For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
The cats had alerted me to the fact someone was at the door, so I got up quietly and started for the door. Muffin came running over. Meow, meow.=Human person gone now. I ran to the door and opened it quickly, the hall was empty and the elevator was on the main floor. We’re on the 3rd floor so he obviously didn’t take the elevator down, so he must have taken the stairs. Or he has a room on this floor too. That wouldn’t be a good thing. I went to the window. Sure enough, the same man I saw watching us as we left the airport was standing across the street right under the street light, looking up at my window. He wants me to know I’m being watched. But why? Hoping to scare me off perhaps? I asked Lena to come over to the window. “Have you ever seen that guy before?,” I asked her. “No, I haven’t,” she said nervously. “That’s the same man I saw watching us at the airport,” I told her, “he wants us to know we’re being watched.” “But why would he want you to know that?,” she asked, quite surprised that I would say that. “I think it’s likely to scare us off the case,” I said.
Meow, meow?!=Someone try to scare us away? NO, we not scared by anyone! We stay on case no matter who try to scare us! Meow!=Yes, I agree with Muffin, no one going to scare us! “Glad to hear that, you two adorable cats,” said Lena. Then she stopped from saying anymore and sat down on the chair staring. I closed the drapes. “What’s wrong Lena?,” I asked her quietly, “you look a little shook up.” Meow, meow?=We say something wrong? Lena looked at Muffin, then turned to me. “I must be more stressed out about this whole thing than I thought,” she answered. “Why do you say that?,” I asked her. I actually thought I could understand what the cats were saying,” she began to explain, “I know that’s impossible, but it seemed so clear.” Both cats giggled. “Did they just giggle?”, she asked me. “Yep, they sure did, they do that quite a bit actually and they sigh a lot as well,” I said to her, “and, yes, you did understand them, so don’t think you’re going crazy.
It happens only with certain people, generally it’s people the cats can trust,” I said. Lena just stared at me. “You’re not putting me on, are you?”, asked Lena. “No, I’m not,” I said with a smile. And they can understand anyone, Muffin and Mr. Cat can speak in English and French, Muffin speaks Italian and Mr. Cat is trying to learn. Muffin can also speak some German and Swiss, and she wants to learn Spanish too, though we have never been to a Spanish speaking country yet.” Lena shook her head. “I think it might take me awhile to get used to this,” she laughed.
“Now, back to serious business,” I reminded her. “Right,” she said, that letter seems to have some kind of code written into it, I’m sure of that, and we will have to figure out what that code is if we want to find the treasure.” “Hmm, I hope you have that letter in a safe place,” I said. “Actually I brought it with me, I thought that would be better since there are odd things happening back at the farm,” she said, “I figured someone else must be after this letter, though I have no idea who that might be, we only found the letter a month ago and right away things started to happen.” She pulled out the letter from her bag and gave it to me. “I really think it would be safer if I hang onto the letter from now on,” I said. “That’s fine with me,” said Lena, “especially now with all these people watching us. I’m rather nervous right now.” I looked over at Muffin…
To Be Continued.
All previous chapters and stories in this series can be found on my home page under 20/20 Investigations, Inc.
All pictures of Mr. Cat are generously supplied by his human, Nina.
©2020 Steve McLeod.
