Well, thought Harold, one of the brown cats that had taken up the rear of the little entourage, We can't have this, now can we? Letting a mouse get away with a stunt like that was simply not done.
With a murmured 'Mrrow' he snuck after the offending creature, who seemed rather oblivious to the four remaining felines.
That went rather well, Derek told himself, in case he'd missed it, I shall have to tell Hannah about this. Won't she be impressed! Fought off an entire cat army, all by myself, my goodness, how heroic! Wait a minute... why was his back warm all of a sudden?
Oh. Oh dear. Oh dear oh dear oh dear. Alright, maybe he hadn't fought off the whole army.
A rather large pair of cat eyes was staring at him in a most distressing manner (they seemed to be wondering whether ketchup or mustard would better suit this little scrap of meat before them).
"Er- oh look!" Derek pointed at the sky in amazement. "A distracting thing!"
The great gob of fur looked up for a moment, and that was all it took for Derek to be unequivocally out of there.
by: Filthy S. Bilgerat
10.13.2008
The Story
Confronted with the cat, Derek felt fear taking him over. Well, thought Derek, what would Lickey Mouse do? He would… he would find a weapon and battle the cat! Derek looked around. What he saw was not encouraging. Grass, nuts, leaves, an ant hill, several small pebbles, a flat piece of wood [apparently used by Humans for making nests - a silly way to go about it!], and a biggish rock. Derek thought hard. He didn't have much time before the cat - who was currently occupied in knocking another cat over [maybe an intimidation technique to use on his next prey?] - decided to get serious about dinner.
Suddenly, inspiration struck. He heaved the wood onto the rock, centered it, and placed a pebble at one end of the wood, with the others piled neatly beside the contraption. Then, he waited.
With a 'mrow', the cat [whose name, by the way, was Sanders] prowled towards Derek. What's this? thought Sanders. This little pipsqueak is too frightened to even run? Darn it, that's no fun! He was disappointed; he'd thought that maybe he could get a little exercise to cancel out the fatty mouse-meat. His doctor had been nagging him about losing weight, and maybe then his feline fancy, Felice, would pay more attention to him.
Sanders was shaken out of his revery when he felt something sharp hit his back. Approaching, he was pelted by tiny pebbles. Enraged, he was about to pounce on the mouse when one particularly sharp-edged rock hit his eye, temporarily blinding him. Yowling in pain, he scurried off, avoiding the stares of the other cats as he admitted defeat.
Derek was ecstatic. His invention had worked! He wasn't in the stomach of a cat! Maybe he was a little more like Lickey Mouse than he'd thought. Humming happily to himself, he pranced off further into the forest.
~Lexi
Suddenly, inspiration struck. He heaved the wood onto the rock, centered it, and placed a pebble at one end of the wood, with the others piled neatly beside the contraption. Then, he waited.
With a 'mrow', the cat [whose name, by the way, was Sanders] prowled towards Derek. What's this? thought Sanders. This little pipsqueak is too frightened to even run? Darn it, that's no fun! He was disappointed; he'd thought that maybe he could get a little exercise to cancel out the fatty mouse-meat. His doctor had been nagging him about losing weight, and maybe then his feline fancy, Felice, would pay more attention to him.
Sanders was shaken out of his revery when he felt something sharp hit his back. Approaching, he was pelted by tiny pebbles. Enraged, he was about to pounce on the mouse when one particularly sharp-edged rock hit his eye, temporarily blinding him. Yowling in pain, he scurried off, avoiding the stares of the other cats as he admitted defeat.
Derek was ecstatic. His invention had worked! He wasn't in the stomach of a cat! Maybe he was a little more like Lickey Mouse than he'd thought. Humming happily to himself, he pranced off further into the forest.
~Lexi
10.12.2008
Hello!
Greetings everyone!
I'm Lexi. I'm 14. I met Nora this summer, and she very kindly invited me to be part of this blog. I thought I should introduce myself, as I don't know the rest of you. I live in New York, and enjoy reading, singing, knitting, and learning languages. I homeschool and have done so for four years.
