C.: d.c., I’ll just leave you a brief message, because I’m in a hurry. Tucker has been transported to Houston via life flight, and I feel like I need to go and sit with him until he wakes up. I don’t know how long that will be, but please explain this to the staff at work. I’ll call you as soon as I know anything.
(Okay, now to catch the bus that takes animals to the kennel where sick pets are, not troublesome ones. I feel that I need to be with Tucker. I guess I really do love the big lug. Oh, there’s the bus now. I’ll make sure that it takes me to where Tucker is, not to work.
forty-seven minutes later
Tucker, if you can hear me, it’s your fiance, Cal.E. I told Tom to go home, because I wanted to sit with you, and he was exhausted. I don’t think he has slept since this happened. I know that I was acting a little skittish before, but seeing you lying on the floor unconscious, not knowing if you were alive or dead made me think. Anyway, if you can hear me, just wiggle a paw or your tail, or something to let me know that you can hear what I’m saying….hmm, I guess he can’t hear me. It’s a good thing I took this manuscript d.c. wanted me to proofread after he made some changes.
Almost everything has an inert ingredient. Even the air we breathe is 78 % nitrogen and 21% oxygen. That leaves a full 1% of the air as inert ingredients. The most prevalent inert ingredient in the air is argon gas. Although in minute quantities this gas is harmless, in larger quantities it can be fatal. The same is true of carbon dioxide, the second most prevalent inert ingredient in air. Both can cost someone his or her life if enough of either of these gasses is inhaled. Each is colorless, odorless, and tasteless. Consequently, neither is easily detected. Some other inert ingredients are also dangerous enough to cost someone his or her life, even in minute quantities. Many are practically impossible to detect…
Tux.: Groan…
C.: (He must be waking up.) Tucker, can you hear me? Tucker?
Tux.: I don’t want to do that, Tom. I just want to live my life and not be bothered by marriage. I don’t want to woo Cal.E. so you can get your money back…groan
C.: Tucker?! TUCKER!!!
Tux.: Cal.E.? What are you doing here in Backwoods, Louisiana?
C.: Tucker, you’re in Houston, and, apparently, you’re talking in your sleep. You said that Tom told you to woo me so he could get his money back…
Tux.: That is true, but I fell in love with you on our first date. I wasn’t going to take your money, and now Tom has gone and almost gotten me killed. If I ever see him again, I’ll end him!
C.: Tucker, you know I’m not Tom’s biggest fan, but he was here with you when I came. He was the one who got you transported back to Houston so that you could get the best medical care. He stayed with you this whole time, and he only left after I urged him to leave and let me stay with you. And, his trickery is what got us together. So, I’m not mad at Tom anymore.
You, on the other hand, I’m furious with. What were you thinking, losing so much weight so quickly and then catfighting two nights in a row? You need to take better care of yourself, so you can take care of me.
Tux.: Tom talked me into it, because he needed money. Then he tried to tell me that he didn’t have it. It was enough money for us both to live comfortably on for the rest of our lives and will a large amount to all fourteen of your kittens. I don’t ever want to see Tom the Tabby again.
C.: Well, I can’t believe I’m telling you this, but when I came in, Tom was telling you how you was his best, and only friend. He said that he thought of you as a brother, and that he would get you all the money you earned cat fighting and you could have it all.
Tux.: I don’t like where this is going, Cal.E. Tom is a liar, a cheater, and a con artist. He’ll probably swindle someone out of the ten million dollars I won and….
C.: Ten million dollars?! well be meowilionaires! Multi-meowilionaires! I'll see you later.
Tux.: Where are you going?
C.: To help Tom get our money back. He may need some help.
Tune in tomorrow, folks, and see if Tom the Tabby turns and honest, hard-working cat into a con artist to help him recover Tucker’s money and earn his respect back
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