The Move Part 4: Are We There Yet?

The whole family has grown tired of this long journey.  They are almost to the end of this 3062 mile adventure when disaster strikes!  
Kitten is locked outside!  
What will happen?  
Will she make it back to the family before they leave?  
Listen in and find out! 

Transcript

The move Part 4: Are we there yet?

CLUCKY: kitten do you think we will ever get there? It’s been days of hot weather. The wind in the back of the truck is so loud and dry my eyes are so dry I am having trouble blinking. What if my eyes get permanently stuck open? 

KITTEN: meow, do you think that is possible? 

CLUCKY: Brauk! Why are you asking me? You are always the one with all the answers. 

KITTEN: Clucky, no one has all the answers. 

CLUCKY: Well, you usually have all the answers to my questions.

BRIGITA: Maybe we should dunk our heads in the water bowl just for good measure? 

BELLA: Great, Idea! 

BRIDGET: Me first! [Sploosh] [come up coughing and bauking.]  

CLUCKY:  Oh Wow! Are you alright Brigit?

BELLA: Do you think it helped?  

BRIDGET:  Once you get over the shock and the water up your beak it’s not too bad.  Oh I think I can blink a bit better.  It was rather refreshing in this dry heat.  Look I am practically dry already.

BRIGITA:  It is true, if you were in Florida, it would have taken hours for you to dry with all the moisture in the air.  Ok move over, I’m next.  [Sploosh] [Spluttering]. Quite right Brigit just a bit of a shock then much better.  It is even getting some of the dust off my feathers.  Oh, I do hope Washing Machine is not this dry, my claws are twice as wrinkled here.  

CLUCKY:  I’ll try anything to get some relief from this heat and dryness!  [Sploosh]

MADDOX:  Xander, look at your chickens.  It looks like they are taking turns ducking themselves in their water bowl.  I wonder if they are having trouble with the dryness.  

[Sploosh from Bella] [Coughing and Bauking]

XANDER:   I hope that is all it is.  They have been cooped up in the back of the truck so long, I am sure they must be getting sick of it.  I am getting sick of all the driving!  I just want to be there! 

MADDOX:  I agree!  Thankfully this is the last stop! We will make it there tomorrow.  

CLUCKY:  Kitten, you really ought to give it a try.  It makes you feel like a new chicken!

KITTEN:  Meow, no thank you!  I do not like water and I have no desire to feel like a new chicken.  

CLUCKY: You know what I meant.  

KITTEN: I do, but I will still pass. 

BELLA: You are missing out Kitten. (Splash is heard) 

KITTEN: I am ok with that.  

XANDER:  Maddox, look Bella just jumped in the water bowl.  

MADDOX:  [giggle] She did.  It’s almost like they are using it as a bird bath. 

XANDER:  They are going to hate getting back in the truck for the night.  Too bad this little town did not have any houses to rent.  It would have been nice to let them sleep in their crate under the stars in a safe little yard.  

MADDOX:  Look they are all taking turns jumping in the water bowl now.  Except of course, Kitten, she wants nothing to do with the water.  [giggle] Clucky just splashed her.  

XANDER:  He’d better be careful. You never know, Kitten could get her claws out. 

MADDOX:  I doubt it.  Well we had better get them settled back in the truck.  We don’t want to have a problem with the motel manager.  This is certainly the worst place we have stayed.  

XANDER:  Yeah, what’s with the doors on the outside of the room.  It’s not even a real hotel.  

MADDOX:   Luckily it is only one night.  On the plus side we are at the end so we have 2 windows on our room and not just one.  

XANDER:   Yes, with a lovely view of the ally filled with trash cans.  Lucky us!  

MADDOX:  Oh come on, lets round up the pets.  I hope Captain Jack leaves Kitten alone tonight.  She has been hiding under beds almost every place we have stopped.  

[Music Transition]

Scene with Feral

[Knock Knock] [Barking Erupts]

MOM:  Kids are the pets secure?  I am back with dinner.  Hold on to the dogs make sure no one gets out.  

XANDER:  I’ve got Rosie on her leash.

DAD: I’m getting Jack’s leash.  Quite down doggies its just Mom.  

MADDOX:  I can’t find Kitten but I’m sure she is under a bed.  She scurried under there as soon as the dogs came in.  

MOM: Ok I’m coming in [Door opens] Here Maddox come grab a bag.  [Barking] It’s ok doggies,  Down Jack. No jumping.  

