The Jungle

In the jungle are dangers unknown to the average American, almost unknown completely, you could come across a dangerous bug with poisons beyond your comprehension. Or you could come across a snake that could kill you in fifteen different ways….using only its tail. But there is certainly a more terror inflicting beast in the wild, one so threatening and dangerous, it makes all the rest look like mere specs of dirt. It is…. The American housecat!!


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Unknown to the journalist watching, the housecat is at play with its fellow companions, looking innocent and harmless. This species of cat are very social most times, but can be aggressive. With no intention, the journalist trips over the cat food bowl, the cats freeze and view the journalist as prey. the all run in different directions, working as a team to bring down prey much larger than themselves. The journalist panics and runs, getting away from certain disaster, for now…

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The cats come out of hiding while the journalist peers quietly from kitchen, they start hissing and clawing towards one general direction, towards the family room, in wonder you sneak over to find out what they are doing, to find a small basset hound panicking and running circles, then frozen with fear, the dog falls over, the cats have won…they are about to go and enjoy there daily feast, but they sense something watching and run away. You don’t see them for a good 30 minutes, so you go to look for them, you walk into the family room…nothing but an eerie silence. You hear a small, barely audible hiss behind you, you turn to find nothing. Imagination, you think its just your imagination, then you hear something above you, you look up to a terrible sight, a bloodthirsty cat hyped up on catnip is staring you down, you feel something brush your leg, you look down to 2 more, then you look back up and the cat is gone. Only to appear again for the ambush, he jumps and grabs firmly onto your shoe, pulling it off and running away. Panicked you run away only to be stopped by 4 more cats, jumping at your legs, tripping you. You stumble to your feet, fearful for your life. You run again, but your tries are in vain...

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You reach for the door knob and a cat lurches onto your hand, and another onto your leg, an yet another one onto your back, knocking you over. You throw a few off, trying to get up, but to no avail. You know that the Jungle, the territory of the house ca, is a very dangerous place, but you didn’t expect this, jumping from side to side they all freeze, forming a perfect path, you get up and walk dawn the row of cats, fearing they will harm you. You reach the end, there is one, small kitten. So cute, so innocent, you reach to pet it, as you do, it jumps at you. You are attacked from all sides. You see nothing but cats…



To Be Continued…