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Cat N' Mouse: Partners in Crime? (A ElleCole n Poetikmind collaboration)

Cat N' Mouse: Partners in Crime? (A ElleCole n Poetikmind collaboration)

Once upon a way, way,waaaay...
long ago, there presided a cat.
He was reputed to be, by his
neighbors you see to be 'King
of his Hood...'

All the while though, unbeknownst
to them he harbored a big secret,
and if discovered the backlash
would surely not be good!

You see, alley cats are supposed
to be rough and tumble, ready at
a moments notice to rumble...
but he was far, far, ffffaaaarrr
away from that....

Maury the mouse was the muscle, his hustle was with the neighborhood cats. Yet, it was reliant upon where his rank was at.
Though all of their brethren riff raff
would laugh behind his back, his
silent partner, was the biggest cat.

Daily they'd scheme against their own kind, til one day they secretly
made a pact  to be of one mind.

The Cat's birth name was actually, Bob Louie The 3rd" but he truly detested his first name Bob,
and simply wanted to be called,
Fat Louie. Which was what he preferred,  yet for most it simply
fell on deaf ears, as if his pleas no one heard.

His secret partner a Mouse,
named Maury and he were hiding,
(conniving as usual to gain a foothold in the hood hierarchy)
in a back alley next to a trashbin,
making pacts with a Parrot, named Tori. She happened by and they
decided to pitch her a carrot.

They knew of Tori, from around
the way as 'rather loose-lipped feathered noseybody who had no idea, she would be a victim in
this story.

Maury, and Fat Louie had decided,
to bring down a house-but it must first be divided, Tori, though just a Parrot- would quote RUMORS
and be sure to share it so that
the Mill could ride it.

So one dark day Maury, and Fat Louie had agreed give Miss Tori
a juicy rumor to feed. Maury
nudged Louie as a signal for
'The story' with which  he
was to proceed.

They said,  "Tori, We have a
very very big secret but now...
You must make sure, you will promise to keep it."

"Ooh..." Her big eyes widening
from intrigue, "What is it?" she asked- in a high pitched voice.

"Well..." Began Maury, "This
this 'package' arriving today,
down at the harbor, near North
Bay. It's been said, by a VERY
reliable source...to contain
approximately, 500 hundred
pounds of the best seeds, fruits,
and grain. Throw in a bunch
of cheese and nip, and you can
imagine why this bonanza would
drive anyone of us to go happily
insane!"

Tori's face seemed to glow,
she was already counting her calories, and divving up the
goods amongst her family
and from the supposed wealth
they'd gain.  "Oh my Worley
Twirly bird brain!" She wildly
she said, trying hard not to
shout, as the other two
nudged each other and
quietly snickered with
sinister intent no doubt.

Tori, promised she wouldn't repeat
the secret they shared, from her
big fat beak. Her feathers had
been ruffled, and she looked twice the size of a bird who could be,
one of Godzilla's wives!
It was a sight to behold, she was
so excited she needn't wait to be invited to this awesome buffet.
She decided to arrive, at least
one day early, but prior to that
she'd make sure, she told the other birds, cats and the mice too,
of course and she'd surely tell
them, of her source so they would all think, Bob and Maury were full
of greed.Then, once the delivery came, she would not miss a
single seed, nor berry nor nut.

She'd spread the rumor, like
it was wildfire, and incite a
modern day witch hunt.

As Tori the Parrot, her big fat beak
and ruffled feathers, sat down to wait for the shipment, in real
crisp, cold weather...
Bob and Maury, were already anticipating this fortuitous  event
with their whole crew, they all
waited and waited for when the
Big Cat and Mouse distracted everyone... that's when, bait
set they  both pulled out their
guns  and a net fell from above.

Tori shouted to her feathered
friends and family, "Oh no we've
been had!" Instantly she grew mad
and hustling along, them give them a shove, swooped upwards to snag
the net and reroute it over the entire
feline and rodent crew! Bob and Maury both went down, foiled by
a feathered motor mouth they detested and as everyone feasted, the cats and mice scratched and clawed, fighting like cats and dogs. While off to the side, there was Fat Louie wearing his big frown and
whining like his momma had died, and Maury, stumped for answers because without respect he
knew they'd have to find a way
to quickly leave town. With Tori
and her new crew in power,  it
turned into a huge impromptu celebration Or as it goes on in
the hood-a new Gang initiation.
Written by ElleCole
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