Merci the Cat Magnet

Percy:  I think Merci has an admirer.

Marcus:  She does? 

Percy:  Yes, the other day when Jan was playing ball with you in the dog pen, there was a tuxie cat in the next yard watching.  We thought he (or she) was watching you.

Marcus:  Everyone watches me.  Jan says I'm not only good-looking, I'm fast and agile.

Percy:  No,  while you were huffing and puffing from the exercise, the tuxie suddenly jumped up and raced along the pen and stopped at the tree, where he stood for a while staring at Merci.

Marcus:  What was Merci doing to attract a cat?

Percy:  Nothing.  She was just doing her usual, walking up the steps to get inside and when the door didn't open, she would go back down and wander around in the corner. 

Marcus: I didn't see any cat.

Percy:  You were too engrossed in the ball.  And when Jan saw the tuxie stalking Merci, she used the ball to lure you in the house so you didn't scare the cat away.

Marcus:   Are you certain the cat was only interested in Merci?

Percy:  Positive!  Before Buddy, Sam and you came along, Merci was a cat magnet.  She rescued me when I was very young.  Cameron was so attached to her, he used to wait outside to follow Merci on her walks; then when he got tired, Jan would have to carry him home.  Finally, he just moved in.  And when it was just Merci and Jan, more than one cat used to follow them part way.

Marcus:  Wow!  I didn't know that.  Did Merci wear catnip perfune to attract them?

Percy:  No, silly.  They must have sensed her gentle nature.   I'm just amazed that tuxie was so interested in getting closer to Merci that he paid no attention to you.  You're hard to ignore!

Marcus:  I must be losing my magnetism.  I need to find it again.  What should I do?

Percy:  Oh, I don't know, but you could ask Merci for her secret.

Marcus:  I didn't know Merci has a secret. 

Percy:  That's because Merci is calm and doesn't babble all the time like someone we both know.

Marcus:  We know somene that babbles?  Who is it?  I won't tell.  Come on, Percy, you can tell me.  I'm your pal.  Is it Rusty?  No, it can't be.  It must be Cyndi.  She's a girl and girls like to chatter on and on about whatever.  No, wait, I know who it is.  I think.  Is it ...?

Percy:  Sigh!

Great Blackmail Material

Percy:  Wow, did you see that?

Marcus:  No.  What did you see.

Percy:  Nothing.  I didn't see anything either.

Marcus: Jan would be so relieved if she knew we didn't see what just happened.

Percy:  Do you think we should tell her we didn't see it?

Marcus:  No way!  Great blackmail material.


Percy:  Pssst:  Thank you, Yam Aunty!  You were certainly more awake when you read this than I was when I wrote it late last night.  She noticed I'm talking to Marcus - not Buddy!  Sorry, Marcus.  It's corrected.  :)


We're joining Pepi Smart Dog for today's Thankful Thursday blog hop. 

Rusty Is Blackmailed

Merci:  Are you laughing or crying, Rusty?

Rusty: Laughing.  I can't believe we did a post on a secret, everyone wants to know the secret, and there is no secret.

Merci:  Actually it was in-house secret gossip.

Rusty:  There's no such thing as secret gossip.  A secret is private and gossip is public.

Merci:  Well, if we tell everyone in this post, the secret will become gossip.

Rusty:  I haven't heard it yet.  Whose secret is it anyway?

Merci:  Yours.  It's about the other day when Jan took the photo of you -

Rusty:  No!  You can't tell everyone that story!

Merci:  But it's so funny.  Such a great story.

Rusty:  What do you want to not tell it?

Merci:  What do you have to offer?

Rusty:  How about a neck massage every day for a week?

Merci:  Great.  It's a deal.

Percy:  What about the rest of us?  Don't we all deserve a daily massage to keep your secret?

Rusty:  But I don't have the stamina to give seven massages a day.  *sigh* You might as well go ahead and tattle on me.

Percy:  Okay.  The other day Jan caught Rusty -  Oh, I can't embarrass him.  Merci, you go ahead and tell the story.

Merci:  Teasing him was fun but I can't embarrass Rusty either.   Sorry, folks, the secret gossip will have to stay in-house.

Percy:  *whispers*  Actually, there is no story, but Rusty doesn't know that yet.

The Secret

Taylor:  He did WHAT? 

Merci:  You can't breathe a word of that.  It's confidential.

Taylor:  Why did you tell me if I can't tell anyone else?

Merci:  I thought you said you can keep a secret?

Taylor:  I can keep a secret, but this is gossip.  It just begs to be repeated. 

Merci:  No, you have to keep quiet or I'll have to -

Taylor:  Or you'll have to what?

Merci:  On second thought, you're right.  This just begs to be repeated.  That's why I told you.

Buddy:  What just begs to be repeated?

Merci:  Oh, you mean you haven't heard?