20/20 Investigations, Inc. The Curious Letter. Chapter 1.

Muffin and Mr. Cat come into the living room. Meow, meow.=We not have much food left, you need to go shopping. Meow.=Yep, this no time for diet, need to keep in shape for next case. “Um, well, it’s like this,” I said, “we’ll have to cut back a little for awhile.” Meow, meow?=What you mean ‘cut back’? We cut back any more and we end up like ‘skinny’. For those who might not know, ‘Skinny’ was a name that Muffin gave to the first skeleton we found in one of our cases. Oddly, skeletons don’t bother Muffin much, but mention ghosts and she runs for cover! “Well, we haven’t had a case for awhile now and we didn’t get paid much for that last one, so…”, I continued. Meow.=That mean money gone and we starve unless new case come in. Meow, meow.=Must be slow season for cases…oh, here mail woman delivery person human! Maybe case come in mail.

Let me see letter.

Meow.=I hope so, big diet not sound like fun, not need to lose weight. Muffin stares at his stomach. Meow.=Hey, that not fat, just extra fur on tummy. Muffin rolls her eyes. Meow?=Hey, how you do that? “Look here you two, a nice case for us just came in the mail,” I said excitedly. I didn’t really like the idea of a big diet either. Meow, meow=Oh good, we go pack. They both disappeared into the bedroom. That should keep them occupied for a while. Then two little heads poke out the bedroom door. Meow, meow?=What letter like? “What do you mean?”, I asked. They come walking over to me. Meow, meow.=You know what I mean, let me see letter. She jumps up on my lap.

Meow, meow! Aha! It handwritten letter again! You know that mean people have no money so we don’t get paid and we starve. We need case that pays. She grabs the letter and jumps down on the floor with it. Then she and Mr. Cat have some fun. Rip, rip, tear, tear, shred, shred! Meow, meow.=Say no to case, we go unpack. And into the bedroom they go. We go through this so often. This might end up taking awhile this time though, I don’t have much to work with. “But this is an older couple in their 80’s, we can’t possibly say no to them”, I said. Two heads poke out the door. Meow.=Oh, older humans, we should help them. Meow, meow.=Okay, that maybe why they write letter. Say yes to case, we go pack. Hmm, that was easier than I thought, I just better not mention the strange things that have happened.

Can’t wait to look for country mice.

Two little heads poke out the bedroom door. Meow, meow?=What that? What strange things? Guess I better not think out loud like that, their hearing is too good. “It’s nothing much, we don’t need to worry about it,” I said. Meow, meow.=Strange things mean ghosts, not want case with ghosts! You say no to case, we unpack. Here we go again. “But Muffin, they need someone to help them, they don’t have any family or friends way out there on the farm,” I replied to her. Two little heads poke out the door once more. Meow?=They live on farm? Oh, that mean lots of good farm mice. We should help. Meow, meow.=Why you not say this first? Okay, we help, say yes to case, we go pack.

Here we go on our long journey…to the airport first.

“Besides, we can’t lose on this case,” I said to them. Two little heads poke out. Meow, meow.=I get nervous when you say things like that. Say no to case, we unpack. Sigh. “But they have already sent the money to cover all expenses plus enough for one week’s work, whether we find the treasure or not,” I said. Two little heads poke out again. Meow?=This going to be treasure hunt? Meow, meow?=And we already get paid? Okay, you have slow way of saying things, say yes to case, we finished packing now. We packed your stuff too. “It will be a long trip though so be ready for lots of sleeping on the way,” I said. Meow.=Good, get paid to sleep, this good case already. Meow, meow?=Then why I have strange feeling about this one?

To Be Continued.

ยฉ2020 Steve McLeod.

49 Comments on “20/20 Investigations, Inc. The Curious Letter. Chapter 1.

  1. This is going to be very interesting ! When the cats get excited then I know this adventure will be great !.โ˜•๏ธโ˜•๏ธ๐Ÿ˜ป๐Ÿ˜ป๐Ÿ•ต๏ธโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿช๐Ÿช๐Ÿชโ˜•๏ธโ˜•๏ธโ€ผ๏ธ

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    • It should be a little calmer than the last one anyway. After all, how dangerous can a letter be?๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ˜ธ๐Ÿ˜ธ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธโ€โ™‚๏ธ

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      • Hi Simon! Mr. Cat is a pretty neat kitty. Itโ€™s been a lot of fun seeing how Steve weaves these tales. They are quite a team!๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ˜บ

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      • That’s sweet ๐Ÿ˜ป I own some 5 cats till two weeks back one ran away all of a sudden not sure where, she was pregnant , hoping to see her back with her kids ๐Ÿ˜Š Steve is a super talented writer, and the way he weave these tales with two beautiful cats is simply amazing โœจ Thanks for sharing pics to Steve and we all love both of them ๐Ÿ˜ป

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      • Oh goodness 5 cats and now perhaps kittens. That is a houseful! Lots of cat antics and laughter in your home, eh? Thank you for the noteโ€”Iโ€™m glad to know you enjoy the picturesโ€”itโ€™s a pleasure to share with Steve and his readers. ๐Ÿ˜ป๐Ÿ˜ป

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    • Yes, those cats have a mind of their own! I think this should be a more fun and relaxing case. And at least we already got paid this time.๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜ธ๐Ÿ˜ธ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธโ€โ™‚๏ธ

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  2. well that’s a lot of pack unpack happened ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚ finally some sleep before the case began, im sure this is gonna be super interesting ๐Ÿ˜ป๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜โœจ๐Ÿ˜ป

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    • It should be real easy. After all, how bad can it be when we’re working for a couple in their 80’s?๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ™„
      Hey, nice new pic Simon!๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ“ท๐Ÿ˜บ

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      • Ha ha๐Ÿ˜ thank you Steve ๐Ÿ˜ปyou are the only person that notices this everytime ๐Ÿ˜Thanks to you and keep writing ๐Ÿค—let’s see what our 80s couple have for us๐Ÿ˜

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      • Yep, an older couple, a farm, sounds like slow moving country living. Should be a nice easy case, I’m looking forward to easy for a change.๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜ธ๐Ÿ˜ธ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธโ€โ™‚๏ธ

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      • Fine, that is a good teaser, you will say easy and that will end up too complicated right? let me see how easy it can be ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜

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      • No, I really think this one will be easy. Still, I said that about our vacation too. Maybe this will be sort of like a country vacation!๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜บ๐Ÿ˜บ๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ•ต๏ธโ€โ™‚๏ธ

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      • yep, now I totally get it, it will be easy and short. I can totally predict how it’s going to be ๐Ÿ˜œ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜…

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