What's Halloween To A Cat?

 

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            Suzy retreated to  her special place down under the piano bench. Well, her other special place that is. She closed her eyes and began to purr a profoundly deep purr. She achieved her long distance resonance soon.
            “Toots, are you busy tonight?" Suzy felt chatty.
            “Not so much, Suzy. Just scanning the landscape. I can do that and talk at the same time,” Toots sent back, all the way to the upper lefthand corner of America.
            “Hey, I was wondering if you knew what yesterday was the anniversary of,” asked Suzy.
            “Yeah, meow, I do, do you?” asked Toots, feeling rather special and in-the-know.
            “What one of us knows, both of us know! That’s how it works, isn’t it?” from Suzy.
            “Yesterday was the anniversary of the first recording of a genuine Forest Lady, Patty! That shouldn’t be forgotten,” added Toots. “And yes, what one knows, both know!”
            “There is another matter to be dealt with, isn’t there,” said Suzy. “And you know what it is.”  The decibel level of the purring went up for a while, as they both considered it.
            “In a few days, when night falls, it will be Crazy Night. It scares the willies out of me, oh not that Willie, haha. How do you handle it?” asked Suzy.
            “I hide,” said Toots. (This surprises no one.)
            “I can hear them banging on the door for hours,” said Suzy.
            Willie, himself, butted in there, saying, “you girls just don’t know how to have fun!”
            “It’s not fun!” they both answered!
            “Oh, come on! It could be! You could come out into the living room and see the kids who come to the door in weird clothes begging for candy,” Willie sent.              Willie knows how to do this group purr thing too, though he usually doesn’t bother.
            “I don’t trust them,” said Suzy. “One of them dressed like a pirate or something could jump into the house and come after me! Then what?”
            “Yeah, looking out of my window I see them creeping down the road, looking for trouble I say,” said Toots.  “Hiding is the best solution!”
            “Why do they do that anyhow?” said Suzy. “Cats don’t do that.  No cat comes and bangs on the door demanding candy.”
            “People are strange,” said Toots, “but it’s not really the people I worry about.”
            “When you’re a stranger,” said Willie.
            “Don’t be silly. This is serious,” said Suzy.
            “Did you ever hear the story of Maurice? What if he put on a funny costume like a Kentucky Colonel or something dumb like that and came to the door?” said Toots.  “You remember what he did with cats?”
            “Oh! Toots! That’s right! Oh heavens! We must hide!” yowled Suzy.
            That did it!  Transmission over! Pouf!
            Willie watched as Suzy vanished behind some boxes.  He couldn’t even see her tail. He shook his head. He had a fair idea of what Toots was doing also.
            “And they called me silly!” said Willie. “It’s not Halloween for ten more days!”
            And if a cat could laugh, Willie would have been laughing.