The Cat Ran Under The Bed......

The cat ran under the bed and disappeared.

“Oh not again Mervin” Zelda cried.

Zelda was a witch. She lived in a very, very, very, very, very old house. She did not wear a pointed hat and she did not wear a raggy, old, black dress (although she did wear a black robe everyday).  And also there wasn’t cobwebs hanging out of her. In fact Zelda was almost the complete opposite all of this. Okay maybe she had a wand and a broomstick and also a cauldron and she may have had quite long finger nails that were painted scarlet red, but if you think about it this would NOT lead you to believe she was a witch.
Or would it?

“Merlin’s beard Mervin, why does it always have to be under this bed that you run?”

Mervin was Zelda’s husband. And I mean was, when I say it. Mervin had been Zelda’s husband until two weeks ago she had made him drink one of her wonderful concoctions. She had been making her wand topper-upper potion in her extra large cauldron and he had simply walked in rolled up his sleeves, walked up onto the podium (that Zelda had been using to stir the potion as it really was an EXTRA large cauldron) and dived in. The effects had been extraordinary. The potion had boiled and bubbled and then suddenly the was a loud bang and a cat had jumped out of the cauldron. This was no ordinary cat. This was a talking wizard cat, but as he could not hold a wand, magic was no use to him.

“I jump in here” replied the cat “Because the portal to ‘our’ world is down here. Goodbye again my dear wife” and he dived back down.

“Can’t you just act like a normal cat for once?” she cried back, but there was no answer.

Zelda pulled out her wand, as she didn’t want to crawl under the dirty bed on the filthy floor, and muttered casualy “alexano, bulet, dunvin diggily!”

In a flash Zelda landed in xZendleboeurg, a German wizards' town.

“Mervin!” she shrieked

“You lookin’ for tha’ bloomin’ cat of yours again?” asked Nilo, an English emigrant.

“Yes I am” answered Zelda coldly “And if you are just going to distract me then you can get your nose out of my business.”

“There ya go ya ungrateful gargoyle” and he threw a hissing bundle into her arms.

“Oops my mistake” said Zelda in an I don’t care kind of attitude.

“Gimmee a bit more respect next time ya see me then.”

“Fine so” said Zelda scowling. She picked up her wand and said again “Home sweet home again, xZendleboerg to Keeper Hill” Sparks flew out of her wand but other than that nothing else happened.

“Why wont you work you piece of scum!” roared Zelda.

“Wand going to shutdown mode” said a mysterious voice from Zelda’s wand.

“Oh! Blithering bumps what shall we do now!”

“Come on. Ya can stay with me for the night”

“Only if you promise to fly us home tomorrow morning p-please” she said disgusted.

“Come on it’s a bit of a walk from here.”

They walked for ten minutes and finally reached Nilo’s house.

“Come in. the cauldron’s on.”

The room they walked into had a bed, a fire, a small stove, a bed and what appeared to be a toilet.

“Where do you shower?” asked Zelda.

“Huh? Shower! I haven’t had one in thirteen years!”

“Oh you must be so proud” said Zelda sarcastically.

“Go on and get some sleep then” said Nilo, and he snuggled down into his own bed.

“But where do I sleep?”asked Zelda

“Beats me” and he started to snore.

  

“Ge’ up we’re goin’” yelled Nilo.

Zelda had  fallen asleep sitting on the toilet. It wasn’t the comfiest but it was better than the concrete floor.

Zelda, Mervin and Nilo flew through the sky. They passed villages, towns and cities until they finally reached the peak of Keeper Hill in County Tipperary.

“Thank you Nilo” said Zelda “I owe you one”

“Well in that case I suppose I could do with a bath”

“NO” and she slammed the door of her very, very, very, very, very old house in his face.

“MUM! Where’s Snuddly Bumps?” cried Sarah suddenly sitting up in bed.

“He ran under the bed and I haven’t seen him since” answered her mum.

The end

Emma Murray 6^th Class