The Maxie Stories

By Kate L. Melnik

Chapter 1: The Trip

My name is Maxie. I'm a Maine-coon kitten. I'm black furred with white botches and socks and also short furred. Not puffy like a Persian, just short, soft fur.

Anyway, one day a loooong time ago (in cat years anyway), I was with my mother, being the runt that I was, when this huge two-legged creature walked over and sat down in front of me. It was odd watching her sit with only two legs and no tail for balance. It had fur only on the top of it's head and it was tied up in two bunches. She put out her huge paw and stoked me. I nearly fell over. She was strong! Her paw started to move away. I couldn't help myself. I jumped at it and bit and clawed it.

Until another paw joined it and I was scoped off the ground. I felt like I was flying! Then I was pulled to the two-legged thing. The strange thing was that I didn't really feel like jumping out. I was . just . too . tired. So. I . closed. my .eyes. and. zZ.

When-I-woke-up-I-felt-like-running-around-Mom-a-million-times! But- then- I- saw- I was in a box! I panicked, when I saw that it also had a door! Mom had always said that if we ever found ourselves in a box with a door that we were going o a new place with new things!

I didn't want to go! I thought about my three sisters: Salt, Julia, and Kari, and about my four brothers: Spot, Speck, Pepper, and Jake. All who I would probably never see again.

"NO!" I mewed to myself. "No I WILL see them again!" and with that I charged at the door and clawed it and bit it. But my little kitten sharp teeth couldn't break it. "I want Mom." I purred sadly. I was stuck in a box that was kitten-proof.

After what seemed like ages, that two-legged thing picked up my box and carried it outside. "Wow!" I let out a surprised meow. I had never been outside before! Mom had never let me because I was too small and would have made a tasty treat for 'Dogs', whatever they were.

All the new smells and sounds came through the little door in my box. I stuck my little pink nose through a hole. All the smells of older cats and other little creatures, some that I knew many I didn't. Too bad I couldn't get out and explore. now that would be fun!

I saw a little creature with little fuzzy hairs all over it, which Mom had told me were 'feathers'. I saw another kitten in a huge plant that was so very, very TALL! "Hello up there!" I meowed. But he didn't answer me.

Then the two-legged thing carrying my box put it down in what Mom had called a 'car'. Suddenly a very loud noise surrounded me and the 'car' started to move! Like a cat, but I was inside it! "HELP! I'VE BEEN EATTEN!" I screeched but Mom didn't come to save me like she had before. I was really alone. "I want my Mom." I purred miserly to myself.

I was beginning to wonder when I would die, when the 'car' stopped and the two-legged thing picked my box-with-a-door up again. She saved me! Now she was carrying me towards another house! I wonder what will be inside of this new blue house?