The Cat & The Goldfish

Here is a short story I wrote about a tiny grey cat called Grace, who is very content living with her owner. Does all that change when Rusty, the goldfish, comes to stay? Listen to my story and find out.

Here's the question: What strange things have your pets done? I'm looking forward to reading your replies. Thank you for taking the time to message me.

Transcript

Hello,

My name is Jacqueline and I'd like to read you a story that I wrote.

I hope you enjoy it.

Now settle back,

Relax and I will begin.

The Cat and the Goldfish Grace was a sweet tiny grey cat,

But she was very lazy.

She spent the day lying curled up on a comfy turquoise coloured cushion her owner,

Edna,

Had bought for her.

She loved this cushion and would go around in circles upon it until it felt just right.

Then she would lay down and sleep for as long as she could before her next meal was ready.

Walking into the kitchen for her food was one of the two ways Grace exercised.

The other was when she stretched her paws out just before she rolled over to change her sleeping position.

Edna spoilt Grace.

Every evening they would curl up together on the sofa while Edna watched the television and Grace slept.

They gave each other so much love and didn't need anyone else in their life,

Or so Grace believed.

One day Grace was woken from a delightful dream in which Edna was feeding her with a spoon so she didn't have to bend down to eat her food.

She could hear the sound of running water and lifted her head to see what it was.

Edna was at the kitchen sink filling a large round glass bowl with water.

Carefully,

So as not to spill the liquid,

Edna carried the bowl into the lounge and placed it on the sideboard.

Grace watched the activity from her cushion with fascination.

What was going on?

Edna went back into the kitchen and returned with a clear plastic bag filled with water.

Something appeared to be moving in it,

But Grace couldn't quite make out what it was.

Edna opened the plastic bag and poured the contents into the bowl.

Curious to see what was in there,

Grace stood up and moved closer to get a better look.

She saw a goldfish with big googly eyes looking back at her through the glass.

Edna watched as her two pets stared at each other.

�Now stay away from Rusty,

Our new pet goldfish,

� she said to Grace.

�I have to pop out for a few minutes because I forgot to buy fish food for him.

Go and lie down on your cushion and you can look at each other from there.

� Grace stayed where she was and continued looking at Rusty until she heard Edna leave and close the front door.

Then she jumped upon a chair which was next to the sideboard so she could be closer to the fish.

Rusty swam to where he could see Grace and they stared at each other.

A few minutes passed and Grace decided she still wasn't close enough,

So she climbed upon the sideboard and sat next to the fish bowl.

Then she put her face up against the glass and looked at Rusty.

Rusty swam around and around his bowl,

Seemingly a little intimidated by the cat's closeness.

Grace watched him.

A few minutes passed and Grace wondered how she could get even closer to the fish.

Suddenly an idea came to her and she climbed onto the rim of the fish bowl.

She tried to balance there but it wasn't easy,

Especially as Grace was not very agile through her lack of exercise.

She wobbled from side to side a few times and then she fell into the bowl.

Splash!

Now I don't know who was more shocked,

Grace or Rusty because as Grace fell into the bowl the fish flew out along with a lot of water.

Rusty flapped about on the sideboard as Grace scrabbled about in the water.

Just at that very moment Edna came home and could see immediately all the commotion that was going on.

Oh my!

She shrieked as she looked from Rusty to Grace.

How did this happen?

As quick as a flash Edna grabbed Grace from out of the fish bowl with one hand and with the other she gently picked Rusty up and put him back into the water.

She cuddled her soaking wet shivering cat and looked at Rusty who seemed to be doing fine after his ordeal as he swam around and around in his bowl.

Edna fetched a towel and wrapped Grace in it and settled her upon the cushion.

Then she added some more water to Rusty's bowl and gave him some food before wiping up the mess on the sideboard.

With everything back to normal and her two pets looking quite happy Edna made herself a well deserved cup of tea.

Grace never again tried to get up close to Rusty.

One soaking was quite sufficient for her.

She was quite content to watch him swim around in his fish bowl while she relaxed on her comfy turquoise cushion.

