(I’m telling you mom – that Thunderdog is lurking up there!)
Feh! It’s that time of year again. I start panting and sidle up close to mom.
What’s wrong Fudges? She gives my ear a scratch. Is it time for your pill already… noooo – I think not.
I give her the nose. Move your legs – I’ll just cozy up here under your desk with you.
She looks at me – but there’s no space my woof. And it’s still sunny outside. The weather is just fine.
Ohhhh… It’s coming, don’t you worry.
I give up trying to squoosh all our legs under her desk.
She’s right, there’s a most inconvenient bar in the way. Was I a tad younger I might have had a go at gnawing it off, but my fangs are not quite as fearsome any longer.
Sure enough, the sky gets all dark and gloomy. Then it starts to rumble and shake – in my head anyway. There is an incredibly brilliant flash… and that Thunderdog bellows in the sky.
Ralph comes skidding into the bedroom – whiskers twitching, eyes wild. He’s not a fan of the Thunderdog either. He scrambles onto mom’s lap. She has to move her chair back – there’s no space for both of them under the desk either.
I scuttle around the bed and dive into my box.
Must say – my box is not too shabby now. In the beginning it was horrible. Mom had put a mat in which I could scrunch into position, but every time I moved the whole box made a lot of noise. Then she got the idea to cover the box with a duvet and put a big fat cushion in it.
Thought it might be a bit hot , but it’s nice and cozy and also a bit soundproofed. Almost as good as being under the bed. Sometimes Ralph intrudes, which is just rude – especially when he claims the fat bit of the cushion.
Edge – the grey kitty who now has a name– does not particularly like the noise either and burrows under Em’s material boxes when he hears the first roar.
Sjoe, says mom. What a bunch of sissies you furries are. Just smell this rain – it’s delicious.
Delicious! My woggley whiskers – now she’s really losing it. Come inside immediately woman and close that balcony door.
She hangs over the railing and catches some raindrops. Then a bolt of lightning cracks nearby and the ferocious growl of that mutt in the sky even makes mom jump.
Yah!