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PT Cruiser The Cat And The Gang of Six Part 33 

The famed Dr. Doolittle, who could talk to the animals, wanted to speak with Cody, our newest cat. And it wasn’t hard to persuade him to have a conversation with the good doctor. In fact, Cody was quite at ease. After Dr. Doolittle explained that he just wanted to find out how he liked his new home, Cody brightened up and became downright talkative. And that was unusual because Cody is not a talkative cat. He has a nice little mew but seldom uses that.   

“You don’t want to know the troubles I’ve had”, began Cody, “And I’m not going to bore you with that story. But I made it to a half-way house in pretty bad shape. They took good care of me there but I was surrounded by this big group of animals and didn’t know what was happening most of the time. There was this bunch of kittens that wanted to play and scratch me all the time. I felt like a public scratching post. And there were so many other cats that I usually got muscled out of the good food. Thank goodness there were a lot of left-overs or I could have starved.”  

“Well,” Cody continued, “One day these two people showed up, packed me up into a little cat carrier, and we drove off in a car.  When they stopped, they took me inside this house, put the carrier down, and let me get out. And what’s the first thing I saw? Five cats sitting around staring at me. What was I supposed to think? It looked like another half-way house!”  

“This calico cat, who is named Dolly, began sniffing after me as I began inspecting the premises. Three of them just sat there not even saying ‘Hi, how are you?’ or anything. And then there was the orange striped one, the one they had named KC. This guy did nothing but hiss and growl at me. What a welcome! Well, I’m not a fighter. So I just ignored him and continued my tour through the house. Not bad! Couple of litter boxes conveniently placed. A couple of food and water bowls. Lots of chairs and rugs for sleeping. And this nice patio with a pool of water and some grass and plants to hide in. Hey, I thought to myself, this could make a great place to call home.”  

“This is a nice home for any cat, Cody.” Said Dr. Doolittle. “ Did you try to fit in?”  

“Try?”, said Cody. “Hey, I eased in here like sneaking up on a mouse, played Mister Cool. KC Continued to growl and I just continued to ignore him. I could sense that they had been here a while and were comfortable with the whole place. There was no sense in upsetting this gang of cats. So I just let them be, found a place or two to settle down, and let them get used to my being around. They liked to sleep on the bed, so I slept on the floor. KC and Willie liked to spend time on the Breakfast Lady’s lap, so I stayed a few feet away”  

“Can I tell you a few things about the people in this house?”, asked Cody.  

Dr. Doolittle replied, “Can we save that for another part of the PT Cruiser stories?”  

You thought this series of stories was over? Sorry. There may be one or two more. Hang in there.