Kitty's Revenge
by Kitt E. Cat

Not everyone realizes that some cats have special powers. I know the mean lady who lives in that house right there did not. Now take me for instance. I appear to be just an ordinary kitty cat, right? Mostly black, a little white under my neck? And I am, too, unless somebody makes me really mad.

Well, I have had it with that woman. I deserve some privacy, some dignity, especially when I must relieve myself. But could I get it? Not if that woman could help it! She would bang on her window, or open her door and yell at me. You'd think my name was "Scat" because she was always telling me that. If she startled me I'd jump the fence and go back home next door. This amused that mean lady. I could hear her laughing in her kitchen.

After months of this I called upon my special powers and plotted my revenge. What I can do is put in an appearance where I am not expected. Not every cat can do this, you understand, but I can, because I have special powers. In order to get these powers, I had to give up three lives. Right now I feel it's worth it.

What I do is wait until that mean lady goes to the bathroom. Then, just as she settles down to relieve herself, I jump out at her. Now I can't yell "Scat" like she does, but I can still make a noise that scares her. The first time she shrieked and jumped up and ran out of the bathroom holding her pants up, and slammed the door. I heard her telling her husband that nothing was wrong, just leave her alone, please.

Then, twenty minutes later, she goes back in the bathroom and as soon as she's comfortable I jumped out again and howled at her. This time she ran out and told her husband that I was in the bathroom. OK, I was, but when he checks I'm back out in the mean lady's flower bed again.

Things are better now. The mean lady drives to the mall to go potty, and she doesn't yell at me any more. I do wish she'd work up a new flower bed, though. This one's getting kinda smelly.