If you're still listening to this story I'd like to ask you a question.

What strange things have your pets done?

Reviews

The question that you asked I’m going to answer it right now my dog was rolling in something gross in the backyard🤢

Cute 🥰 my cat eats all things green: arugula, kale, spinach, parsley, basil, … 💚

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Love it ❤️
To answer your question my dog thinks he is a human and he likes to sit on the spare chairs and watch us while we eat.

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The strangest thing my kitten has done is once my other cat George had a hairball and then Ron my kitten ran into the room, scooped up the hairball in his mouth, ran, and then swallowed it and then… nothing happened after that except I was grossed out.

Good one! I believe i forgot the question but yea lol

One time my hamster escaped and he ate up our carpet

I’ve said this a lot of times but I’m still gonna say it! I… DONT… HAVE… PETS!!!!!!!!!!!! I wish I had pets though 😔. I loved 🥰 ur story. Thank u 🙏 so much for making such wonderful stories ☺️. What does Grace look 👀 like 👍?? Also can u plsssss pls pretty 🤩 pls make a story of avatar?! Pls pls plsssssss!!!!! I would always listen 🎧 to it and always give u five stars ✨!!!!! Pls take my request.

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I loved it so much! One time, my cat hissed at his own tail! It was so funny! I love that the pets in this story do funny things, too, just like real animals! Thanks!

Love it sooooo much my cats have been not able to make jumps from bed to window that should’ve been able to on th. ground My cats try to climb The Wall 🐈‍⬛ that looks belike my cat Pumbaa🐈 this is my cat butters he is crazy🤪 my cat it’s like a ninja yes once hey I have a cat tower and my cat was on top of it and he bounced off of it to the wall onto another cat town* Tower I was so funny but my sister had to tell me because I didn’t see it she told me though🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

Natalie the question was what have your pets done that are silly

My rabbit has winked at me 🐇🐾👁 my dog likes to catch flies with his mouth .hehe oh and once I went to the chulip🌷🌹💐 festival and I went to a petting zoo there and a baby cow tried to chew my hair hehehehe 😂

Oooo nice story 🙂 Grace is ridiculous lol. My cat Chia has knocked all the Christmas decor off the mantle while we were gone! My cat has also barfed all over a rug, and then rolled it up on purpose so we couldn’t see it. Yet another time she was goofy was when she was in her cat stroller, (yes she does that) and she wanted to go inside so badly that as soon as I opened the stroller she jumped out and rammed through the screen door and broke it!The list goes on forever, but I have to stop here. Thanks for the amazing story!

Your questions awnser is that my hamster had the hole marker in his pouch I couldn’t believe it

I loved that and I am super excited because I am getting a kitten tomorrow so that helped me

My hamster 🐹 ninja 🥷🏿 escaped on the day I got him and that was yesterday and my other hamster 🐹 Jessie escaped 2’s

That was a good one, my dog Lilly was walking to the back yard but she didn’t realise that the glass door was closed so she walked right into the glass door and then went side to side and got nowhere

One of my dogs (her name is Barbra 😂) barks at the rake 🍁 🍃 🐶 🐩 🐕. Girls 👧🏻 and her friend is a woman named the boy and her friend and I have to a friend for a long story lol I just got her hair done lol she said I was going back and she said I don’t have to a lot to her but she doesn’t know how much she loves her and she doesn’t have a puppy so she can get it done and she can go back and get it lol I just got her a big boy and she was like a girl and she is cute lol she just got home lol she was like a girl lol and she is a woman lol I just got her a big boy and she was like a girl lol I was like a girl I love you and she was just a little cute and I was just a cute girl lol I just saw her and I was just like her lol I just saw that she is a woman lol I love you too lol I just got home love love it bye merry merry happy birthday happy happy merry merry happy happy merry happy Christmas merry Christmas happy birthday merry merry happy happy birthday merry merry birthday merry happy happy merry happy Christmas merry Christmas happy birthday merry merry happy birthday merry happy Christmas merry Christmas happy birthday merry merry happy happy merry happy birthday merry happy Christmas merry Christmas.

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