My Cats and the Christmas Tree

Here's a little dialog I wrote many years ago about my cats and the Christmas tree. The two cats are Fred and Charly and they were both around a year old at the time I wrote this. I can still see their eyes as they would sit under the tree and stare up through the branches.....just before their launch at something on the tree.

So Fred, ya think mom'll put up the tree?

I dunno Charly, I think she remembers last year, see?

Last year? Did we have a tree last year?

Yep, Charly, up till where we upset it and she got so mad we'd a been
outside if she coulda caught us.

Oh yeah, Fred, I 'member now - "Ho ho ho and away we go!”
That's what we kep a'saying!!!

Right Charly, hee, hee, hee, we sure did. We really liked that tree,
especially after we fixed it up just the way we liked - branches bent
down, shiny stuff on the floor to chase!!! "Hee, hee, hee, look at me"
That's what you kep a hollerin' Charly . I'd look up and there you
were, pullin' down another bunch of that silver stuff.

Uh....... Fred?

Yeah Charly?

I just 'membered sumpin' else....

Yeah? What?

'Member the flyswatter? She didn't hit, ya know but she sure made my
heart go thump 'n I fell clean outta that tree!!!

Yeah, Charly, that's right. But Charly, giggle, giggle, snort,
snort, I sure wish she'd put that
tree up agin......giggle, giggle, snort, guffaw...........when she, I
mean, when you, when she, when you, I mean when she chased you under
the bed, screamin' and a hollerin'........and you had that big rope of
stuff you was a pullin' off the tree.....and giggle, roar, snort, haw - haw, you ran so fast with it, the whole tree fell over.........CRASH!

Now THAT was a Christmas to remember!!!!!