I was out on the terrace, the camera slung around my neck, hoping for birds and butterflies to make an appearance (they did, but that’s another post). Luci was around keeping an eye on her Mommeee (What if, for example, the Black Kite circling above swooped down and carried her off, never mind that Mommeee is too fat to be carried away by birds. The point is, what if?! Yeah, Luci has her reasons for sticking close to Mommeee)
Just then I noticed the next door cat and her cute kitten sunning themselves next door and chirruped to them. Unlike the haughty mamma cat, the kitten promptly jumped up in obvious pleasure at making new friends, came running to the wall and clambered up, all the while going meow, meow, mrrreow, and also a much longer mrrrreooowwwww (Translation: Hey there Lady! Glad to meet you. Do you have fish for me? May be we can play some with a piece of string? Or may be I can sit in your lap and purr while you tickle me behind my ears?)
As soon as the little thing’s head cleared the compound wall and before it could sit down to further chat along similar lines, Luci went: BOW-WOW-WRROW- WRROW finishing with a long WRRRROWOWOWOW!!!!! (Translation: You..you… you impertinent kitten. HOW DARE YOU talk to MY Mommeee! Clambering up walls built especially to keep out the likes of you and talking about coming to MY house! MY house, did you hear?!! Just you try and come over. Ha!) 
I don’t think the kitten heard all of what Luci said since she was off like a bullet at the very first syllable from the ‘mean-dog-next-door’ as she probably thinks of Luci. What saddens me is the thought that now little kitty will probably run at the mere sight of me. 😦
©Shail Mohan 2016
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It may. But we can hope that cat memory being 3 minutes only, this incident being one off hopefully, will not register in her permanent memory.
Three minutes? 😀 That’s good. I am going to make friends with Kitty when Luci isn’t looking 😉
A cat wrapped around a currypatta
Was lured up the wall by Luci’s mata
But the first woof from Luci
Made her terrifiedly flee
Without so much as a cheerio, bye-bye or tata!
Absolutely adorable limerick! ❤
Luci is going to have to learn some manners. You will need to keep some treats in your pocket. Poor kitty.
Judy
Tell me about it, Judy. My sons think it is the result of poor parenting 😛 😀
May be. But still a cute story for us readers. 🙂
Gee, thanks Parul 🙂
In my experience, kittens tend to be the forgiving type.Hmmm, the title, “Adventures of The Kitten and The Mean Dog Next Door” springs to mind – I hope there are further chapters awaiting us! 🙂
Lol @ the title. Good one, though Luci’s not going to be happy about it 😉
The kitten might come back and Luci also will give in and play with her! Positive thinking!
Luci does not like dogs or cats. She thinks she is human 😛
It is definitely a cute cat, but the imagined conversation was too funny.
Aw Luci :(. But maybe you can convince the kitten that it was not you :p
Haha. Good idea 😉
How lovely, I miss my cats!
A fish head or a bowl of milk may convince her to befriend you!!