The Cat and the Dragon II

The Cat was in a very malevolent mood. It discovered that the Drachen had eaten all the nice roasted fish that the Cat had bought from the market the day before. The Drachen absolutely adored fish, and the Cat knew that. To be honest, the Cat being a Cat, never liked fish that much though. So why had the Cat bought the fish? In all honesty, the Cat wanted to make the Drachen a special dish of roasted fish spotted with beef jerky. And would watch the Drachen smack the Drachen's lips with pleasure and twitch and roll over with happiness. And now all that remained was the beef jerky.

Yes, the Drachen had been very bad.

The Cat, being the Cat, always knew a way out.

That night when the Drachen tiptoed back into the pouch, the Cat could sense that the Drachen was hungry. But the Drachen was scared to ask the Cat for food, knowing for sure that the Drachen would be very much scolded for stealing the food. The Cat, the Drachen thought, would forget by the next morning; and anyway, in the morning the Drachen would eat the huge bowl of chocolate flavoured cereal. And thus the Cat would be very happy, and forgive the Drachen.

What the Drachen did not know was that this was a part of the Cats devious plan. All throughout the night, when the Drachen was sleeping, the malevolent Cat covered the beef jerkys with a thin coating of chocolate...

You can imagine the Drachen's annoyance: who of us would not be annoyed to have gone to bed with the hope of having a delicious sweet breakfast next morning only to be shocked by the extra saltiness of the beef jerky! The Cat had not only coated the jerkys with a thick coating of chocolate, but had soaked the jerkies overnight in a strong brine solution: strong enough to make any one's teeth week. With a roar, the Drachen flew out of the pouch in the morning.

The black Cat watched with a smirk on its face...

The Cat and The Dragon 1

The Cat was not happy. It did not like it's sleep being disturbed by a certain nibbling of it's ears. It slowly opened it's sleepy eyes and looked down. Yes, the pouch was open. The dragon had woken up early and had got out.

No sooner than this happened, it spotted a blue mass completely engulfing it's face. The bright yellow tail with blue stripes tickled more than ever. This was the Drachen, the Dragon, also called Draggy by the Dragon's friends. The latter included a Bear, a Zebra, a Mouse and an Eagle. There was also a Black Cat, but we need come to it only later.

Now that the Drachen was awake it would need it's usual Pork Soup for breakfast. This was the absolutely one single food that the Dragon loved, and would eat without complaint. Then it would be time for the Dragon to get dressed and go to school with all the friends.

The Cat let a big "meeow" and stretched itself, put out a huge yawn, and also managed to scratch the Blue Dragon as it tried to scuttle away. The Drachen turned back and hissed out some black smoke on the Cat's face, making the Cat cough. It was the usual bit of Cat-and-Dragon play that would happen every morning.

With the Pork Soup finished, the Drachen was easy to tame. The Cat quickly dressed the Drachen up, in a brand new yellow knickerbockers, and a smarty shirt with a tie. Very soon, there was scratch at the door, and almost simultaneously Zibby the Zebra poked its head in. The Drachen let a squeal of joy, and flew out from the Cat's grasp, and landed on Zibby's head.

As the Drachen and it's friends made their way to School, the Black Cat looked on, and stared angrily. It was not happy.