The Inner Life Of Pets, A Play In 3 Acts .... for Sunday Scribblings

The Inner Life Of Pets, a play in 3 acts
for Sunday Scribblings

The Characters: Peppermint, also known as Pepper, an orange tiger cat. Approx. 2 yrs. old.
Liliput, also known as Lily, a black and white tuxedo cat, approx. 1 yr. old.

Act #1: the kitchen
7 o'clock in the morning

Pepper: Gosh, this stuff is good. Must be tuna. It's kind of fishy.

Lily: It's okay, I prefer the turkey stuff. But this is better than nothing, which is what I had for dinner last night.

Pepper: Well, that's what you get for being fussy! If you don't eat what's put in front of you, you get hungry!

Lily: Yeah? Who Says?? I could'a gone out and caught a vole ... or some crickets, but she wouldn't let me out. Said it was getting too dark. She keeps trying to scare me by saying that there is a huge owl out there that might think I'd make a good snack!!

Pepper: Well, you never know .... In my first home, my friend, Bonnie, almost got caught by a big hawk!!

Lily: Oh, get over it!! I'm too tough and I'm not afraid of anything ... even those big things that come in the driveway and honk at me when I won't move out of the way. Whatever they are, they have some nerve!

Pepper: I'm full, let's go watch birds!

Act #2: The Kitchen Window, later in the morning

Lily: Will you look at that fat squirrel?!? He'd make a great dinner!!

Pepper: Yeah, but look at that gorgeous bright red cardinal! Have you tried one? I've never had one. I wonder if they taste like sparrow.

Lily: Nah, I've never had one. I do know that sparrow and chickadee are pretty close in flavor. I think sparrow can be a bit tough, though. They eat anything, ya know! Chickadees only eat black oil sunflower seeds. Makes 'em a bit more tender.

Pepper: Yeah, and blue jays are the worst! Their meat is very stringy! Oh, I see what you mean about that squirrel! I've never caught one. They are too big to fool with. And they don't seem to be afraid of cats. I thought one was going to chase me the other day!! Ooh, I'm getting sleepy.

Act #3: The Master Bedroom, early afternoon

Pepper: She's doing that thing again!! Why is she always doing that?? I hate that bright light that flashes in my face!

Lily: She's taking pictures, silly. She thinks we're cute ... likes to brag about us ... how smart we are!

Pepper: Oh, well we are pretty special, ya know. Why else would she have brought us here.

Lily: Hush up and go to sleep. I've got a date tonight with a mouse. I need my beauty rest! My claws grow best when I get plenty of rest!!

The End

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