Lexi / apple.girl
I'm Lexi. I'm 14. I met Nora this summer, and she very kindly invited me to be part of this blog. I thought I should introduce myself, as I don't know the rest of you. I live in New York, and enjoy reading, singing, knitting, and learning languages. I homeschool and have done so for four years.
Lexi / apple.girl
10.09.2008
Love vs. Obsession
Definition of love:
1. A deep, tender, ineffable feeling of affection and solicitude toward a person, such as that arising from kinship, recognition of attractive qualities, or a sense of underlying oneness.
2. A feeling of intense desire and attraction toward a person with whom one is disposed to make a pair; the emotion of sex and romance.
3.
1. Sexual passion.
2. Sexual intercourse.
3. A love affair.
4. A strong predilection or enthusiasm: a love of language.
5. The object of such an enthusiasm: The outdoors is her greatest love.
4. An intense emotional attachment, as for a pet or treasured object.
5. A person who is the object of deep or intense affection or attraction; beloved. Often used as a term of endearment.
6. An expression of one's affection: Send him my love.
7.
1. A strong predilection or enthusiasm: a love of language.
2. The object of such an enthusiasm: The outdoors is her greatest love.
8. Love Mythology Eros or Cupid.-- Dictionary.com
Definition of love: 1) a. (1) a strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties. (2) attraction based on sexual desire; affection and tenderness felt by lovers (3) affection based on admiration, benevolence or common interests. b. an assurance of love. 2) a warm attachment, enthusiasm or devotion. 3) a. the object of attachment, devotion, or admiration. b. a beloved person. 4) a. unselfish loyal, and benevolent concern for the good of another (1) the fatherly concern of God for man. (2) a brotherly concern for others. b. a person's adoration of God. 5) a god or personification of love. -- Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary
Definition of love: to be fond of, or desire. 1) a deep and tender feeling of affection for or attachment to or devotion to a person or persons 2) an expression of one's love or affection 3) a feeling of brotherhood and goodwill toward other people 4) (a) a strong liking for or affection (b) the object of such liking 5) (a) a strong, usually passionate, affection of one person, for another, based on sexual attraction (b) the person who is the object of such an affection; sweetheart; lover 6) (a) God's benevolent concern for mankind (b) man's devout attachment to God -- New World Dictionary of the American Language
Definition of affection: a state of feeling. 1) emotional state or tendency; disposition or feeling. 2) a fond or tender feeling; warm liking 3) a disease ailment 4) an attribute or property of a thing -- New World Dictionary of the American Language
Definition of obsession: 1) the act of an evil spirit in possessing or ruling a person 2) (a) the fact or state of being obsessed with an idea, desire, emotion, etc. (b) such a persistent idea, desire, emotion, etc. especially one that cannot be got rid of by reasoning.
Definition of obsession: 1) a persistent disturbing preoccupation with an often unreasonable idea or feeling. 2) an emotion or idea causing obsession. -- Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary
Definition of obsession:
–noun
1. the domination of one's thoughts or feelings by a persistent idea, image, desire, etc.
2. the idea, image, desire, feeling, etc., itself.
3. the state of being obsessed.
4. the act of obsessing.
[Origin: 1505–15; < L obsessiōn- (s. of obsessiō) blockade, siege, equiv. to obsess(us)
-- Dictionary.com
Bible definition of love:
Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful; it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices at right. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends; as for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge it will pass away.
Quotes
"You call it madness, but I call it love" ~Don Byas
To me, Justin's side was calling it madness, and Emma's side was calling it love.
"All love that has not a friendship at it's base is like a mansion built upon the sand" ~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Heathcliff and Cathy's whatever-you-want-to-call-it (obsession/love/something-or-other) definitely had a friendship at the base of it, because they were basically brother and sister, and they had a long history of getting into trouble together, and, after so many shared experiences, it is kind of impossible NOT to have a friendship.
"Infantile love follows the principle 'I love because I am loved'
Mature love follows the principle 'I am loved because I love'
Immature love says: 'I love you because I need you'
Mature love says 'I need you because I love you'"
~ Erich Fromm
What do you think?? Mature or immature??
