It seems I had forgotten how the weekly six-sentence story prompts work… Last week, I thought I was late for the blog hop and ended up posting with the same prompt word as this time. The story itself can be found here.
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Rules of the hop:
Write 6 sentences. No more. No less.
Use the current week’s prompt word.
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PROMPT WORD: SWING
Posting last week’s mix-up to this weeks challenge felt like cheating myself on this journey back to writing weekly again, so I cooked up something new instead.
Six-Sentence Story - Confession
If I am being completely and unapologetically truthful, I think I would prefer to be a cat.
Specifically, I have grown tired of this human life, and I think being yours would suit me better.
The way I picture it: dim lights, soft music, and a glass of bourbon as I have curled myself up in your lap, purring as your hand softly moves through my fur.
Did you know that the purring of a cat is said to have healing properties?
Yeah, well, it may just be that I like scratches on my head, and would love to snuggle closer to your chest and, umm...
It would also be really fun to break a glass—just swing it down from the table onto the floor (for shits and giggles, you know).
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I think this cat might have an ulterior motive. (grinning)
She may. But who knows what is going on in their tiny little heads.
Yes, the life of a cat…no shits at all 🙂
That’s why think it would be nice.
Well, I would always prefer a cat then a hooman.
Right, humans are weird and heavy. Cats are cute and fluffy.
and… and! you’d get to live 8 times as long!
🧐🧐🧐🤔🤔🤔 that’s eight times more time to create havoc… Enticing…
Cats can be mischievous and break things. Hopefully the owners are tolerant of such behavior.
Hopefully they’d just think am cute 🥺. People tolerate a lot of things when they think you are cute.
I’m sorry…I seem to have missed your post this week. I’m glad I came back to check! I agree – I’d love to be a cat. all those hours of sleep, then tear around the house for bit, play with my toys in my adorable way so my humans feel compelled to smother me with affection, then blow them off to find one of my favorite warm, soft places to sleep for another few hours. sounds great!
That’s okay, thanks for visiting and commenting 😊☺️😊☺️! Me too, every time I look at our kitty sleep all day and then play the other half I feel like that would be a prime life to live. Especially if you are adored.
I’m with you. As the saying goes, dogs have masters, cats have servants!
Yes, I wonder if that’s why it feels like being the chosen one when a cat occupies your lap.
Now that you mention it- that does kind of sound like the life……
It really does, doesn’t it.
The cats rule the house and everyone knows it.
Thanks for stopping by. Yeah, they do and they just do what they want.
I laughed at your last sentence as it brought back memories from a timeline in a far off galaxy. I had 2 cats then, Madeline and Jamaal. Madeline, if I was reading in bed, would do what you describe. She’d jump up on my dresser, begin to paw it to the edge of the dresser and then, if insufficient attention was given, slap it onto the floor. She always got the attention she wanted, lol
P.S. Got a Maria Brink vibe at 1:09 of “Lost” 😎
🫢🫢🫢 first of all, cats, assholes? Yes… cute? Absolutely. And I love Maria Brink! 💕 Thanks for stepping by and am glad you laughed.