Romeo clung to hope as fiercely as he clung to the gutter, eavesdropping on Nero as he chatted up the new little cat in town. The pretty princess had never given Romeo a second glance, but his hope swelled when he heard her rebuff his rival.
Nero leapt down, landing with the soft thud of paws on paving-stones. Immediately Romeo swung himself up onto the roof and stretched seductively before the little queen.
She slammed her paw down on the tiles. ‘Enough of you toms, you’re just after one thing! I’m going to hang out with the girl cats.’ Tossing her pretty head, she flounced off into the night.
Romeo stared after her open-mouthed. He peered down into the street below where Nero was twitching his tail in irritation. He jumped down and landed beside him. Nero turned his head. ‘No luck either?’ Romeo shook his head. ‘Wanna go rat-catching?’
From a prompt by Hélène Vaillant of Willow Poetry: What do you see? June 4, 2019
Love this, Chris. I’m pleased to say that my ‘Tom’s Life’ bears no reflection on this whatsoever, not that it would with me being human and all. 😁🐱🐭
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Tee-hee and thanks Tom! I should hope not either. Mind you, wouldn’t that make an interesting story? 😉
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I like the names you gave the Toms and a superb ending Chris.
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Thanks Hélène, this was such a fun prompt to do.
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I am happy you liked the prompt, thanks for a great tale.
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Great little story! You breathe life into each vivid character & really enjoyed this 🙂
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Thanks Tom, something a little lighter for a change. 🙂
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This one is so cute! The tomcats probably had more fun rat-catching anyway😋
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Very likely 🙂
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Girl-Cat Power!
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Right on! 🙂
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Hee hee! Reminds me of the old cartoons, like Tom and Jerry 🙂
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Oh yes, I hadn’t thought until you said, but that kind of thing was always happening to poor old Tom wasn’t it?
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Alas, it was. Poor Tom…
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Great little story and I like how you built it around the prompt!
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Thanks Eugenia, it was a nice one to work with, wasn’t it?
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