Gerald tapped his foot impatiently while looking at the large clock tower with its moon face staring benignly into the distance. It’s late, he thought.
In the next few seconds, his ears perked up as he heard the sound of hurried frenzy. Turning, he eyed the group grimly as they made their way towards him, one of them yawning while the other two looked nervously at each other.
“I hope you’re happy!” he bellowed, an action that sent chills down the spines of everyone gathered. “Just look at yourselves! Gene, your coat looks filthy! Harry, yours look like you rolled around in a haystack and Frank, don’t even begin to explain that stain on your back! Let’s just practise! Please!”
Shuffling around in embarrassment, they lined up in single file and waited for Gerald’s signal. At the stroke of 12, he raised his eyebrow and the quartet broke into song, their voices raised in unison, tearing through the stillness of the night.
For a whole minute, nothing happened. Then, a shoe came flying through the air and clipped Frank on the side of the head. Crying out in pain, he stumbled and fell from his place.
Mewing in defiance, he glared at Gerald, thrust his tail in the air and said, ‘I am all for sticking together but that’s it! I quit! Find another cat for your quartet!’
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Haha a cat singing group.. Good one :).
I am over the moon, Heather, that you think these are worthy of being made into a book. I shall surely think of this! Thanks a ton <3
Ha ha! that was funny 😀 Good one again 🙂
Aww what a cute story!!??.
That’s too funny! Such an unexpected ending as usual Shailaja! 🙂 I suspected a potential date or gangsters or the like! 😉 <3
Cats! Who would have thought of that 🙂 Such a cute tale!
That’s a good one, beautifully weaved and love the narration cum suspense. Made me smile in the end:)
Lol…poor kitties! Humans just don’t appreciate their mewling. Having said that, mine don’t do that at all at night.
Wow. I’ve been all the way back through your posts. Some of these are so moving! You should choose some of these and do a short story book with them. Really impressive.
Keep up the great work!
Heather M. Gardner
Co-host: Blogging from A to Z April Challenge
Blog: The Waiting is the Hardest Part [http://hmgardner.blogspot.com/]
*lol* This is brilliant! Can totally imagine cats like that!
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hahahaha loved the ending. The dogs in Bangalore used to keep me awake at night.
Oh I laughed out loud on this…. So cute!!!
I could imagine that caterwauling. A nice twist.
Glad to hear it Dee. Welcome to my blog 🙂
Hahahaha I love this! I totally love stories with unexpected funny twists in the end. I always try to incorporate something like this for my own stories. 🙂
Thanks a ton, Vinitha <3
That was so not expected, Shailaja. You are becoming the master of twists! 🙂 Great going.
Very kind of you to say so, Sulekha. So touched <3
Hilarious 🙂 Your posts this month have been one masterpiece after another 🙂
Wow! Now that’s a really lovely angle. I wish I had thought of it 🙂
I actually was thinking about Cinderella strangely. I felt they may be objects/animals that turned into Cinderella’s chariot and other stuff. 🙂 Very interesting tale!
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Fooled you, huh? 😉
Thank you so much, Mithila 🙂
Phew! managed to pull it off then 😀
Good guess 😀
Thank you so much, Michele 🙂
Hehehe super cute 🙂
He he loved the ending though I thought they’d turn out to be dogs 😉
Cats! Bwahahaha.. I’ve heard them cry out loud around my house at midnight but never once thought of writing a story to describe it!
I’m loving your series of stories.. Really mind-blowing!
LOL 😀 This was great! I was wondering all the time I was reading what would it be about! Cats!! Didnt cross my mind!! 🙂
I had a strong feeling they belonged to some other race..:-)
That was actually quite funny. A tale that ends in a tale. Visiting you from our #azchat on twitter today.
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🙂 I did not see that ending coming – that was great!
Thanks Lata 🙂
Hahaha that’s a cute one.. Poor Frank.
Why thank you, Mr. Storyteller 😀
Vivid though, right? 😀
He he he, anything that yells at midnight is not good 😉
Spreading sweetness, light and virtual laughter. I’m all about the love 😉
See? I made you smile today. Who knows what tomorrow holds? 😉
Thank you Janaki 🙂
🙂 Cats, eh? Good one!
I was actually going to tag you to read this post. So thrilled that you were the first one to read! 😀
hahaha that was just too much of an image Shailaja :). Poor cat-choir!
Aww poor thing ! At first I thought they were all hens/roosters but when the clock struck only 12 I was like no – hens don’t shout so early 😛 Nice one.
LOL Funny. The ending made me laugh.
LOL. 😛 Loved this one.
*Shantala @ ShanayaTales*
Loved this!
That was great. I laughed at the end to find out it was a bunch of alley cats. Love your twists! And anything about cats is a winner to me. Hehehe!