For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
This is quite a storm, clouds and strong wind, but no thunder and lightning and no rain. Oh well, that’s okay, the cats likely wouldn’t enjoy the thunder and lightning anyway. We get everything together that we need, then up to the third floor. Down at the end of the one hall is a door and there was stairs leading to the attic. At least it’s nice and easy getting up there. About half way up the stairs and the door closes behind us. I go back and check, it’s locked. Meow, meow.=See, now we trapped, make it easy to kill us. Meow.=Not want to be killed, not look like any fun in that. It’s okay you two, if someone wanted to kill us they could have done it before now. Meow, meow.=Maybe true, but still… Once we are up there I look around, Kathy was right, it is absolutely filled with junk of all kinds. It would certainly take a long time to sort through it all.
Even longer now that Karin isn’t here to help. Meow?=You say Kathy, you say Karin, who is who? They are both the same woman Mr. Cat. Except the real Kathy, who is Karin, was changed for a different Kathy, but I don’t know why. This is all quite confusing and I have no idea what is going on. Meow.=Oh, now make sense. Now, make sure we all stay close together. Both cats jump up on an old dresser beside me and suddenly their ears go straight up! Meow!=Ghost! I look and sure enough there is Kathy about half way down the attic and she is glowing! I run down to her. Meow, meow.=There he go, chasing ghost again, we better follow. Just as I get close to her, she turns and looks at me and says, “go back home Steve, this is not for you”. Then she disappeared. Meow.=See, is ghost for sure.
I look around the area, trying to see how someone was doing this. Unfortunately I couldn’t find anything that would help solve this problem. I just want to prove to the cats that it’s some kind of projection. We go back to where we were. I want to start there and work our way through. Meow?=What we look for? I really don’t know Mr. Cat. Meow?=Then how we know if we find it? Good question, I’m not sure, but we want something that is different, something that doesn’t really fit for this place, maybe something for the castle, maybe a map. How come Muffin isn’t asking questions, she always does. I call her. Nothing. Meow.=She here when we get back, right there by box. We both look around, but no sign of Muffin anywhere. Then Mr. Cat’s ears go straight up again! Meow!=Muffin ghost! I turn and there is Kathy, holding Muffin.
“Go home Steve, this is your last warning. You can have Muffin back this time, next time she dies.” But there is no way I can leave right now, you should know that, I said. “For now stay downstairs or in your room, stay out of the attic”. Then she disappeared. I went over to where she had been standing and there was Muffin lying on an old chair. She had obviously been knocked out with something. Meow?=Muffin dead? Mr. Cat looked very worried. No, she’s okay, she has just been knocked out somehow. Meow?=What we do now? I guess we go back to our room. Meow.=But attic door is locked. I imagine it will be open when we get there. And it was, so we head back to our room. Once again we check the room thoroughly but no listening device. I find it odd that she told us twice to go home, yet she should know we can’t.
Meow?=What that mean? I think it means there is someone else here too, that mysterious person who keeps watching us. But why? What is everyone looking for that is so exciting? And where did everyone go? Who is working with who? Muffin started to wake up. Meow, meow?=What happen? Why we back in room? Why I feel strange? I told her what had taken place. Meow, meow!=Too many ghosts, we pack and go home! There’s only one ghost Muffin, I said, and she’s not a ghost! Meow?=Then how we can see right through her? I can’t see through you. It’s just a projection of someone which makes it look like that. But we can’t leave yet and we can’t call for help, so we stay and keep looking. Meow!=But ghost Kathy say Muffin die if we look! Meow, meow!?=Ghost Kathy say that about Muffin? Now we don’t go home, we stay and fight, no one scare us away like that! Meow!=Okay, I with you on that, and I protect you Muffin!
To Be Continued.
Β©2020 Steve McLeod.
Yes, Muffin. Be brave and fight πΌπΎ
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Meow, meow!=Right!πΎπΎ Unless there is too many ghosts. Then we run and hide!ππ
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The biggest ghost is within us Muffin. If you face that out you can brave any other out side ghost πΌ you are a smart kitty. Ghosts are just like a little miceπ»πΉ
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Meow, meow!=ooooo, ghost mices, I can handle them any day!πΈπΉπ»
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That’s what I call CLOSE competition! I’m second though.
Really exciting chapter!
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Thank you Lydia! And more to come!
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It’s getting very interesting! You should look for mirrors or small lenses! Becareful though.. it could be you who get’s knocked next!π¬π€π²
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They wouldn’t dare mess with me!π Would they?π³π€
Strong smell of smoke from forest fires this evening.π¬
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They might try!π
Yikes! Forecast have any rain in it?
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It was supposed to be thunderstorms today, but it was sunny all day, maybe some showers tomorrow.
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Hopefully the rain will come soon. The temps will be dropping soon enough!π₯Ά
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The smoke might actually be coming from fires out west, they have some bad ones right now.
