Picture courtesy of Scott L. Vannatter
The kitchen window is ajar and I leap inside. My feet plunge into something soft and hot. I hop from paw to paw until my pads stop burning and I sit and lick them clean, staring at the pie I’d landed in. Chicken. Mmmm. I pick out the meat, a little salty but it fills a gap, and nudge the dish with my nose until it clatters onto the floor. I’ll share with blame the mutt. He bounds over, ridiculous ears flapping and slurps up the gravy.
Footsteps approach. I dart behind the bin – I am a ninja.
‘REX!’
Humans – nearly as stupid as dogs.
A light-hearted entry this week for Friday Fictioneers. A 100 word story inspired by a photo prompt. Read the other entries here.
fabricating fiction 
Dear Louise,
Smart cat. I think you’ve captured the feline mind. Well done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
Thanks Rochelle. Enjoy your break.
Hah! Love this, especially since I’m more of a cat person than a dog person.
Thanks for the pre-Christmas chuckle. Tricky to do a POV from inside the head of an animal. I always worry about the voice being too human. However, who knows what a cat is really thinking, or how they think. Merry Christmas, Louise.
I think my cat’s voice would be scathing if he could speak. Merry Christmas to you Paul.
This is loads of fun. Like Claire, I’m more of a cat than dog person. I think cats are ever so clever.
I bet this happens all the time, cats are clever and sneaky (I’m a cat person!). Fun story 🙂
Thanks. Merry Christmas.
To you too!
Heheh, typical! This is so much fun, and the cat’s pov is perfect. I love them both.
Thanks very much.
Well done, that was clever. You nailed the cat. Merry Christmas, Double F.
Thanks Ted. Happy holidays.
love that you told it from the cat’s pov. thanks for sharing such a lovely piece(: merry xmas!
Thanks! Merry Christmas.
Fun story! It appears that the cat knows the dog and the human pretty good! I wonder how many little things he’s pulled.
Too many to mention! Thanks for reading.
Cats! Evil! beautifully done.
Thanks Patrick.
wow, simply one of your best. 🙂
Thanks very much.
I feel I know this cat; I may even have lived with her. I take it that it is a ‘queen’.
Me too Sandra! Thanks.
Delightfully clever and fun, Louise! I love the narrator’s humor and hubris.
Thanks Dawn.
That’s a sharp cat. I like your story – the cat’s voice is wonderful.
Thanks so much Margaret.
Hilarious, Louise. That’s one smart cat and one dumb dog. I ‘ve often suspected cats thought they were also smarter than us. This confirms it. Well written. 😀 — Suzanne