Journal Entry #8 - Getting Closer

January 29th, 2013 - 12:15 Pm

Here's today's corresponding post from Something Sinister:

I finished my school work early today and decided to take the opportunity to take a stroll through the woods behind our house. This is one of my more… periodic chores. Whenever the wood pile gets down to 1/3 of its regular size, I have to go and see if I can find another tree to cut down. I walked a little farther than I meant to, but I only realized this after I began to get turned around.

I studied my foot prints in the snow, trying to figure out which pare were the original pair.  As I continued to scrutinize the tracks I found another pair of prints. They were… cat prints? “Oh no,” I thought, “I must have accidently let Tabi out.” I looked around and sure enough; he was sitting against the base of a tree, lapping at his fur.

Of all the cats in the world I got the only one who didn’t know how to be a cat. When he first arrived at home we realized that he was a little younger than he should have been. The dog found this to be funny and went about schooling Tabi in the ways of stupidness. To this day I still slap my forehead at ridicules antics; although, looking on the bright side, Tabi may be the only cat on earth who will go on walks and play fetch.

I continued trying to find the path that led back home; however my attention was averted when Tabi gave an unearthly shriek and darted off. I’m not sure why but I ran after him. We ran for maybe… 3.5 minutes before I saw the clearing that was in our back yard. I decided that I didn’t really need to get more wood. The pile was fuller than I thought.

I grabbed Tabi and put him inside, and then went to collect the eggs. I’m sorry if this doesn’t seem interesting Kayle, I’m sure some thing will come up soon.

POSTED BY EDWARD STRAUSSEN

Today's post was most interesting in the slightest manner.

Cats.

Cats aren't scared of everything. Usually only what merits fear, such as dogs. Dogs are a threat to cats, so cats run. Look at the below quote from Something Sinister.

'“Oh no,” I thought, “I must have accidentally let Tabi out.” I looked around and sure enough; he was sitting against the base of a tree, lapping at his fur." "...my attention was averted when Tabi gave an unearthly shriek and darted off."'

Cats have reasons for giving a shriek and darting off like that. It's not normal.

And that's what I deal with. The un-normal.

'I’m sorry if this doesn’t seem interesting Kayle, I’m sure some thing will come up soon.'

Oh, but it interests me. Very much so.

The plot thickens...
Inspector Kornelson