Steve`s Country
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20/20 Investigations, Inc. The curious Letter. Chapter 9.
Poor little guy couldn’t move by the time we got there. Meow, meow.=He tell me he very sick, get worse. He’s been poisoned, I thought to myself. Back we all ran to the house with me carrying Mr. Cat and Lena carrying Muffin. We finally made it! Good thing I packed a good variety of things in my first aid kit and I had something there for poison which I gave to Mr. Cat right away. I just hope I’m on time with this. Lena managed to convince Muffin to eat so she would be strong enough to protect Mr. Cat. We left them securely locked in the bedroom then went back to the kitchen to eat. And talk. Chantelle was having a nap but Charlie was in the kitchen. He looked very worried. Right then Chantelle called for some help, so Lena went to see her.
“You take Lena and go,” Charlie said quietly, “keep her safe, look after her.” “I think it would be good for you to come clean Charlie,” I said, “you’re holding something back, what is it?” He sighed and sat down with me at the table. “Okay,” he began, “I tell you everything. I work for these men…” He stopped momentarily, then looked at me with tears running down his cheeks. “I am ashamed,” he continued, “I work to pay debt or they take Lena. That can’t happen, I know why they want her, she’s very beautiful girl. I know you are a good man, that’s why I want you to take her out of this mess. These men say I work too slow to pay debt so they will take Lena now. But then you come and spoil their plans. They want you to leave, so they tell me…” Charlie puts his head down. “They tell me to give them one of the cats, so I take Mr. Cat, they give him something that make him sleep, they tell me to get rid of him…”
“So you decided to take and toss him down that old well?,” I asked. “Yes, but I could not do it, so I put him down among pine trees and leave,” he said. “Charlie, why didn’t you tell me that?”, I asked, “he could have died out there if we didn’t find him. Even now I don’t know what he will be like when he wakes up.” Charlie was sobbing a lot by this time. Lena comes in and sits beside me, she is crying too. She puts her head on my shoulder and says, “Mr. Cat is awake, I know who did it.” “I do as well,” I told her. “Grandpa…why?”, she asks slowly. Charlie looks at her, he’s really crying hard now, “I just want you away from here, I don’t want those men to get their hands on you and I can’t stop them, I’m too old to stop them.” “If you want me safe,” said Lena, “then trust Steve, don’t hurt him.” We all sat there for a bit, then Lena and I went back to check on Mr. Cat.
“How do you feel now,” I asked him. Meow.=I feel much better, maybe still a little bit weak, but I ready to work again. I set him up with his slingshot and asked him to try it out. Thwack! He hit the target perfectly, good and strong too. Meow.=I know, I break rules and get in trouble. I thought it okay to trust human Charlie, but he bad. “Well,” I said, “more mixed up than bad, he’s working with a gun at his head. And we’re going to put a stop to that real quick.” Meow, meow?=How we stop bad people when we not know where they are? “I know where they are Muffin,” I said, “but we need the police now, unfortunately they are doing something here to block our signals for phones so we can’t phone for help and I’m sure they won’t let us drive out of here.” “But I thought they wanted you to leave, what if you and the cats leave and bring the police back here?,” asked Lena. “I don’t trust them to let us leave, they will know we will call the police,” I said, “Muffin, see if you can call Rossana.” She tried several times, but whatever these guys are using to block us must be strong, so Muffin couldn’t get a signal through. Right now we’re prisoners here on this farm. What can we do?
To Be Continued.
Pictures of Mr. Cat, above, are supplied by his human, Nina.
Previous chapters and stories can be found on my home page under 20/20 Investigations, Inc.
©2020 Steve McLeod.
Steve`s Country 
Poor Mr Cat!
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He’s had a rough time, that’s for sure.😳😿😿🕵️♂️👩
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Luckily he’s a tough guy!😼
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That’s very true and he has some things to tell us, but what will he say?🤔😾😾🕵️♂️👩
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Wait for the next chapter and you will know 😂😹
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I know, but it’s so hard to wait sometimes!😳😹
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Do not say that to me!🤭😂😹
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😂😂😹😹It’s coming soon!
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Mr Cat is a good strong cat. He will be fine.
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I think so too, but it was close.
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On Wednesday, November 11, 2020, Steve`s Country wrote:
> stevescountry posted: ” Poor little guy couldn’t move by the time we got > there. Meow, meow.=He tell me he very sick, get worse. He’s been poisoned, > I thought to myself. Back we all ran to the house with me carrying Mr. Cat > and Lena carrying Muffin. We finally made it! Good thin” >
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Thank you for reading Cathy!
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See?? I said it was Grandpa!😛 You better watch out!! It could be Grandma next!😳😬🥺
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Not worried about grandma, she’s sick in bed, not sure about grandpa though, is he telling the truth or still holding back?🤔😳🙀🙀🕵️♂️👩
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Hmmmm….. keep a close eye on that guy! Grandpa’s can be shifty characters! Hehehehe 🤭🤭🤭
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Especially shotgun toting grandpa’s!😳😬
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Yep! No doubt about that,!
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Yep, I agree.
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Time to make your own meals ! Safer ! And how did they minister the drug ? Did Mr. Cat put up a struggle and was overpowered ? Glad he is back and ready to work ! ☕️☕️🕵️♂️👩🙀😼‼️
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I think we’ll have to wait for Mr. Cat to give us all the details, I’m sure he will, he’s just a bit embarrassed about breaking the rules. Not much we can do about meals, poison could be in anything, but normally the cats can sniff it out, why didn’t Mr. Cat? Odd.🤔😾😾🕵️♂️👩
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How dare they? they poisoned Mr Cat? Muffin is angry here she comes, you guys going to see her fury, fury of Muffin😾 Glad Mr cat is safe, check whether any bug is been injected, and no more signals ? 😳 hmm🤔 I’m sure you’ll find a way? or may not 🧐 time for some super genius ideas to escape 😎
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Yep, Muffin is ready to scratch their eyes out!😾😾 She is angry as could be.😾😾 Mr. Cat seems to be fine now,😺 but he will need a good checkup with the doctor later. 🙀Yes, I have a great idea for an escape,😁 I just haven’t thought of it yet!🙄 But first I need to stall for time,😒 so I can think of a plan. Hmm….🤔
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Exactly 😾 yep, scratch his eyes, way to go Steve, 🧐 wait 🤔 what? 🙄 yet to figure out 😳 so it’s a plan under construction? 😳🧐 I’m sure you’ll come out with a fresh plan 😁👍😎
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Oh, I’m so glad you found Mr, Cat! I think it’s time you make your own meals and not sure about grandpa! ☕️☕️🥞 🧇 🥓 🥩 🍗🍟 🍕 🥪 🥙
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Yes, Mr Cat seems to be fine now, hopefully there is nothing else. But the food might be poisoned. But the cats can smell poison, so that should help. I agree, there’s something about grandpa, but what?🤔 Is Lena in on this too?😳😾😾🕵️♂️👩
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I’m glad he’s feeling better though😸. I didn’t expect Charlie to be involved with them so deeply. Can’t wait to see how you all get off the farm!🕵️♀️
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Yes, it was a surprise about Charlie and I’m sure more surprises will be coming along too. Right, how to escape, that won’t be easy, I’m going to need to buy some time if I can.🤔😾😾🕵️♂️👩
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I’m just glad Mr Cat is ok! I’m sorry for Charlie but he did the wrong move 😞
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Yes, he definitely made a bad move there, he should have come to me instead.🤔😒
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