December 13, 2009
Alley Cat (Read the highlighted paragraphs)
After school, Hyun and I decided to head to the alley near the school to see if the rumor was true. “Do you really think the street kids are gone?” I asked Hyun. “Yes, how many times do I have to tell you that they are no where in sight anymore. That’s what Tyler told me.” I considered about following Hyun or just turn around and head home. But then I decided to go with the formal choice, because Hyun would definitely call me “chicken” for at least a month if I disagree with him and go home. “Do you actually believe Tyler?” I asked him. “Maybe he’s trying have revenge on us because we made him drink toilet water several days ago,” Hyun ignored me.
We couldn’t believe our eyes! Tyler was telling the truth! The street kids weren’t there where they supposed to be. Then I grew a little suspicious. What made them leave? They didn’t just leave the place for no reason. They used to be there all the time hanging around, bullying kids. That was like their home. Maybe bunch of new stronger kids came and kicked them out, or even worse, Stinky might have decided to call the alley “home”! Suddenly, I heard a growl. Was it Stinky? I thought, but it wasn’t. It was rather more threatening as if it wanted us to leave the place instantly. It grew bigger, and Hyun asked me, “I-is th-th-that you, No-Noah?” Hyun stammered.
“N-no,” I stammered too.” And all of the sudden, I sensed something behind us. We spun around and “AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!” was the only sound we made.
It was a cat. A cat with black fur and white paws with his eyes glued on us. “Ha-ha, it’s a cat!” Hyun said. “Hello, kitty, kitty, how are you?” The alley cat roared. Hyun jumped up and he wet his pants. “That’s not cool!” Hyun shouted. I could definitely infer he was embarrassed even though he was acting nonchalant about the embarrassment by showing his anger. He grabbed a rock from the ground and threw it. It missed, but he made the cat furious. Furious enough to kill us. The cat jumped right at Hyun’s face, and he (we could figure out the gender by its temper) clung onto Hyun’s face and wouldn’t come off. No matter how Hyun tried to put it away from him, the alley cat tightened and tightened until Hyun finally appealed for help from me, “Help me, Noah!” I grabbed his tail, and started tugging it toward me. Then the alley cat started its attack. It started scratching Hyun’s face nonstop. I elbowed the cat’s head. And it turned around to face me! That cat bared his yellow fangs. He growled and I let out a scream. That cat came toward me and bit my leg! I screamed and accidently kicked the cat. The cat flew in the air for awhile, and then fell hard on to the ground. We didn’t miss this great opportunity. We retreated as quickly as we can.
When we came back to our house, Hyun proposed a plan to get rid of the alley cat. “You go to Mr. Bill’s house,” oh-oh, this doesn’t sound so good, I thought. “And attract Stinky and bring him where that alley where that cat lives.” This was committing suicide, but I agreed with Hyun’s plan, because if I won’t follow his plan, then he won’t too, and that alley cat might stay there forever! We got out of our house and while Hyun went to see the alley cat, I went to see Stinky. Sure enough, he was there, perched on top of his house. He barked at me when he saw me, so I started running as fast as I could. Stinky chased me. And I thought everything was going okay when I accidently tripped over a rock and fell on my knees. I started crying when I saw me bleed. Stinky finally got me. I thought he was going to tear off my neck and my veins.
However, while I was having trouble, Hyun arrived to the alley and he saw the alley cat. Hyun thought distance between him and the alley cat was far enough for him to piece off that alley cat.
“Nanny Nanny boo boo, you can’t catch me,” Hyun made a face, then glanced at the cat to see his response. He was gone. “Uh-oh,” Hyun murmured. And he heard a growl behind him. “AAAHHH!” Hyun screamed, and then ran as fast as he could.
“Nice doggy,” I said looking at Stinky in a worried face. He was slowly approaching to me. His spit was coming out of his mouth. When he was only a foot away from me, I said good- bye to this world. And I closed my eyes. “AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!” At first I thought it was coming from my mouth, but it was Hyun’s. I opened my eyes to see what was going on. It was Hyun getting chased by an alley cat. All of the sudden, Stinky’s attention went to the alley cat. The alley cat, I think he noticed that too. Next thing we saw was that alley cat scurrying away and Stinky chasing after him. And we never saw that alley cat again.
When we went to the alley near the school next afternoon, the street kids were back. “Hey, you better get your butt out of here before we kick your butt.” Said one of the street gang. “We’ll give you three seconds to run, 3…2…” We screamed, and then ran safe to our house without getting caught.
The End
It was a cat. A cat with black fur and white paws with his eyes glued on us. “Ha-ha, it’s a cat!” Hyun said. “Hello, kitty, kitty, how are you?” The alley cat roared. Hyun jumped up and he wet his pants. “That’s not cool!” Hyun shouted. I could definitely infer he was embarrassed even though he was acting nonchalant about the embarrassment by showing his anger. He grabbed a rock from the ground and threw it. It missed, but he made the cat furious. Furious enough to kill us. The cat jumped right at Hyun’s face, and he (we could figure out the gender by its temper) clung onto Hyun’s face and wouldn’t come off. No matter how Hyun tried to put it away from him, the alley cat tightened and tightened until Hyun finally appealed for help from me, “Help me, Noah!” I grabbed his tail, and started tugging it toward me. Then the alley cat started its attack. It started scratching Hyun’s face nonstop. I elbowed the cat’s head. And it turned around to face me! That cat bared his yellow fangs. He growled and I let out a scream. That cat came toward me and bit my leg! I screamed and accidently kicked the cat. The cat flew in the air for awhile, and then fell hard on to the ground. We didn’t miss this great opportunity. We retreated as quickly as we can.