To Catch A Thief

By BlackJack

It was late at night, and the family were all asleep, including Scooter the dog and Friskers the cat. All slept soundly, not knowing that outside their back door, a thief was carefully picking the lock to come in and rob the family.

The thief had been very quiet in his illegal entry, but as he opened the door, it made a small squeak. Scooter, a small but sharp eared Heinz 57 dog, heard this immediately, as did Friskers, who was a huge yellow kitty who had run wild in the streets until finding this great home. These two had become the best of friends, and they did everything together and got along famously.

Scooter and Friskers immediately got up and went to investigate the sound. They didn't awaken the family yet, they felt it might be a false alarm, as their home had always been safe.

Friskers and Scooter crept silently into the living room, and were astonished to see a stranger, wearing a ski mask and all black clothing, lifting the television from the stand. They then saw him grab the stereo, and they knew this stranger was up to no good. Conferring quietly, they formulated a plan.

Friskers would leap onto the man's back, sinking his claws in tight, and then Scooter would rush out and grab the man's pant leg and hold on tight. They hoped they could stop this evil stranger from taking their families possessions.

At a whisker twitch from Friskers, they each made their move. Friskers leaped high into the air and onto the man's back, his claws sinking in deep. The thief almost hit the ceiling as Frisker's claws dug in. At almost the same moment, Scooter charged out from behind the chair, and grabbed the man's pant leg, also grabbing some skin as he dug in for dear life. This elicited quite a scream from the thief, who thought he was being beset by some sort of spirits of the night. He leaped around crazily, trying to dislodge the dog and cat, but to no avail.

As he kept screaming, the father came rushing out, dialing the police as he held a pistol and told the thief to stop in his tracks. The thief knew he was in trouble, and promptly raised his hands above his head, pleading with the father to get these "crazed animals" off of him. But the father just smiled at Scooter and Friskers, and told them to hang on, which they gladly did.

Shortly thereafter, the police arrived, and took the now crying thief off to jail. The whole family was awake now, and Scooter and Friskers were the recipients of many hugs and kisses, and such praise they had never heard before. Friskers got a lovely treat of a whole can of tuna, and Scooter got a delicious piece of leftover roast. They both smiled their little smiles, and grinned at each other, so proud of having helped out the family that loved them so much.

A week later, they were also honored by having their pictures in the local paper as heroes! Friskers sat there with a kitty grin, Scooter with his doggy grin, as they posed, paw in paw, for their picture. They had truly proved that dogs and cats can be friends, and were able to really say Thank You to their wonderful family.