Come on now Sir Winston. Pull yourself together! Nothing´s impawssible.
That´s alright for you to say Mr Midnight, but I´m scared. What if we get caught?
We´ll not get “clawaught in the act” Believe me 🙂
I wouldn´t try to purrsuade you if I thought the situation would be dangerous now would I?
If you think pawsitively, you´ll be alright.
But why does he have to lie around the entrance to our kingdom? He doesn´t usually sleep there. He´s not supposed to be there either. He doesn´t live there. He looks like he´s guarding our place of abode.
I don´t like it. I don´t like it at all.
Don´t take this purrsonally Sir Winston; but I sometimes find you most purrculiar.
If life was always without adventure, there wouldn´t be much purrpose to life.
We´ll be OK. Just wait and see.
I wish I was as cool as you were Mr Midnight. You seem to take everything in your stride, and without fear.
If I´m honest with you, I´m just as scared as you are Sir Winston. My calm posture is just my way of dealing with the situation. Afterall, panicking won´t help things.
Now come on, let´s slip by him and sneek into our house. I´m not letting him dictate what I should and should not do.
I´m a cat and proud of it! 🙂
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Mr Midnight had figured out that the only way to get past the sentinel was to approach from the west, using the cover of the potting shed and the glare of the “big, warm round thing in the sky” so as to partially blind the sentinel from their approach. The slight eastily breeze would also help disguise any cat odours and hopefully, keep them undetected. At least that was the plan.
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Now remember. Whatever happens Sir Winston, don´t panic. If things come to the worst, just bolt for it ! 🙂
Stay close and follow me. I know what I´m doing.
You´re so reassuring Mr Midnight. I have faith in you.
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Mr Midnight suddenly sprang up and looking sharply left and right, he darted across the road, dived through the hole in the hedge, crept the length of the hedge, and then made a short dash for it where he eventually ended up crouching at one of the corners of the potting shed.
Sir Winston, still nervous as hell, blindly followed and seconds later, was lying besides Mr Midnight, wondering to himself what the next step would be.
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(Whispering) It´s all so very quiet Sir Winston.
Let me make a reccy so I can work out the “lay of the land”.
I thought you knew the “lay of the land”. You live here!
Sir Winston, your paw´s resting on my paw. Let go of it please.
Keep your calm.
Do as the english people do Sir Winston – “Keep calm and drink tea”. It´s just a pity we haven´t remembered to bring any provisions on our excursion. We´ll deal with the “tea problem” later, if we manage to make it to base.
To tell you the truth Mr Midnight, I could murder a cuppa. I´m parched. It must be because of all the heat and stress of the occasion.
You´ll just have to wait until we´ve seen things through.
Pull yourself together SIr Winston. Just think of daddy. He´s from a place people call England and they like keeping their upper lips quite stiff on occasions such as these.
But it´s difficult keeping a stiff upper lip and to not be frightened at the same time.
Grin and bare it Sir Winston, grin and bare it.
But please don´t grin like Cheshire Cat. If you do, your spectacular wide grin may probably catch the attention of the enemy and give our position away.
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The sun was now at its highest and the heat and tension of the “final approach” was virtually unbearable.
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It´s furrtunate for us that he´s very sleepy at this hour. Come on, lets move. He´ll not be expecting us at this hour!
Move! move! move!.
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They craftily wriggled their way along the side of the house, using the rose bushes as cover, and slowly inched their way through the dense foilage towards the entrance of the house.
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Freeeezzzzeeee Sir Winston. Down!
Bandits! Bandits! Bandits!
He´s awaking from his slumber.
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The air was thick and heavy and Sir Winston was totally mesmerised by what he had seen. His mouth felt dry and his four legs felt as though they were made out of lead. His eyes were transfixed on the object guarding his kingdom. The accompanying smell from “the beast” wafted into Sir Winstons nostrils, making him feel quite agitated and queasy.
He whispered……..
