'THE GOLDEN CAT'
By: Paul

Once upon a time, there lived a golden cat. His name was Howie. He lived in a 
stone castle at the end of the forest.

His favorite past-time was chasing after the squirrels that lived in the trees. 
But he often couldn't catch them (due to being 'slow-kat').

One afternoon, while searching in an alcove, he chanced upon a forbidden mush 
room patch. This was a patch filled with tiny mushrooms he alone could eat.

When he bit into one of the mushrooms, he felt an enormously strange feeling in 
the pit of his stomach! Yuck, he thought 'Just what have I eaten here?'

Before he could think anything more of it, a magical light engulfed him! It was 
the most brilliant light his cat eyes had ever seen! He purred in contentment 
'Purrrr....' he purred. The light continued to pulsate. Finally, curiosity 
entered his lone brain cell and so he entered the light slowly.

'ZAAAAAAaaaappppp!" the light went. And ZAAAAAAaaaappppp he went into it.

Arriving on the other side, he discovered he was filled with a golden aura! He 
even felt a slight twitch when he walked!

'I must be golden!' he purred. 'This is a new day for me! I'm the golden cat!'

While pondering these thoughts, he was suddenly zapped back into the light, just 
as quickly as he had entered!

'ZAAAAAAaaaappppp!' the light went. And ZAAAAAAaaaappppp he went back into it. 
Again, he found himself in the same mushroom patch as before.

'I wonder if I can catch the squirrels now that I am golden?' he wondered. Howie 
decided to try his theory out, and lunged at the nearest squirrel.

'POW!' his prey went down, as Howie successfully caught the hapless squirrel.

'Hey, let me go!' the squirrel demanded of Howie. But Howie was too busy feasting 
on the squirrel's tail.

Soon, he had a nice meal...a squirrel meal! The golden cat had found his way home!

THE END