Cat and mouse tale


Carefully, Carmichael moved the loose stone away from the wall at the back of the kitchen. Enid stood back, looking on curiously. She held Snowy tightly, who purred in her arms.

“What is it? Where does it go to?” Enid asked, more for something to say than wanting an answer.

“It’s back there!” Carmichael, now on all fours, peered into the hole in the wall. “I think this is a priest hole.”

“I don’t care what it is. That mouse is not living in there… set it free before this one really keeps it captive!”

Snowy, nonchalantly, licked Enid’s chin.

I thought I’d pop on over to see how Enid and Carmichael are doing since they claimed the Old House as their own just before Halloween last year. It was my intention to pop by regularly, but this is the first chance I’ve had to do so up until now. A quick one-hundred worder to show they are still at one with nature, even though they have a house around them now, to keep things ticking along. Click here if you’d like to read our first meeting.

5 responses to “Cat and mouse tale”

  1. CMStewart avatar

    I did not know what a “priest hole” was, and so I looked it up (with trepidation). I was relieved to find the definition relatively innocuous…

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      I was thinking of adding a description for the priest hole, CM, but that would have gone way over the hundred words. I’m presuming you found the correct definition…

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  2. 1sojournal avatar

    Went back and read the beginning of your story. Very curious to see where you might take it. Love the cat photo, even though I’m more of a dog person.

    Elizabeth

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      Thanks, Elizabeth. Cats seem to have overtaken dogs for me, for some reason. I went through a spell where I’d be visited by five or six and they all had their own distinct personalities. I only see one or two now, but I’m still fond.
      As to Carmichael and Enid, I’m as curious as you! We’ll have to wait and see, I suppose!

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  3. Cave Magic – Beyond the Sphere avatar

    […] and Carmichael, this. We first met them just before Halloween last year, and then once again in April this year. The pair used to live in a dig-out under a bridge, but when the weather took a turn for […]

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