Animal Amulets (3)
“Ha Ha, you mice are so dumb, I get any old stray to mimic me and you fall for it. I knew you would run in here. You run in here every time you hear a cat. The stray and I have been watching you and waiting for you to slip up. You sort being predictable just makes life easier for us cats.” cackled the mean white fluffy persian cat.
“Please let me go,” begged Molly “I´ll do anything, I´ll clean out the cat litter, I´ll ring the vet any time you are ill, I´ll enter you in cat contests and I´ll rig them so that you will win.”
“That sounds rather nice but I think I would rather just have breakfast now than hire a maid.” said the cat haughtily.
“I wouldn´t be a maid, I would be a slave.” replied Molly humbly.
“Hmm, maybe you could be useful after all,” thought Tiger out loud.
Then he snapped off Molly´s tail.
“Aggh!, Please don´t eat me,”pleaded Molly.
“All right then,” said the cat slowly. “I´ll give you a task, If you can achieve it within the month, I´ll give you back your tail, if you fail I´ll eat you.”
“Fine,” replied Molly, “I´ll do the task, what is it?”
“Well sit yourself down there and listen carefully. There is a certain thing I would like to own, it´s nothing special really but I think it would enhance my good looks.” explained Tiger.
“Right so,” sang Molly enthusiastically, “where is it?”
“That’s part of the problem, it is in a realm where reality as you know it doesn´t really apply and any old mad thing can happen. It could be dangerous.”
“I´ll take my chances,” said Molly
“You must go down this drain pipe hear, don´t eat the blue pellets in the middle, that´s rat poison and keep going, as you enter the realm the light will turn into rainbow colours and your eyes will take time to adjust. You will know you have arrived when you can see clearly. Oh yes and when you get there you must find the Toad called Thunder thighs, he´ll give you further directions. Ask him for the amber amulet and make sure you specify that it is not for you.”
“Right so,” said Molly and she went to dash into the pipe.
Tiger grabbed her and cut off an ear.
“Aggh, what did you do that for?” she roared.
“I didn´t think you´d come back for the tail.”sneered the cat.
“Oh I´ll be back all right,” replied Molly angrily. “You just keep your word, I´ll get you that amulet and you will give me back my ear and tail.”
They both spat on a paw. Then silently they shook paws and Molly dashed down the poison filled pipe. She was back in point two of a second.
“Have you a bag handy?” she asked Tiger.
“Here you are, now get going, I´ll be waiting here,” ordered Tiger.