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Hopefully they’ll get them under control. It’s amazing how far smoke can travel
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Yep, there’s nothing close to us so it must be out west. That smoke can travel a long distance for sure.π¬
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Woohoo Mr. Cat! Protect your Muffin!!π»ππ» and your Steve too!π
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Meow!=Thank you!πΈ How I protect human Steve? He go off by himself, probably turn into ghost!π But I protect my Muffin real good!π»ππ»
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High paw!ππ»
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Meow, meow!=High paw both of us!π»ππ»Hope human Steve okay.ππ
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Thankfully Muffin is okay…perhaps it is not a treasure at all…maybe a person…hmmm…Monday is far away for more questions and answers ! βοΈβοΈπ΅οΈββοΈπ·πΌπΌβΌοΈ
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Yes, that is good! A person? Which person though? And who keeps watching us? Seems like there is more questions all the time and less answers! Perhaps we will find out more in the next chapter.π³πππ΅οΈββοΈπ
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Don’t worry about Muffinπ»π» She’s toughπΌπΌπΌπΌ
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Yep.
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But just think if it was you instead of Muffin what would you doπππ
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Punch’em in the nose.π€£π€£
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Seriouslyπ€£π€£π€£
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Yep.
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Wowwwww you are serious!!!!
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Poor Muffin and the things she has to endure. I’m glad Mr. Cat is around! This is a spooky chapter! π»π»π€π¬π¨βοΈβοΈ
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Yes, now she should be safe in our room with Mr. Cat to protect her.π»π» Strange things are happening, but why?π€π» We will soon find out. I hope.π³π
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That’s the spirit, who on this earth can scare Steve β¨βοΈβΊοΈ Keep doing it Steve, you’ll definitely find out who tat is, I suspect Kathy is behind all these , if that is a hologram without her it can’t be done right π§ so she is part of the plan? or maybe she was forced to do it. But who is this? Is this some kind of old due you gott pay π³π€ What have you done in the past? Is there a flash back ? π Is this a vacation π€Will Muffin ever come with you for a vacation again π. Let’s wait and find out Tmrw β¨π
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Muffin has been talking to you again, I can tell!πΉ Yes, is Kathy/Karin working for them, whoever they are? π€Or is she working by herself?π€π Or being forced to do it?π¬ Or perhaps it’s…have to wait for tomorrow, maybe another clue will come along.ππ€ͺ Or not.π But something might happen anyway! More strange things await!π²π³π
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Did she said that πI told her not to π³ It’s okay, she must have said that when she was having catfoodhangover ππΈ I’ll suggest her not to have too much cat food π I’m waiting for tonight π hoping I’ll have some free time to read it π
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Good evening Simon! Hope you’re not working yourself too hard, don’t forget you need to look after Nisha too.π
Yep, must be Muffin’s new cat food that does it.πΈπΉ She was so happy, this morning just before 5am she caught herself a mouse!π» She was running around meowing and so proud, then she gave the mouse to me,π so nice of her.πΈπ½ I gave it to the crows.π Actually I was hoping the gulls would get it but they didn’t show up.π² Sigh. Have a nice evening!ππΈ
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That was cute π You got mouse around π that was definitely heaven for her π poor gulls missed a delicious meal π She is a good cat to give you the mouse, ππ€ or maybe she expected you to take a bite, and you gave it to crows π³ππ Enjoy the beautiful morning ππ₯°
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Muffin is a good mouser and always gives me the mouse, she gets lots of praise which she likes, plus a special treat. Still, I wish the mice would stay outside! π Yesterday there was a vole that got inside, today a mouse. Getting bigger, not good.π³πΉ
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That’s good for you πShe can keep you safe πBut you should look at the hole once π³πavoid letting new neighbor’s inside π§
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I did plug up one hole, but they found a new one in the bathroom, that one is a bit tricky to fix, but I’m going to try, won’t be easy though.π€π These mice carry a terrible disease called hantavirus, think I spelled that wrong, that can actually be deadly.π¬ So I don’t like these critters getting inside.π³
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π³That’s scary, next time you have the sharp thorns or broken glass pieces in its way, so that it won’t come by that way π we have a big one here and that is how we stopped it, now I have cats to take care of them ππ take care Steve, dont let it inside. Be safe.
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Hmm, broken glass, never thought of that one,π€ I will give that a try! Muffin might be disappointed,πΎ but I would still prefer to keep them out!π Thanks Simon!π
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Be careful with that, broken glasses π Now we couldnt walk on where we put now ππ
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Great big pieces of glass or tiny pieces of glass?π³π€ͺ
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it was actually mixed ππ³ I should dig it out one day, it’s dangerous now to walk on that areaπ luckily no one walks by that side πΌ
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Yep, wouldn’t be good to walk on the glass, especially with bare feet.π³π²
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Poor Muffin but always brave πΈπ»
This is really very mysterious! π΅οΈββοΈ and thinking was supposed to be a vacation πΌπΈ
Jasper, Muffin and Mr Cat are all so cute πΏ π»πΊ
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Yes, not much of a vacation! We will need a vacation to recover from our vacation! But first, find out what is going on and why. What is everyone looking for? And why go after us? More to come!ππΎπΎπ΅οΈββοΈπ΅οΈπ
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Now I’m poised. How dare she threaten Muffin’s life. But that scene where you both turn to find her missing scare wohoho π’
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Yes, threatening Muffin is not good!π πΎπΎ Plus it makes us more determined to keep looking to find out what is going on around here.ππΌπΌ More strange things coming up!π³πππ΅οΈββοΈπ
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Hi Steve. It just so happens that I too was absent for more than 2 months.
Good to find your stories.
They are very funny. Have a good weekend.
A hug
Manuel Angel
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Hi Manuel! Yes, I had noticed you were gone for a long time, very nice to see you back again.
I hope you have a wonderful weekend!ππΊπ
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