Marmalade Kitten, Teddy and Me

I will turn back the pages of my life to when I was just a little girl on a bright sunny summer day . . . It was all Teddy Bears idea to take Marmalade outside, he was just a tiny kitten, a fluffy baby, not very old. So, I picked Marmalade up and cuddled him in my arms, and Teddy too. Neither was heavy but one was wiggly. Outside on the green grass I set kitten down and waited, and waited. He was perfectly still, staring, then all of a sudden he was running and skidding sideways and stopping suddenly, I was laughing until he darted off running very fast into the street. Oh my gosh! I was able to catch him but he was not co-operating and fell out of my hands and I'm crying because I dropped Marmalade kitten down a storm drain, GONE FOREVER! And it was all my fault (and Teddy Bears) I lay down and looked into the drain but could not see him but heard a faint m e o w . . . meow, meow . . . Teddy stay here I am going to get mommy and I ran off. Mommy came right away and she lay down too and called out for Marmalade and we heard it again, m e o w !!!! Soon, many people were gathered and we did not know what to do until someone saw a fire truck and hailed it down. Oh Mr. Fireman, please save my kitten ! I wept and wept. The Firemen talked together for a moment then lifted the grate, and used a flashlight to look down and there was Marmalade in the mud, MEOW!!! he yelled. Then, one was climbing down. I said to Teddy, oh this is a real tragedy! After what seemed like hours, the fireman lifted a very dirty ginger kitten from that dark hole and all the people cheered and clapped their hands. I was jumping. Someone had a towel and we wrapped Marmalade up and I hugged him to my heart, soon he was purring very strongly. Mommy can we give him a bath because he is dirty? Then, I noticed Teddy sitting there where I had left him. Poor Teddy! Mommy said that we should give Marmalade time to rest and then wash him. But, Teddy was getting a bath right away so we filled the bathtub with purple bubbles and I jumped in too! My advice to others... just don't take your kitten out when they are too little and listen, don't drop them down storm drains because they could be gone forever. The End. _______________________________ February 26, 2019 Poetry/Narrative/Marmalade Kitten, Teddy and Me Copyright Protected, ID 19-1118-490-02 All Rights Reserved. Written under Pseudonym. Written for the contest, Down A Storm Drain, Gone Forever sponsor, Eve Roper First Place