Kitty's Magic 6, page 4
Jenny and Kitty grinned at each other. Now they had the whole evening to play with Misty – and a little bit of tomorrow morning!
Grandma finished her cup of tea and thanked Jenny’s mum. Kitty thought Grandma gave her an especially long, tight hug goodbye, but she wasn’t sure why.
Once Grandma had left, Jenny said, ‘Let’s go to my room. I can show you all the special toys we’ve bought for Misty!’
They dashed up the stairs with Misty still curled up in Jenny’s arms. She let Misty jump down on to the floor, and the beautiful tabby rubbed her pink nose against Jenny’s leg, then started padding around, sniffing things.
‘She explores by smelling everything,’ Jenny explained. ‘Auntie Megan said a cat’s sense of smell is ten times better than ours! And they can see in the dark, and hear much better than us too.’
She picked up a squishy ball of pink wool and gave it a shake. Misty paused for a moment, her ears twitching. Then she leapt playfully at the ball, swiping it with her paw and knocking it from Jenny’s hand. It rolled along the carpet, the wool unfurling as Misty chased it gleefully. Jenny and Kitty giggled. ‘She’s so cute!’ Kitty said.
They played with Misty for the rest of the evening. Even when Jenny’s mum called them for dinner, Misty followed the girls downstairs and padded around their feet as they ate, looking up at them hopefully. Afterwards, they chose a film to watch in the living room. When they settled on the sofa, Misty hopped gracefully on to Kitty’s lap, gave a friendly miaow and curled up in a fluffy ball.
‘She really likes you!’ Jenny told Kitty.
Kitty beamed and stroked Misty’s velvety ears. She felt really lucky that Jenny was so nice about sharing Misty. And she felt even luckier that she had a new cat friend! The only problem was her allergies. She tried not to think about the strange itchiness in her nose and eyes, but the more time she spent with Misty, the worse it got. By the time the film finished, it was almost like her whole body felt odd!
Before she scrambled into her sleeping bag on Jenny’s bedroom floor, Kitty pulled a packet of tissues out of her overnight bag and tucked them under her pillow. She hoped she wouldn’t sneeze too much in the night.
Jenny dived into bed and Misty jumped on to the bedcovers to snuggle up by her feet.
‘Sleep tight, girls!’ called Jenny’s mum, switching off the light.
‘Goodnight, Kitty!’ Jenny whispered happily. ‘Today has been the best day ever!’
‘I know! Night night,’ Kitty whispered back. Before long, she was drifting into sleep.
Kitty’s eyes flew open. It was very quiet in Jenny’s bedroom. Moonlight was shining through a gap in the curtains. She knew straight away what had woken her up: her nose was tickling like crazy!
She rubbed it, but it didn’t help. In fact, that only made it worse – now her cheeks were itching and her ears were tingling. Suddenly, Kitty noticed the tickly feeling was spreading. The tips of her fingers and toes felt like they were full of fizzy bubbles, and there was a strange prickling all over her arms and legs. Finally, she began to sneeze. ‘Achoo! Achoo! Aaaaachoo!’
The bubbly, tickly feeling spread right through her and it felt like her whole body was sparkling and glowing. Kitty gave one more enormous sneeze. ‘AAAAAAAACHOOOOO!’
When she opened her eyes again, everything felt different. Her nose had stopped itching and her eyes weren’t sore any more – but something was strange about them. I must have got used to the darkness, she thought. I can see everything much more clearly!
Then Kitty thought something else was odd. Jenny’s bed was much bigger and further away. How is that possible? Kitty wondered. She looked around, and as her gaze drifted down, she stared in amazement. Where her hands had been before, there were now two small, furry black paws.
Cat paws.
Kitty cried out in shock – but the sound that came out wasn’t a cry. It was a miaow.
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