it.
And the cat took a hold of Vaya's paw and bowed his head down as if he was going to kiss her paw.
Vaya moved it very quickly and he just missed.
Mr.
Kitty squinted his eyes as if to say,
Watch it,
Mate.
But he didn't say anything.
Vaya blushed,
Oh,
Such a gentleman.
My name is Poe,
Poe and I am a poet.
I'm here,
Cats,
Trying to get everybody involved in the problem that's happening with the local library.
The local library is a source of wisdom and knowledge and we need it so much in the community.
And unfortunately,
There has been less and less interest as these days,
Most people read books online.
It's such a sad,
Sad,
Sad way to die.
So me being a poet and all,
I have decided to give my time,
My precious time,
Because I am so busy creating beautiful poems.
I have decided to give my special time to raise funds for the local library.
Cherry said,
OMG,
That's so nice of you.
Very,
Very,
Very nice of you.
And what was your name again?
Sorry,
Poodle.
Poe,
The poet,
The black,
Shiny,
Very,
Very handsome,
Fancy cat,
Looked down his nose at Cherry as if calling him Poodle was stabbing him in the gut just to hear it.
He looked very uncomfortable.
No,
He said,
Not Poodle.
I said,
Poe,
Poe.
Remember it,
I'm Poe,
The poet.
Oh,
Said Cherry,
Very nice,
Very nice.
Can you give us a poem right now then?
I mean,
You just like spit poems out of your head.
You don't even have to think about it.
You just go,
A poem,
A poem,
Oh,
Oh,
Oh,
Oh.
I'm just like washing the dishes.
Oh,
Oh,
There's a poem.
Oh,
I'm just like tying my shoes.
Oh,
Oh,
Just wrote a poem about tying my shoes.
I'm like constantly a poet.
Is that what it's like?
Poe smiled and said,
Yes,
Pretty much.
When you're so creative and talented as I am,
Then it seeps out of your paws without even trying.
Tucker said,
It comes out of your paws,
Like literally paws out of your toes and your feet and your little cute cat pads on the bottom of your feet.
It pours out of your paws.
Poe started laughing,
But not in a friendly way,
In more of a disgusted way,
As if to say,
Oh my gosh,
Dog.
And he said,
Not out of these paws,
Dog,
Pointing to his paws,
Putting his paws out in front of him.
No,
No,
No,
My paws,
The paws on my skin.
Oh,
Cherry was beside herself laughing.
Oh,
Tucker,
I totally thought,
It's the same as you.
I thought he was talking about his paws,
Like his paws,
P-A-W-S,
Paws,
Not P-O-R-E-S,
Paws.
Oh,
OMG,
I can't believe I just got that spelling.
Just like that,
I didn't even think about it.
So smart,
I am so smart.
Heidi stepped in front of Cherry,
As if she was on a mission.
This cat is a poet,
A poet,
And he's raising money for the local library.
I mean,
He is like her ideal cat.
If she had a dream cat that she would want as a partner,
He had just walked up to the door.
Heidi blushed and introduced herself.
My name's Heidi.
Poe said,
Oh,
Hello.
He noticed her glasses.
I like your glasses.
I have a pair just like that at home,
But I don't need them for the daytime when I'm just walking about here and there,
But I do need them when I read.
Cherry noticed the look on Heidi's face.
Her cheeks were pink.
She was a little bit clammy.
She looked like she was falling in love by the second.
Oh,
No,
That's nice,
Said Heidi.
So why don't you come in and tell us all about what's happening with the fundraiser and everything this weekend,
And we'll definitely be there,
Won't we?
Everybody said,
Yeah,
Come on in.
They all agreed that they would go to the fundraiser.
The whole time Poe was talking to Heidi and everyone else about the fundraiser and what was going to be happening there and how they were going to raise money to keep the library open,
Mr.
Kitty was giving Poe the daggers.
He's staring him down.
Vea had noticed that Mr.
Kitty had puffed up his chest and Vea smiled because she could tell that Mr.
Kitty was very jealous of this new cat,
Paying all of them attention,
Even though some of the attention that he was giving some of them wasn't that nice.
He was still paying them attention and he was a new cat and Mr.
Kitty had some competition.
Vea decided to go sit next to Poe on the sofa.
Mr.
Kitty plumped out his chest even bigger.