KITTEN: Meow there is so much noise, I just can’t take it.  I need to get out for some air.  [barking] Whew I made it past without anyone seeing me!  I just need a minute.  It’s so hot and loud in there.  Oh the air out here is so much cooler now… 

[Door bangs shut]

KITTEN: meow, Oh no!  what am I going to do? I am stuck outside. I was not meaning to get trapped out here. It's dark. Meow! They cannot hear me! meow. They cannot hear my paws scratching on the door. 

[ paws scratching, muffled barking] 

Oh maybe I can get to the window on the side of the room. We are staying in the room on the end... I may find something to climb up on by the window. meow... I don 't know it looks awfully dark down that ally way… should I risk it?

I don't know. meow. What if they all go to sleep and I am stuck out here all night? meow, no Maddox would not let that happen. she will come looking for me... meow. but she does not know I am missing..- and I have been hiding under a lot of the hotel beds just to avoid some of the noise and Captain Jack. 

He really does not like cats! I thought it would have improved with us riding in the same vehicle but Noooo. I had to be moved to the front of the truck because he would not stop barking at my carrier. I mean. I tried to be polite and have a conversation but he just kept growling and barking. "Grr. Bark. I smell an intruder!" Bark. There is an intruder in the car." ok, so Maddox will probably not going to look for me for a while. 

I had better brave this dark, creepy, spooky alley... meow stop it Kitten. Pull yourself together. That kind of self-talk is not going to help you do what needs to be done. What is Maddox always telling you? Words have power. What you believe you can achieve. meow. 

Good talk now lets move towards this not so scary dark alley... meow... hello.. anyone down here? Ok it looks deserted. OH, I was right. There is a window there. How nice there is a pile of boxes and a large trash bin just under the window. I should be able to climb up it and get to the window. Hmmm, I can 't tell from here if the trash bin has a lid or not. I'll hop on this box to take a closer look. [hop] 

FERAL: Pardon me mon Cheri, are you lost? 

KITTEN: meow! (crash my noises) meow ow! 

FERAL: Oh my, dear mademoiselle! Are you damaged? I did not mean to startle you.

KITTEN: Meow, You did not mean to startle me? You snuck up on me in a dark alley and waited to say something until I jumped up on an unsteady box. How did you "not mean to startle me exactly?! 

FERAL: Well now, when put it zat way it sounds like I did mean to frighten you, moi petite. Forgive me. I was enjoying my dinner, when I heard you talking about your current dilemma. I was so caught up in your story I forgot to introduce myself. I am Feral. 

KITTEN: Feral like Feral Cat? Also meaning stray or wild cat. 

FERAL: Yes Feral like the untamed passions of my heart. Living each day answering only to myself and za call of the wild. Accepting all who cross my path and living on the bounty of the world around me. Come moi Cheri, Shake off the shackles of captivity and embrace a life of freedom with Feral.

KITTEN: Meow. OH boy... um it's a very nice offer, not that I'm considering it... but where exactly do you live? 

FERAL: The world is my oyster, have you tried oysters? They are delicious! I found some once in the sushi restaurant trash can. They are amazing! They also make a most delectable sauce out of them, but I digress. It means I got off topic. 

KITTEN: meow, I know what digress mean I am not an uneducated kitten.

FERAL: of Couse not moi Cheri. I could never think such a thing of you. Your eyes. sparkle with intelligence. I am but your humble servant. 

KITTEN: And where is it you live? 

FERAL: Ah well,  I live where my heart leads me. Tonight, it led me here where I found you. 

KITTEN: And last night? 

FERAL: Last night I slept under the stars in this trash can on a fluffy pillow that had been tossed away. 

KITTEN: So you sleep in this trash can? 

FERAL: Oui only some nights but never on Tuesday. That is the day the big truck comes and takes a trash. 

KITTEN: What do you do on Tuesdays? 

FERAL: I find some other place to rest my head. Sometimes, I walk to the park and curl up in the tower, other times, I find a box in an alley on 4th street. They pick up trash on Wednesdays on 4th street. There are always options. 

KITTEN: So you are saying you basically live in a trash can most nights.

(Guitar Rif, Music Starts

FERAL: Don 't look down your whiskers at me. I live a life of the free. I roam where I want and always take time to flaunt that I am Ferel. a. . 

Trash Can Kitty come explore my city. 

KITTEN: City-small town is more like it. 

FERAL: Trash can Kitty My you looking pretty. 

KITTEN: meow, well it is a good fur day. 

FERAL: Trash can Kitty I find you pretty witty 

KITTEN: Why thank you I try. 

FERAL: Trashcan Kitty You know you want to be a trash can Kitty with me! 

(song ends) 

KITTEN: Oh my. Well thank you for the offer but my family and I are leaving tomorrow. 

