The World Famous Fluffy: a short story from my ebook "Servant and Several Sillinesses"

"THIS IS THE WORLD FAMOUS FLUFFY SPEAKING!!!"  the huge voice erupted from the clouds.  People barely glanced up, tired and bored from their Tuesday blahs.

What could be happening on a Tuesday, after all?  Must be some sort of advertisement, they shrugged.  For cat or dog food.

So...nobody saw the tiny spaceship coming down from the sky, with eyes gleaming out from it.

The voice roared again, though!

"SURRENDER, HUMANS!!!!"

"Huh??"

The roar of fighter jets superseded the great voice from on high.  They circled the tiny craft, seeming to wonder what to do with it.

Not one shot came from the spacecraft.  It just circled lazily in the sky, with  fighter jets whirling around it.

"OR ELSE!!!"  The great voice roared out again!

Finally, one of the fighter jets seemed to have found a loudspeaker, to answer;

"OR ELSE WHAT?"

People on the ground stood and stared upwards with large , frightened eyes.  Waiting for disaster. Unable to move.  Just waiting.

There was no answer from the tiny craft with the large voice.

"WE ARE PREPARED TO SHOOT YOU DOWN!!!"  the fighter jet pilot announced.

The small spaceship shot up suddenly.  Then, it shot down in a blur.  It slipped onto its side, and then just disappeared!  Then just as suddenly, it reappeared, closer to the ground.

"THIS IS THE WORLD FAMOUS FLUFFY SPEAKING!!!

SURRENDER, HUMANS!!!

OR ELSE!!!"

"WE AREN'T AFRAID OF  YOU!!" was the terrifying response.  The people on the ground cried out, and wondered where they could run to.

"OK!!!!  I WARNED YOU!!! TWICE!!!

I WILL PURR AT YOU NOW!!!"

"PURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!......................"

Suddenly, we all found ourselves relaxing.   People grinned at whoever was next to them, and laughed a little.  The fighter jets kind of wobbled a bit, and then flew off--rather erratically--back to their bases.

And that was how cats took over the world.  And why we all have to pay Queen Fluffy in fresh, sushi grade salmon every week.

At least she doesn't eat much.

Here is the photo that inspired this story!