A Night On The Tiles

I was having a little snooze in the garage with my mate Sebastian when I was awoken by Louie next door pounding about on the gravel. I asked Seb if he wanted to come and see her and he said No and went back to sleep. So off I went on my own.

I jumped over the fence and landed next to Louie.

"What's happening?" I asked

"We're going to have a rave." she whispered back.

"Who is? and what's a rave?" I asked in all innocence.

"If you don't know about these things perhaps you're too young to come then" she snorted looking down her nose at me.

"No no it's fine. Just wondered who was coming and where |I should say I was going."

"You don't tell anyone about it fuddle brain. It's secret - no-one must know!"

I followed in chided silence.

We climbed over another fence - there's a lot of these end of the world fences about aren't there. I guess the world ends in a lot of places. The I saw her tail slide over another fence and down into a garden. There was a lot of greeting and excited hellos going on. I guessed this was where the rave was going to be.

I slid down the same fence and met Lily - my Mum and Bluebell - my sister and a big grey tabby cat who kept looking at me and Lily and sniggering to her.

"Why's he here?" asked the big fellow.

"He's alright - a bit simple - but alright" reassured Louie.

We sat there for ages scratching and licking each other and talking about two legs and their funny ways.

Then suddenly Lily said she had to go and her and the big fellow disappeared into the twilight. Gosh it was getting dark - very dark.

"Come on Bluebell. Hurry up or you'll be lost!" a voice called out from the dark and Bluebell was gone.

Just me and Louie left. I turned to ask her about the way home and all I heard was a faint ringing of her collar bell. She'd gone too.

I didn't know where I was or how to get home. I knew it involved fences but there were so many and they all looked alike. Then I heard it. In the mid distance I heard my male two legs calling my name.

I followed the voice and climbed a fence and jumped. I was on top of that glass house thing and it was all wet and slippy and I could just make him out at the bottom of it calling me. I thought there was only one thing for it so I slid down the glass and into his arms where he held me and said he was so pleased to see me and that I was OK.

He carried me indoors - a bit of overkill I thought - and she was just the same.

"Where have you been for 5 hours, I thought you were hurt"

I remembered what Louie said and kept quiet. I remembered in the middle of the evening Max had come calling but we all kept very quiet and didn't tell him where we were. Maybe he had been looking for me to stop me getting into trouble??

I think I'm grounded right now.