‘Look at this, Mum,’ beamed the Boy-Child when a big cardboard box appeared at the top of the stairs, just outside the door. ‘A special, warm room close to the big house. Just for us’ ‘This has to be a very advanced invention,’ replied the Wild Child. ‘It looks so comfortable and friendly, it’s inviting …
‘Oh all right then,’ she said, purely to stop him whining. ‘If you want to start going inside, we’ll have to retrain the humans to feed us somewhere else, where we can get into the house more easily. We also need a place close by to hide very quickly if they come near us. This …
During the day, the feral duo were seldom seen. They stayed far away from the Pink Feet – and any other feet that traipsed through the property. ‘We can’t let them get too close,’ the Wild Child warned her wee son. ‘We don’t know how safe they are – or what intentions they have.’ They …
Some months before, when Wild Child Mama cat was not much more than a kitten, she met a cat that had lived in this house. He was a big kind fellow. He found the Pink Feet when they still lived in the city. He had a bit of a struggle to move in as their …
The food continued to appear – night after night. Like magic! And the creatures kept peering out at them from the kitchen window when they came to eat in the back courtyard at dusk, and making funny ‘ssssss’ing noises. She’d reverse away and hiss back fiercely! The two-legged creatures were very strange. But putting up …
At dusk the following evening Wild Child Mama Cat crept up the garden path and found two plates full of tasty morsels. Morsels just sitting in a plate. Waiting for them. No hunting required. She couldn’t believe her luck. The ploy worked! Bringing in the child had the desired effect. It brought food! She snuck …
Inside the house, the creatures of the homo sapiens species – who will be known as the Pink Feet – were rude-wording a lot. Especially the female who had what many might call a potty mouth! She was having a bit of a melt-down. Their last cat had died a few months before. Although it …
‘I’m sooooo hungry,’ he said, looking up at her as she eyed the territory for signs of tasty morsels – any morsels. ‘I know, my little man,’ she replied, glancing at his pleading eyes but never letting down her guard. There could be predators around. Her eyes darted from side to side – her ears …
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