What are we going to do Mr Midnight? Let´s make an heroic retreat and let things be bygones. He´ll move eventually. We´ll just have to wait that´s all.
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The pupils of Mr Midnight´s eyes were suddenly large and as black as the night. Although it was daytime, he had switched his night-sights on with which to observe his foe more clearly.
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I´m having nothing of it. Not on your nelly!
We´ve got this far so we´ll make it to the drop zone.
Look, he´s just moving into a more comfortable position that´s all. He´s such a lazy thing. Even if he does detect our presence, I doubt that he´d be bothered to go chasing after us because it´s too hot and I saw him eating a little while ago. He has such a voracious appetite that his stomach must be full.
…… which reminds me. It´s nearly time for our lunch Sir Winston.
How can you talk about food in such a moment of crisis?
Come on Sir Winston. Stop winging.
Slowly does it, and keep close to me. Stay on my left flank. You´ll be safe there, just in case we have to take some stick. (I love food sticks) 🙂
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They took their time on their final approach, ducking and crawling through the dense vegetation which leads up to the steps of the house. At this point, they both switched into “stealth mode”, stalking at their very best, and silently trotted past the sentry and up the steps to the apartment of their kingdom.
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Great fun eh Sir Winston. He didn´t notice a thing.
You see, if you believe in yourself you can do anything. Nothing´s impawssible! 🙂
Thank you for your kind support Mr Midnight. I don´t know what I would have done without you. I would most likely still be out there, trapped in the heat and dense vegetation without anything to drink.
To show my gratitude, you can have my portion of Greek yogurt tonight.
Thanks very much Sir Winston. It´s not necessary but i´ll eat it all the same. You´re such a great pal. 🙂
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After having nourished himself, Sir Winston then padded into one of the back rooms to have a lie down with which to relax from his morning ordeal.
Mr Midnight went out again and approached the figure lying infront of the house steps.
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Great fun Mr Dog. 🙂 We´ll have to do that again sometime. Sir Winston took it all in like a sponge. He really believed that he was in danger.
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Mr Midnight had kindly invited the next door neighbours dog, Mr Dog, to “play-along” with his little prank, with the intention of helping Sir Winston gain more confidence.
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Although a little cruel, I only wanted to try and relieve him of his fears and force him to believe in himself a little more. He needs so much reassurance. I hope he learnt something today through the aid of my little exploit. 🙂
Give me a big five Mr Dog! 🙂
Mission accomplished!
Copyright (C) mags 2013
Whoooaaa – great!!! Mr Midnight you are epic!
He feels such a hero. We have to keep quiet. We don´t want Sir Winston finding out that he´s been duped. 🙂
🙂
Wow, lots of action packed adventure. Thank you.
We´re glad you liked it. It was a lot of fun doing it. 🙂
Wow, purrfect and lovely! This time I am agreeing with Mr Midnight. “If life was always without adventure, there wouldn´t be much purrpose to life.”
That was a great game, Mr Midnight, your big little exploit. [Whispers] I will not tell Sir Winston, of course.
Well, Mr Dog, that was really a great act. At first I thought you were a statue guarding the place. You know how curious felines are. 😉
Now this got me to thinking. Next time I will remember Mr Midnight’s exploit when I face a doggish blockade. I will think there’s Someone who intentionally put it there so I could learn to get around it, over it, under it, or through it without losing my head. If I lose my head, at least I’ve done all that I could. In the after life maybe I’d wake up awarded with ten thousand armies. 😉
For now I’d like to calm down my excitement about Mr Midnight’s next exploit and drink some tea. 🙂
Mr Midnight is truly flabbergasted about receiving such praise. He sends you many, many thanks.
Sir Winston´s also read your lines and he now realises that you keeping quiet about Mr Midnights ploy was all done in friendly style. I had to inform him that you also like him as much as Mr Midnight – he´s very sensitive you know. 🙂
Anyway, all is Ok now and he looks forward to hearing from you at some point in the future.
Best regards from the “Nice Place of Mr Midnight, Sir Winston and myself”.