FERAL: OH sacre bleu! This cannot be! How will I go on without you? my heart shatters to hear you say such things? 

KITTEN: meow, you must be joking. We've only just met. I have not even told you my name. 

FERAL: Names? What in a name? Can you not feel the strong connection between us, mo in Cher? My heart has already changed its rhythm and now only beats for you. Kitten kitten kitten. 

KITTEN: How did you know my name? 

FERAL: I told you we are meant to be, your name is written on my heart…and I also heard you call yourself that when you were talking to yourself. 

KITTEN: OH of course. Yes my name is kitten.. 

FERAL: Oh my dear Kitten, join paws with me and say you'll stay by myside forever. 

KITTEN: Wow, could you take a step back? I feel like I need a little space.

FERAL: Whatever you desire mon ami.  Feral is here to make your dreams come true.  

KITTEN: I have already had my dreams come true.  

FERAL: Wow, my powers of whooing are better than I imagined.  We have only just met and I have fulfilled your dreams. 

KITTEN: Ummm.  Meow. No.  Inside that loud hotel room is a wonderful family.  They took me in and gave me a home.  I was lost in the woods then taken to a horrible pound.  It was so cold and miserable there.  The other animals were not very nice.  Then came in and found me huddled in my cage. She loved me from the moment she saw me. 

FERAL: I know how she feels.

KITTEN: I live in her room. She has taught me to read and Clucky, the rooster in the truck over there, he is a little exhausting at times but has taught me to embrace life as an adventure.  We are on the last bit of a long journey to our new house in Washington.  According to Xander, we will arrive tomorrow.  I must find my way back in.  

FERAL:  A c’est la vie.  I find the purrfect Kitten for me and her heart belongs to someone else.  No, I will not fall to the pits of despair of my own broken heart.  I will rise to be your knight in shining armor.  You need a hero and Feral is here.  We will get you back in that room! 

KITTEN: You will help me?  Do you have a plan? 

FERAL: No but I have faith.  When two hearts join together to accomplish a goal, nothing can stand in our way.  

KITTEN: What do you think of us climbing up those boxes to get to the window?  Maybe we can scratch the window and they will see us.  

FERAL: C’est de manufique!  I like this idea.  Do you want me to help you up mon petitie?  

KITTEN: I am perfectly capable of climbing myself as long and you promise not to scare me again.  

FERAL: You wound me mon cher, it was an accident.  I was blinded by the beauty that descended from the heaven to my humble alley.  

KITTEN: A Huh.  Let go. (hop hop hop) Whew this ledge is a little more narrow than I thought.  Oh I can see them.  Meow.  Meow.  

FERAL: Oh there is very little space up here on this ledge.  We must stay close together. Meow.  

KITTEN:  They can’t here us.  What can we do?  No one is looking this way.  

FERAL:  It is very loud in there.  Are you sure you want to get back in?  That big fluffy dog does not look very friendly.  

KITTEN: Captain Jack, well he is not very friendly to cats but he loves the family very much.  We are not on great terms but maybe one day he’ll accept me.  

FERAL: I will accept you now, just as you are.  You will never need to change for me.  

KITTEN: I can’t change from being a cat anyway.  Captain Jack will just have to learn to accept me.  Plus he is old and sleeps most of the time anyway.  

FERAL: I see this is important to you.  We will get you back in.  We need to make a loud noise to get their attention.  

KITTEN: How can we do that? 

FERAL: Oh La La! I have it! See that large stack of crates just there?  I shall hurl myself into it causing the wooden crates to slam loudly in to the metal trash can creating the noise you need.  

KITTEN: That may work.  But what if you get hurt? 

FERAL: No physical pain can eclipse the breaking of my own heart when you leave.  

KITTEN: Ok then.  

FERAL: On Three.  Un dus Trois [loud crashing followed by barking]

MOM:  What was that?  

MADDOX:  Mom, look is that Kitten in the window?  How did she get out there?  

MOM: I don’t know.  Quick, I will hold the dogs.  Go get her.

[Door opens]

KITTEN: It worked!  They saw me! Maddox is coming! Feral are you ok?  

FERAL:  [groaning] My heart soars for you and your happiness… my paws will ache for days but I will recover.  You are worth it. 

KITTEN:  Oh thank you Feral, I won’t forget you. 

MADDOX:  Kitten!  There you are!  Lets get you back inside!  How did you even get out? 

KITTEN: Meow

[Door Closes]

FERAL: Hop Hop.  Oh mon cher, look at you so happy reunited with your family.  Abiento, Until we meet again

End Credits.  

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