Stars Big Adventure

• Asha Bagley, Grade 8
• Short Story
• 2018

Star’s Big Adventure
I am a cat and for some reason my owners called me Jetstar but agreed on
Star because some of the family think calling me after a plane company was
a little odd. Anyway I am not here to tell you about all the arguments they've
had over what my name should be, or how weird humans are. I am here to
tell you about one of my adventures.
Today was the day after Christmas and my first night without my little sister,
since she went to a new home. I was a little hungry because my owners
decided to sleep in. So while I wait for the lazy things to get up and feed me,
I annoyed my mother because I had no little sister to play with. To be honest
I don't think she liked it, but I didn't care. What I don't get is why she just
walked off and left me. That was when the younger human came and had
cuddle time inside. It’s where she takes me to see all the humans, then one
of them tries to teaches my to be a lap cat. Until I am older I just put up with
all of the cuddles, like most domestic cats do. And at the end of the day if I
have to sit on someone's lap for them fed me and my mother and that's all I
care about.
After breakfast I went for a walk down under the house. Under there is a lot
of weird human things. Plus it's my favourite hiding place, the humans and I
like to play hide and seek. Then I went back up to the house, ate some more
food, hid under the dog kennel, had an argument with my mother. After that
is was more cuddle time with the humans. Seriously a cat can give only so
much affection in one day. But then the humans played with me which was
best of all. I bit and kicked, and bit and kicked even more into my toy and the
humans feet. Then I had a cat nap.
In no time the afternoon came around, and my mother was kind enough to
catch a small bird and take it to my favourite hiding place. I got to play with
it, while it made noises. It was like the dog’s chew toy when you touch it, it
makes a noise. It was so fun. My mother went back to the house so I
followed. Then the humans put me in timeout for biting my mother’s ear. But
the weird part was when they finally let me out again they gave me leftover
chicken, with cat biscuits, and milk. And here I thought they didn't reward
bad behaviour, not that I was bad. After dinner I went back out to play. I
mean who would go to bed when it's still light (cat naps don't count).
And this concludes my big adventure for today.