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Martyna Z'muir: New page: '''Title: Cat and The Mongbat''' '''Author: Sherry the Mouse''' Once upon a time, before my life at Castle British, I was a young mouse. I wanted to travel, to see the wide world: f...

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New page: '''Title: Cat and The Mongbat''' '''Author: Sherry the Mouse''' Once upon a time, before my life at Castle British, I was a young mouse. I wanted to travel, to see the wide world: f...

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'''Title: Cat and The Mongbat'''

'''Author: Sherry the Mouse'''

Once upon a time, before
my life at Castle British,
I was a young mouse. I
wanted to travel, to see
the wide world: floating
islands, echoing caverns,
and mountains taller than
the sky. So I left my
cozy hole and set out on
several mouse-sized
adventures.

One day in bright
summer, full on Fair food,
I waited for the Skara
Brae ferry. The Fair had
been wonderful. I'd
nibbled corn in all its
many forms, popped,
roasted, buttered, and
even baked into little
cakes. I'd seen shows on
stage about all manner of
thing. One man told
jokes, his face contorting
in the most hilarious way
when his friend in the
crowd threw a tomato at
him. A group of young
women, their dresses the
color of flowers, sang a
song and danced. There
was a sword fight, which
ended with a man
smashing the paste gem
of his opponent. Finally, a
great mage performed
many tricks, including
turning a rabbit into two
doves! The day was
glorious!

So you can imagine that
a usually sensible mouse
might be distracted. While
I sat on the docks,
humming a song I'd heard
and remembering swirling
costumes and caramel
popcorn, a large cat
stalked me. He was huge,
like the pictures of
mountain lions I� ve seen
in books. Despite his size,
he moved in complete
silence. I would have been
finished had he
immediately gobbled me up.
Fortunately, he shared a
trait with most other
felines, large and small:
he liked to play with his
prey. Many a mouse has
been saved by this
personality defect. I
believe it is fate's way
of preventing cats from
getting too fat and mice
from getting too few.

I was in trouble. I tried
the usual scampering
tricks, but that cat was
too fast. No matter
where I ran, there was a
paw with its lethal claws
ready to tear me apart!
I looked down the length
of the docks, desperate
for some brave human
rescuer, but there was
no kind-hearted child nor
cat-hating dog. Everyone
was at the Fair, except
for one fisherman! Yet
no matter how plaintive
my cries for help, he
didn't seem to be
listening, focused solely on
his fishing rod. So
inattentive was he, that
when he caught his next
fish, a mongbat swooped
in and took it from him!
He cursed the foul mongbat, but the beast's
little wings carried it far
to safety.

The cat was growing lazy
at this point and was
preparing to eat me. It
seemed to debate which
part to start with. I can
talk to cats as easily as
I can to mice and people.
Sadly though, their
conversations mainly focus
on how they wish to bite
and claw me. It is
gruesome to be described
as a menu item. I am
glad I eat only grains and
cheese, so I do not need
to worry about some
poor cheddar hearing
about where I will bite
first! I pointed out the
nice fish he had just
missed, how it was ten,
no a hundred times
tastier than I, and so
big! It would take twenty
mice to move it. The
promise of such reward
distracted him, until he
pointed out that should
he take a fish, the man
would surely get him.

I was desperate, so I
suggested he just fly
away. He looked at me
strangely. I kept talking, don't you know that
mongbats are just cats
who learned how to fly?�
It was the silliest
sentence I will ever say,
but the cat had both
arrogance and stupidity
working against him.

He picked me up in its
mouth by my tail and
walked closer to the
fisherman. Tell me
what to do,�he growled.

When you grab the
fish, just think really
hard about growing wings
and jump off the ground
like the mongbat did?� I
stammered. To test his
ego, I added I don't
think just any cat can
fly, only the best
hunters.�

That did it! A moment
later the next fish was
pulled in by the
fisherman. As it was
flying out of the water,
the cat leapt and bit
into it! He pulled it down
the dock to the end and
leapt into the air! For
one glorious moment, the
giant tabby was a bird in
flight! Then, splash! There
were bubbles and tangled
fishing line and fur and
cat and fish and angry
fisherman. By the time
everything was sorted
out, I was on a ferry to
Skara Brae and onto
another adventure.

I suppose there is a
moral to the story, but
I'm not sure I ever
figured it out. Perhaps
it's that cats can't fly?

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 I was desperate, so I suggested he just fly away. He looked at me strangely. I kept talking, don't you know that mongbats are just cats who learned how to fly? It was the silliest sentence I will ever say, but the cat had both arrogance and stupidity working against him.
-He picked me up in its mouth by my tail and walked closer to the fisherman. Tell me what to do,�he growled.
+He picked me up in its mouth by my tail and walked closer to the fisherman. Tell me what to do, he growled.
 When you grab the fish, just think really hard about growing wings and jump off the ground like the mongbat did? I stammered. To test his ego, I added I don't think just any cat can fly, only the best hunters.

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