Friday, May 16, 2025

Z's The Key

 
A place I visited once.

            “The tricky thing is the impossibility of it,” murmured Suzy. “Of course, we cats find impossibility to be challenging, but not entirely off the table. It makes a girl sort of sit up and take a look around at all the angles!
            “Now, here’s the problem. We’re stuck here in this artificial environment, and we want out,” she said, just stating the situation literally.
            It was a general meeting. All except Charley agreed. There was a great deal of nodding, significant glances to the right and left, and shuffling of feet. This was a deeply felt issue, to those who only lived indoors.
            “The only sun we feel is through glass! We never touch the ground, or feel the wind,” agreed Toots. “And there is no hunting in here unless you count bugs once in a while. Not cool!”
            “I feel for you guys,” said Mr. Baby, who was almost always free to roam. “I guess I have no dog in this hunt, but I’m sorry.”
            “Now, listen,” said Suzy. “I think there might be a way. It’s a little esoteric but hear me out.”
            “Oh, boy,” said Willie, “here we go…”
            “Well, look, the way we meet is pretty strange. Right? It’s impossible. We’re all in different places and yet we are together,” said Suzy. “It’s almost like we are in a pocket universe, or dimension or something. I’m just a cat, not a fizzyist, so I don’t know what to call it!”
            “Hear, hear,” said Buddy, out of sheer fellow feeling, since he was not cloistered either.
            “This is what I think. I feel and believe that if we all at the same time use the same vibe that we use to see each other in the glass, but instead really drill down on a place we would like to be together, that we can do it!” enthused Suzy. “But we have to really want it all at the same time.
            “I propose that we use the power of Zs. Oh, I know it will look like a nap to those outside the circle, but it won’t be a nap!”
            “It might work,” said Toots.
            “We can but try,” said Charley, dubiously. “If it doesn’t work, it doesn’t work. Period.”
            “What kind of a place are we to concentrate on,” asked Sammie. “We need to land all in the same place, right?”
            A lot of discussion followed. Finally the circle, Suzy, Willie, Sammie, Toots, Buddy, Mr. Baby, Charley, Grayson, little Storm, and Skinnies all agreed on a meadow scene. They fixed it as firmly as they could in mind, sharing visions as best they could. (a minyan!)
            “Now, with that in mind, think Zs as hard as you can!” said Suzy.
            To all the world, it would  have looked as if ten cats had suddenly gone nappy all at the same time in various locations, if they could have all been seen at the same time.
            An impossibility? Yes, but Suzy’s crazy little idea worked.
            In a dream of a landscape ten cats walked out free together.
            It was, in fact, a perfect meadow. The grass was tall and mysterious for lurking and pouncing in. There were dandelions, fireweed, tiger lilies, wild roses and huckleberry bushes. The air was sweet; the sun was warm. The soft breeze told them myriad enticing secrets.
            The meadow was populated by careless birds! Many twitchy nosed small rodents ran to and fro, just asking for a good pounce!
            There was a small pond. In it, silly small fishes kept coming to the surface looking for a glimpse of the upper world and a gulp of air.
            It seemed that time didn’t move at all. It was glorious! They played together for an eternal moment, if there could be such a thing.
            “It worked!” said Suzy.
            “Yes, it did,” said Willie. “I was wrong to doubt.”
            Finally, Toots said, “I think we should all go home now. I miss my Gentleman, and I’m sure you all miss your people too.”
            So, they all thought of their homes and those they loved, and there they were, peacefully napping in their favorite spots. Indoor and outdoor/indoor cats, all sleeping like good kitties.

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