Vea smiled silently inside,
Enjoying herself,
Making Mr.
Kitty sweat a little bit about the fact that there was a new cat in town,
A possible boyfriend for all of them.
Cherry sat in front of him on the ground and stared up at him.
Oh,
She looked at Tucker next to her.
He's got delicious eyes,
Ain't he?
He's got shiny fur.
He's got shh,
That's about it.
But he's so nice.
He's so nice.
Tucker said,
He wouldn't let me lick him,
So I don't know.
I tried really hard,
Cherry,
I did.
I leaned in for the biggest lick and I was gonna shlever all over him and get really good taste of him.
Cause you know,
That's how I know if you're good or not.
I can tell if you're a good egg or a bad egg.
If you want,
I'll try and sneak a lick while he's not looking.
I can lick maybe one of his paws and he'll never know.
Shuffled forward a little bit on the rug as if to get closer without Poe noticing.
Poe didn't notice.
He was too busy in a very deep conversation with Heidi about their favourite books.
Even though Mr.
Kitty had never shown any interest in Heidi before,
He didn't like the fact that this new cat was in their house and this new cat was interested in one of his very good friends.
He didn't like the fact that this new cat could possibly take the interest away off him.
To be honest,
Mr.
Kitty had got used to all of the attention from Heidi,
Cherry and Veya.
He quite enjoyed it.
Even though he didn't ever make any moves about it,
He enjoyed the attention.
Who doesn't?
And now the attention was on something new.
Mr.
Kitty interrupted the conversation and said,
Do you dance?
Poe looked down his nose at Mr.
Kitty and said,
That's a silly question.
Of course I dance.
I'm a poet.
I'm creative in all ways.
I dance,
I cook.
I write poetry that's heavenly as if it's been sent from above.
I'm a designer when it comes to clothes.
Veya now very seriously swooned.
Oh,
She said,
Do you make princess dresses?
Oh yes,
Yes,
Yes,
Yes.
I can design anything.
I am the most creative cat I know.
And I know that sounds as if I'm bragging about myself or something,
But very,
Very,
Very special.
Cherry said,
OMG,
I said that about myself all the time.
Me and you,
We're like twins.
We're so alike because I'm so good at everything.
Poe,
I'm good at everything.
I'm good at skydiving.
I'm good at like,
Uh.
Tucker interrupted.
I'm good at some things too,
You know.
I'm very good at licking kitty cats.
Ah,
Well,
Most of the time I am unless they're like you and they dodge me very quickly.
But you were quick on your paws.
I must say,
Mr.
Kitty,
He was very quick on his paws.
I bet you any money he's a good dancer.
In the meantime,
Leo had been laid very quietly,
Just watching all of this happen,
Not saying a word.
And then he piped up and said,
Maybe you two should have a dance competition.
Inside,
Secretly,
He was thinking this is very entertaining and he would love to see Mr.
Kitty and Poe,
The poet,
Dance to the death.
Mr.
Kitty said,
Well,
I am a very good dancer.
Poe said,
Oh,
Well,
We'll just have to see,
Won't we?
Cherry said,
Oh,
This is so exciting.
OMG,
It's on,
It's on right now.
Just a minute,
Let me go get my boogie box.
I'm gonna go get my boogie box,
Right.
I'm gonna get some really good music.
What do you like to dance to,
Poe?
I bet you can dance to anything,
Can't you?
I can just tell.
Poe said,
You name it,
I can move to it,
Whatever it is.
Vea swooned,
Heidi swooned,
And Cherry was very impressed.
This new cat had got all the cat's attention.
Mr.
Kitty snarled.
He was so angry.
He was so angry about this new cat.
Who does this new cat think he is?
What the heck does he think he is?
Who,
Who,
Who,
Who,
Who asked this new cat to be in my life?
Who asked this new cat to turn up at the door?
Who asked this new cat to be a nice,
Kind cat that was raising money for the library?
Who asked this cat to be a poet?
Who asked this cat to make princess dresses?
Who asked this cat to be good at everything like Cherry?
Get him out of my house,
Was the internal dialogue that Mr.
Kitty kept repeating inside of his mind over and over and over again,
Not saying any of it out loud,
Because then if he did,
He would look like he was bothered by this new cat.
He wasn't bothered by this thing,
This thing,
Whatever it was there in front of him.
