The Tale of a Tail

Annabel must constantly be on alert.

There are monsters outside her door. Monsters with two legs and no whiskers whose lips are long and hard. Monsters who walk on two legs and have long bushy tails. They come to the glass and mock her as she fearlessly guards the apartment.

Inside there is a beast in the bathroom that hisses - even if it is not being threatened. It is an irrational creature with no legs and only one eye in the back of its head. Last night she pushed it off its perch while I was sleeping, but it continues to live. It is immortal!

And worst of all is the shadow. Long, legless, silent, it has no voice at all, but it follows her everywhere. Twitching, teasing, forcing her to make wild leaps in a single bound without coming even a step closer.  And worst of all, the one time she caught it, it shocked her and caused her to yowl with pain.

A cat's life is hard and fraught with difficulties.