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Fractions for fun - 1. Look what the cat dragged in
You get to plug your nouns (in any order) into the following sentences:
[Name] opened the front door and found a (noun). [Name] stared, shocked, but then [Name] remembered I/he/she/they had a (noun) and….
My nouns were cat and sock. This is what happened... Enjoy!
Nathaniel opened the front door and found a cat. He stared, shocked, but then he remembered they had a sock filled with cat nip hanging outside the front door to lure the last remaining foul creatures out of hiding. Still, to see a living cat so close was jolting nonetheless. Ever since the High Council had declared the evil beings banished a few years back, cats had been continuously caught and killed. All in an attempt to cleanse the town of Satan’s influence. But could that really be done so easily? Immediately, Nathaniel blocked the blasphemous thought from his mind. The High Council was always right. They were guided by God and therefore infallible like Him.
The cat turned its green eyes on him, its gaze making shivers go down Nathaniel’s spine.
“Nate…” It seemed to speak to him. “Touch me!”
He shook his head. Not that name. Not those thoughts! They hadn’t crossed his mind in over a year, not since Hezekiel was shunned for his impure and wicked ways, which threatened to lead them all astray. He hadn’t touched another man since, even though his mind was too often invaded by the memories of his time with Zeke… Hezekiel, he hurriedly corrected himself.
The cat’s shiny, black fur looked irresistibly soft. He could almost feel the texture under his fingers, the warmth against his skin. After a quick look around, he knelt down and let his hands glide over the pliant body. The cat began to slink around him, almost knocking him over in its attempts to get close.
Wistfully, he realized how much he missed the simple touch of another living being. As sadness overwhelmed him, Nathaniel succumb to tears. Since his unfortunate incident with Hezekiel, the loneliness was slowly eating him from the inside. With no marriage permitted as part of his punishment, he could never enjoy physical closeness. He had lost that right when he did the unthinkable and got caught in the barn at harvest, naked and sweaty beneath Zeke, as his lover thrust inside him over and over…
“No, Lord! Please save me!” More tears fell as he once again tried to banish the memory. As he hunched over, lost in desperate prayer, the cat butted him in the face and he toppled to his side. Perhaps thinking it was a game, the cat leapt onto his chest, gazing at him. Something caught Nathaniel’s eye. There was a small item attached to a collar around the animal’s neck. Wiping his eyes, Nathaniel reached for it with shaking hands.
It was a wooden cylinder. Curious, Nathaniel carefully opened it. A piece of paper fell out.
“Peach tree at midnight. I’m taking you away. Zeke.”
Sending such a message with a cat. The sheer audacity had Nathaniel laughing out loud. It scared the cat, but he stroked it until it relaxed. He decided they were leaving together. This was one cat which would not be sacrificed.
He would not let himself be sacrificed either.
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