#SpringFlingKidLIt: MYSTERY CAT

 Such fun to begin spring with a #SpringFlingKidLit Challenge. The rules are as follows: a story geared for kids 12 and younger, a gif that inspires your story, no illustrations and a word count of 150 or less words. (Mine is 94 words.) Good luck to all who entered. Also, kudos to contest creators Kaitlyn Sanchez and Ciara O'Neal.

Note: This is my first attempt at creating a GIF, so bear with me. I can animate the print but not my main characters. 

MYSTERY CAT

by Kathy Halsey

(Normal text = tabby cat; Italic  = mystery cat)

So, you're a cat?

You might say that. 

I have sharp claws.

I have soft paws.

You live inside?

My world is wide.

I tuck my tail in human laps. 

My tail tells my family's past. 

Catnapping is my favorite thing.

I rise at dawn and greet the spring.

Do you purr, meow, and prey?

I dance on the breeze then fly away.

Count my lives. They say I have nine.

Put me in water to extend my bloodline.

I'm pussycat. What are you?

 

I'm pussy willow . . . the cat that grew!