Lena can understand the cats? Hmmm…the last person that was able to do it is still probably behind the bars…hopefully she’s a good person though 😼
I should learn from Muffin all that languages too 😻😉
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Hmm, I hope Lena doesn’t turn out like Karin. Karin was nice but got greedy when she saw a chance to get a lot of money. But if we find this treasure will Lena do the same?🤔 Oh my, I better be more careful this time.😬
Yes, Muffin learns fast from that Meowtube channel.😂😹😻
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Yep, better be careful with these ladies 😉😼
Meowtube channel…😹😻 that’s wonderful 😉😻😹
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At the start of a case I don’t trust anyone! Sometimes not even me, but always trust the cats. Whew, that was close.😬😾😾
Thanks!😀😄😸😻
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More people watching you ? I don’t know if I can trust Lena yet…hmmm…there is much more to this case than we think ! Glad the cats are with you ! ☕️☕️🕵️♂️😾😾🍪🍪🍪🍪
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Yep, at the beginning of a case no one can be trusted.🤨 Yes, why are we being watched and by whom?🤔 And why do they want us to know we are being watched?😬 And how do they even know about this treasure?😳 Very strange. Yes, the cats are doing good so far.😳😼😼🕵️♂️
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Well, this is getting exciting! I didn’t expect her to understand the cats though 🤔🐱🕵️
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Lena didn’t expect it either.😂 Normally that means someone we can trust,😺😻 though it didn’t quite work out with Karin. But Karin did start off good. Now to figure out why people are watching us, and why they want us to know it? Very odd. How do they know about this treasure?🤔 Or is there something else?🤔😳😾😾🕵️♂️
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Bilingual cats – who would’ve thought! And Lena can understand them!? ☕️☕️🐈🐈👀
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Yes, Muffin figured one of us should learn more languages to help in our investigations and she learns fast watching those learn a language videos on meowtube.😺😸
Even Lena was surprised she could understand the cats, Muffin was so happy. It normally means a person we can trust, though it didn’t work out with Karin. Have to wait and see.🤔😸😸🕵️♂️
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WHoa another person to understand them! 😳 And isn’t it a given that cats are multilingual? 🤭
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Cats are multilingual? Well, in a sense, but not like Muffin who can understand every word and translate for me. And Mr. Cat is getting there too.😁😸😸
Yes, Lena can understand them, which means she must be trustworthy.👩 I know, it didn’t work out with Karin, but Karin was good at the start.🤔
So hopefully Lena will be okay. But I’m not trusting anyone right now, not even me.😳🙄😾😾🕵️♂️
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Why you’re not sure if you will keep yourself alive? 😂
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I’m sure I’ll stay alive, just not sure if I can trust myself yet or not. Maybe I’m the bad guy here.🤔😳😾😾🕵️♂️
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I see, then we can only hope Muffin and Mr. Cat keep you safe
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They better! If they let me get killed I won’t speak to them anymore.😳🙄
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😂😂😂
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Lena is nice and so are the cats too and you too and the story too 😍 lovely beginning, enjoyed reading it, so you are going to continue with letters, hm, so many people watching, why? let’s see that 😎
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Yes, why are people watching us?🤔And why do they want us to know they are watching us?😬 Are they just trying to scare us?😲🙀 Are they after this treasure?💎💍 Or do they want something else?🤔 Maybe we will find out more in the next chapter.😁😾😾🕵️♂️
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Maybe they love your cats 😻 or maybe they wanted you on another case 🤔 or maybe they are the one that sent letters 🤔if yes,, then who is lena 😳😳😳 wait let me read next soon.
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Good guesses, but I’m not saying anything yet, have to wait, some strange things coming up for sure!😳😳🙀🙀🕵️♂️
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🙄 did you said strange ? I am talking with him every day 😂😂 that’s me and one in Ontario Canada not sure the post box address, maybe Steve could help 😜
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Me? I’m innocent, I don’t know anything!😲😳 I think.🤔🤯
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well ,🤔ummm yes u don’t know, so do I 😳🙄 what were we talking about 😳
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I love that Lena can understand Muffin and Mr. Cat! I’m especially partial to the name Lena. I have a grandbaby with that name. 😻
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Yep, takes a special person to understand those 2 cats and I think Lena is a genuine special person. Muffin and Mr. Cat agree!
Now that’s a cool coincidence!
Have a great evening Renee!😁😸😸🕵️♂️
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She sounds like a treasure. 😸
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I’m sure she is…though I could be wrong.🤔🙄
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We shall see…. 😈😇🤔
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Yep, it could be, but which?🤔😬
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Wow, what an honor to be trusted enough by the cats to understand them!!! 😻🤩 And good, don’t let that staring man scare you off!!! 🤨
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Yes indeed, it takes a special person to understand the cats! Definitely, no one scares us!😠😾😾 Meow, meow.=Except maybe ghost.🙀🙀👻😹😹
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Very special indeed!!! And hahaha 😹😹🧐😱
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😁😁😸😸
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I love this! Don’t forget…cats can roll their eyes too! ❤️🖐😻
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Now that you mention it, that’s true!
Thanks Nina!😀🖐😺
Hmm, the hand emoji has turned into a pencil sketch, so many emojis don’t work properly anymore.
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Hmmm…looks just fine to me. Did you get some of whatever Mr. Cat got into??🤔🖖😹
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Hmm, maybe it’s just my side for some reason. My favorite chipmunk emoji now looks like a grasshopper!😂😹I’m not sure what he had, yet.😳🙀
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Hahahahahaha!😹
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