Bri
PS. EVERYONE WHO READS THIS AND HAS AN OPINION, PLEASE RESPOND!! (if you aren't in the British Literature class, I am sorry... but it is a very interesting discussion topic, and I just had to post this stuff)
1. A deep, tender, ineffable feeling of affection and solicitude toward a person, such as that arising from kinship, recognition of attractive qualities, or a sense of underlying oneness.
2. A feeling of intense desire and attraction toward a person with whom one is disposed to make a pair; the emotion of sex and romance.
3.
1. Sexual passion.
2. Sexual intercourse.
3. A love affair.
4. A strong predilection or enthusiasm: a love of language.
5. The object of such an enthusiasm: The outdoors is her greatest love.
4. An intense emotional attachment, as for a pet or treasured object.
5. A person who is the object of deep or intense affection or attraction; beloved. Often used as a term of endearment.
6. An expression of one's affection: Send him my love.
7.
1. A strong predilection or enthusiasm: a love of language.
2. The object of such an enthusiasm: The outdoors is her greatest love.
8. Love Mythology Eros or Cupid.-- Dictionary.com
Definition of love: 1) a. (1) a strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties. (2) attraction based on sexual desire; affection and tenderness felt by lovers (3) affection based on admiration, benevolence or common interests. b. an assurance of love. 2) a warm attachment, enthusiasm or devotion. 3) a. the object of attachment, devotion, or admiration. b. a beloved person. 4) a. unselfish loyal, and benevolent concern for the good of another (1) the fatherly concern of God for man. (2) a brotherly concern for others. b. a person's adoration of God. 5) a god or personification of love. -- Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary
Definition of love: to be fond of, or desire. 1) a deep and tender feeling of affection for or attachment to or devotion to a person or persons 2) an expression of one's love or affection 3) a feeling of brotherhood and goodwill toward other people 4) (a) a strong liking for or affection (b) the object of such liking 5) (a) a strong, usually passionate, affection of one person, for another, based on sexual attraction (b) the person who is the object of such an affection; sweetheart; lover 6) (a) God's benevolent concern for mankind (b) man's devout attachment to God -- New World Dictionary of the American Language
Definition of affection: a state of feeling. 1) emotional state or tendency; disposition or feeling. 2) a fond or tender feeling; warm liking 3) a disease ailment 4) an attribute or property of a thing -- New World Dictionary of the American Language
Definition of obsession: 1) the act of an evil spirit in possessing or ruling a person 2) (a) the fact or state of being obsessed with an idea, desire, emotion, etc. (b) such a persistent idea, desire, emotion, etc. especially one that cannot be got rid of by reasoning.
Definition of obsession: 1) a persistent disturbing preoccupation with an often unreasonable idea or feeling. 2) an emotion or idea causing obsession. -- Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary
Definition of obsession:
–noun
1. the domination of one's thoughts or feelings by a persistent idea, image, desire, etc.
2. the idea, image, desire, feeling, etc., itself.
3. the state of being obsessed.
4. the act of obsessing.
[Origin: 1505–15; < L obsessiōn- (s. of obsessiō) blockade, siege, equiv. to obsess(us)
-- Dictionary.com
Bible definition of love:
Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful; it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices at right. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends; as for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge it will pass away.
Quotes
"You call it madness, but I call it love" ~Don Byas
To me, Justin's side was calling it madness, and Emma's side was calling it love.
"All love that has not a friendship at it's base is like a mansion built upon the sand" ~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Heathcliff and Cathy's whatever-you-want-to-call-it (obsession/love/something-or-other) definitely had a friendship at the base of it, because they were basically brother and sister, and they had a long history of getting into trouble together, and, after so many shared experiences, it is kind of impossible NOT to have a friendship.
"Infantile love follows the principle 'I love because I am loved'
Mature love follows the principle 'I am loved because I love'
Immature love says: 'I love you because I need you'
Mature love says 'I need you because I love you'"
~ Erich Fromm
What do you think?? Mature or immature??
Bri
PS. EVERYONE WHO READS THIS AND HAS AN OPINION, PLEASE RESPOND!! (if you aren't in the British Literature class, I am sorry... but it is a very interesting discussion topic, and I just had to post this stuff)
10.07.2008
10.03.2008
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