He was gonna do a dance-off and put this cat in his place.
Cherry came running in the living room and put down her boogie box.
She put one of her tapes in.
It was a mixed tape.
It had rap music on it.
She was quite interested to see if this new cat could dance to rap.
Everyone created a circle,
And there on the rug in the middle stood Mr.
Kitty and Poe,
The handsome black cat that was a poet.
She pressed play,
And it started.
Mr.
Kitty went first,
Started doing all his best moves,
But decided to save some of them just in case to see what this cat had got.
Mr.
Kitty finished with a spin on his back and rested one of his elbows down on the rug and put his head on his paw as if he was just chilling there all cool.
Veya said,
Oh,
Wow,
That was great.
Cherry said,
Oh,
MJ,
Mr.
Kitty,
That was so good.
Heidi said,
Oh,
Yeah,
That was really good.
Poe didn't look fazed by it at all.
And then Cherry pressed play again,
And Poe started to do his thing.
Wow,
Everyone said.
That's all they could say.
Wow,
Like every move that Poe did was amazing.
And then he did an actual back flip and landed on his paws,
As cats always do,
Right?
And then just looked there all chilled.
And Cherry pressed stop on the music and just instantly started to applaud him.
Oh,
MJ,
Oh,
MJ,
That was so good.
Mr.
Kitty coughed really loud and said,
My turn.
And then realized he sounded very snappy.
Cherry's eyes got super big,
All shocked at him,
Like,
Wow,
What's wrong,
Mr.
Kitty?
Mr.
Kitty said,
Sorry,
Sorry,
Cherry,
My turn.
Cherry pressed play.
Now she was gonna do some dance disco music.
Let's see how they do with this,
She thought.
Mr.
Kitty did some really cool moves.
He looked like he'd been doing disco dance in his whole life.
He looked like he was,
As soon as he was born,
He just came out doing moves.
He was super good.
Cherry stopped,
Mr.
Kitty stopped,
And then she pressed play again,
And Poe did his dance moves,
His disco moves.
He was super good too,
But,
You know,
Everyone noticed that disco maybe wasn't his thing as much as rap,
But he still was very good.
And then Cherry put classical music on where you have to do like a waltz and you have to dance with a partner.
She had a plan.
She was hoping that Poe would pick her to dance with him,
But he didn't.
He picked Heidi.
Heidi blushed and stood up and pushed her glasses up her nose and prepared herself to dance with Poe.
It was a very,
Very nice dance.
And in the meantime,
Mr.
Kitty was dancing with Faye.
Cherry had a moment where she felt all alone inside.
She watched them both dancing in the room.
Tucker elbowed her and said,
Wow,
They're so good,
Aren't they?
They're so good.
Do you want to dance with me?
Can we dance too?
Does it matter?
Because we're not in the competition,
But we can still dance,
Can't we,
Cherry?
Cherry was so pleased that Tucker noticed that she was a little bit sad.
Oh,
Ain't she,
Tucker?
You're such a good friend.
She got up and started doing the waltz with Tucker and Leo sat there watching it all as if he was watching a programme on telly,
Completely outside of it,
Not in it,
But absorbed in it enough to be watching it.
He smiled to himself.
They all looked really good together dancing.
Wow,
He thought.
It made him miss Sasha.
He was thinking about Sasha,
The dog from next door that disappeared and he hasn't seen since.
He thinks that she went back to Mexico where she lives and that was the end of that.
He got quieter in his mind and more withdrawn and started to stare off into space instead of watching the cats and Tucker dancing.
Sasha,
He kept thinking to himself.
I miss Sasha,
Poor Leo.
But then the music stopped and it was all good to go and now it was time to pick who won the dance-off.
Was it Poe,
The handsome black cat,
The poet?
Or was it Mr.
Kitty?
With all of his charm,
Had he regained the favour of all the female cats in the house?
Or had he lost them to this new,
Dashingly handsome,
Very,
Very fancy cat,
Poe,
The poet?
Who would decide who won the dance competition?
It was so difficult and so hard that they decided that they were gonna flip a coin because no one wanted the responsibility of choosing who was the winner.
Whoever got heads won,
Whoever got tails lost,
Regardless of what people thought.
Cherry threw the coin up in the air and we'll have to find out what happens next.
The end.
