Gerald's owner couldn't believe his eyes. His cat that was the perfect housecat had become a menace to the house. Gerald began to tear things up and not eat. Gerald would not stop meowing and his sleep schedule was thrown out of whack as well. Gerald's owner decided to make a decision, "Gerald, you need to leaving this household til you nehave and get your schedule back on track!". Gerald was saddened but understood. Gerald gathered his toys and some tuna and left. He walked a good 5 miles and found a tree. The tree was perfect for a nap as it had a lot of shade and no one was by it, or so Gerald thought.
While Gerald was about to doze off, something swooped down at him. It was a bat!!! Gerald was startled by the bat and yelled at the bat, "Who are you?!". The bat didn't say anything at first but eventually replied, "I am the one and only Sam!". Gerald began to roll around and laugh. Gerald was expecting a scary or something like Dracula but Sam was the last name he was expecting. "What? I am going to cause you so much pain your bag of toys!!" screamed the bat and went for the bag and stopped in his tracks. "What? You see a ghost or something?", said Gerald. Sam was shaking and told Gerald he would do whatever Gerald wanted.
Sam had found a bat-like toy and was concerned that he would become a toy as well. Sam told Gerald he would do anything he wanted and there was only one thing that Gerald wanted and that was normalcy in his life at home. "That is it? I surprised you didn't ask for food, another cat, or a luxurious cat world?"questioned Sam. Gerald immediately clapped back with a series of reasons and one being Sam must really want to be a toy.
Sam followed the request as quick as he could. With the snap of Sam's claws, Gerald was sent back home. Gerald felt something was different which was good. The feeling he had when he left was one he didn't want to feel again. Gerald made a knocking sound on the door and his owner opened the door and was in awe of Gerald being there and looking good as new. Gerald would live a happy life as his world was back together and wasn't going to fall apart ever again.
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Bibliography: Folk-Tales of Bengal by the Rev. Lal Behari Day, http://mythfolklore.blogspot.com/2014/07/bengal-ghost-who-was-afraid-of-being.html
Hi Ethan!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed all the humor in your story. It was funny to imagine Gerald the cat tearing things up and driving his owner crazy with his meowing. I also like that you based his character off a real cat.
Something I wondered while reading was, why did Sam decide to go and mess with Gerald? Was he trespassing on Sam's tree? Or was he maybe just being a menace for fun?
One minor mistake I noticed is that I think you forgot to say what exactly Sam was planning to do to the bag of toys right before he got scared. Also, if I had one suggestion, maybe you could introduce Sam as having magical powers earlier in the story. I was a little confused when he mentioned giving Gerald a “luxurious cat world” and didn’t realize that he actually had powers until he sent Gerald back home.
Hi Ethan! I thought your story was very creative. After reading your author's note, I could tell what the story was about, because I hadn't read this one before. I wonder what happened to the cat to make his schedule change so suddenly? And it makes me so sad that his owner would kick him out until he became a good cat again! Overall, I'm glad he got to go back home and live a happy life.
ReplyDeleteHello Ethan!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your humorous retelling! Using two stories as inspiration seemed to create a whole new story, which made for a great read, and it was easy to follow along with what Gerald the cat was feeling throughout the retelling. I was a bit confused about why Gerald suddenly started acting out at his owner's home, though, so maybe you could explain what the "weird thing" is that happened a bit more in-depth. I also noticed a few grammatical errors throughout the story and misused/skipped words, but overall this was a fun story to read and I was happy when Gerald made it safely back home!
Hi Ethan!
ReplyDeleteThis story was really lighthearted and fun to read! The first half of the story with the owner and Gerald really drew me in.
I will say that in the second half I got a bit confused for similar reasons as people have already said. I think if you introduced Sam as having powers earlier that would've helped, along with fixing the few places where there were skipped words to help it flow easier!