h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

*wandering aimlessly round the Snug, I did spy a tapestry....with a door concealed behind it*

Hmmm....This looks like a nice little place. S'clean too!!

*sneaks back into the Snug and nicks leather wingback chair

Settles quietly down with this weeks New Scientist...*

Sneaks in & re-arranges Zantic's hair into mulit-bunches while she sleeps

Hnnnnnnnnnnnnn? Wha...???? *looks round blearily*
Whose'sat?
*notices fire is all but embers...gets up to put on more logs....catches glimpse on air in mirror above fire-place*


TOCCATA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*got used to the bunchies now*
Hmm...I need something to do while waiting for peeps to wake up...

*goes out and returns a bit later with a weaving loom and a floor-standing tapestry frame*

Hmmmm, where's that dragon chart?

*There is noise outside the door. The destructomice clan scuttles off into the dark places behind the new pannelling.
The light is turned on and a lot of shouting and mewing and hissing and spitting is heard. The clan members keep still and quiet as only mice and.
Finally, the light goes out and the sound of the door shutting and being locked fades away. The mice venture out into their room to discover what has been going on........*

MRRRAAAAOOOOOWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!

*startled, the mice run back to the walls for cover. They start to smell something altoghter strange and terrifying*

*having gotten used to the noise, the mice find their courage and swarm over the strange looking contrapotion on the table to. This is where the sound is coming from. They want it to stop! *

*Noticing the end of Munchkin's toasted sock peeping out from under the cat basket Tefkat realises what it is that's making her feel so uncomfortable.*

Please someone, save me from a foot worse than death.

Wassat?

*Waking from a 30 minute blackout (otherwise known as an HTTP 500 Internal Server Error) Tefkat finds herself muttering the words that were running through her head as she went under.*

Oh. Hello nice meeces. Have you come to let me out?

*the mice don't like the tone of voice..even though they can't understand what's being said. They draw their swords (made from sharpened, cut down knitting needles) and daggers (made from sewing needles...resourceful beings these destructomice)*

Oh good. I'll just have a little nap while I wait for you to slash through the strap then.

*very confused by this intruder into their domain, the mice start poking it with their swords.....*

***...finds himself in a small dark room with a pussy in need of a great deal of comforting.***

Hmm...

*Runs into the door. Pauses, opens door and runs through it*

Oh my god! Tefkat!!!!! I forgot to let you out!!!

*Graciously allows Zantic to finish the and before sitting down to smooth her ruffled fur*

*Turns her back on the , lifts a back leg and proceeds to groom herself thoroughly*

That will be all thank you. You may leave my august presence now. Kindly hang a "Do Not Disturb" sign on the tapestry.

*Sits up straight in the regal manner cats perfected aeons ago, tail curled delicately around front paws, and waits pointedly for to leave.*

*Leaps lightly on to the wingback chair and gently prods Pheroneous with a paw.*

Wake up O Wondrous Accomplished One. The has just brought something to revive your flagging energy levels.

*Wonders why Pheroneous has fallen so deeply asleep.*

Surely a little pussy can't be that exhausting - even after nine hours... ?

*realsies that this is what se deserves and retreats quietly, hanging the do not disturb sign on the door.*

*an escaped somehow manages to get trapped behind the tapestry and flutters its way to perch on the kitty carrier...*