"Rocky's Big Adventure"

Rocky is a small lil guy.

He was born outside and has lived there his whole life

with his mother and brother and sister.

That's all he's ever known.

He always wondered what those funny looking things

were that walked around on two legs

and rolled around in those big loud scary things with wheels.

...since he didn't know he just assumed to stay as far away as

possible!

So one day Rocky was searching for food

with his mother at their favorite dining area. It was a big green metal box filled

with all kinds of goodies that a little kitty like him could have a feast in!

That's when he smelled something...

...very different...but VERY GOOD!

"What is that amazing smell?" He thought.

It smells somewhat familiar... but SOOOOO much better.

He sniffed and sniffed and then... Jackpot!!

Rocky gobbled it up with one bite!

He licked his lips in satisfaction... YUM-MY!

But wait... "It smells like there's more"... Rocky searched and sniffed

until he found another mouth watering morsel and gobbled it up as well!

Then Rocky found another and another and all the while thinking,

"This must be my lucky day"!!

Then he came to a little metal box... much smaller than the

ir typical dining place.

Rocky sniffed the bars... there seemed to be something funny about it

but then he realized there was a whole plate of the delicious entree he'd been enjoying

so he thought, surely it must be ok. But just to be on the safe side

he stuck his head in as far as he could reach just far enough to grab a

little bite and then took it to the trees to enjoy.

Rocky knew there was more where that came from and even tho his instincts were

telling him to be cautious he really didn't see the harm in finishing off the plate.

After all, He wouldn't want to be responsible for letting something so delicious go to waste!

So Rocky ventured back to the small black box and stepped one paw in slowly...

then another paw in very slowly... then his two back

paws...

"See this isn't so bad" Rocky thought as he crouched down comfortably ready to enjoy this

wonderful meal all laid out just for him.

Then... BAM!!!! the loud noise scarred Rocky out of his skin!

He jumped up so high that he hit his back on the top of the box!!

"What just happened?!?! What's going on?!?!

and why can't I get out of here?!?!"

Rocky jumped, climbed, clawed and kicked as hard as he could.

But he realized there was no getting out of there. After what seemed like hours

Rocky was exhausted, and very frightened. He didn't see his mom anymore, and...

oh no! one of those weird looking creatures was headed straight for him and there

was no where for him to hide!

The creature picked up the box with Rocky trembling inside. After a lot of shaking and

swaying they entered some kind of cave. The cave had a soft floor and some

strange objects inside. Some of the objects were similar to things he'd seen at his

favorite dining place with his mother. She had told him that those things were "human"

stuff. He remembered climbing around on some of the objects outside and thinking

how soft and comfy they were. Rocky figured this must be one of those humans his mother told him about and maybe... just maybe these "human's" weren't so bad after all if they

have nice fluffy things like this. But Rocky was still very scared.

Well, the human fed Rocky and always spoke to him in soft soothing tones. The human always

moved slowly so as to try not to scare Rocky more than he already was.

After a day or two Rocky began to relax and he realized he wasn't scared as much.

One day he even let the human rub his head after it had given him some food.

It felt so good on his ears and chin that he let the human pet him from then on.

Then something was different... the human picked up the box with Rocky in it

and carried it down to one of those loud metal boxes with wheels and put him inside.

Rocky tried to get out of the box... he could see his old dining area just acrossed the way

and he loooonged to go home.

As Rocky rode along the human spoke in soft soothing tones which always helped

Rocky feel more at ease. Then they came to another cave type place. Inside there were

lots more humans waiting to take Rocky in to a room with lots of other kitties like him.

The human said "This is the vet and they will take very good care of you."

Rocky wasn't so sure...

To Be Continued...