Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for October 26, 2023

Oh! Gumballs! I can’t wait!

And there are Chekov’s gumballs!

Also, three cheers for Natasha! Fastest mouse in the west! (Or east, I guess, since Rhode Island. But those mice out west would have to run their tails off to beat her too!) Love Elvis ushering the children to safety.

RELEASE THE GUM BALLS! and the tiny terror, Ora Zella!

Poor, Natasha! She could use an oxygen mask!

That is one very tired mouse! Poor Natasha! She thinks she’s too late. But I’ll bet my last gum ball that she’s not!

Into the safe room with the kits! Which would be … the bathroom? It’d be hard for the moles to get past the sub-floor, the plywood, and then the grout and tile. Of course, there’s always the attic …

Iggy looks so unhappy. I want to hug him and say all will be well.

Boy, every day’s comic so far this week has been a daily cliffhanger. I feel like I have been watching an action movie.

I remember the first action movie I ever saw, Die Hard (the first one). I fell in love with action movies. Whenever I watch one, I have a rush of adrenaline in my system! This week’s comics have released the adrenaline, for sure!

Good point about Baba Mouse protecting Wicket. I see a Grandmag who probably has revenge on her mind, and Violet still has an unused bag of flour.

I just realized that since the 25th of September, the weekday and Saturday comics have all taken place in a period of one night. Can’t believe that this one night has lasted for a whole month!

So some of the moles have reached the basement? Awesome that Natasha was able to fly through the air and reach the crew in time to warn them. Just when we thought it was safe to exhale…… Wham!

I can hear it now…“Oh, c’mon Baba, just a LITTLE maiming?”

Holy smoke— way to go, Natasha!

O.T. Me Again

Elvis is protecting Puck, too. Never on Elvis’ watch. NEVER!

Oh gosh, Elvis is the responsible grandpa, taking the littols to the safe room b4 all heck breaks loose. I’m seeing him in a different light tonight.

Ora Zella is as excited as poor Iggy is scared. Don’t worry, Iggy, Dad Cat and Mom Cat will keep you safe!

That old relic is outta her mind. Get off that bird and lets owl of us has kebab owlready.

Classic Dad Cat multitasking! He’s got Ora Zella by the nape, Iggy with the left paw and Puck with the right! Away from the basement we go!

To misquote Kenneth Wolstenholme… “You think it’s all over… it isn’t now!”

I’ve been counting on the gumballs. Lupin just might make some friends.

And where is Goldie?

Queen: We Will Rock You

The moles are coming, digging in the basement

Thinking they’re gonna conquer today!

They’ve got mud in their claws,

Giving us pause

Trying to get within these house walls

Shouting “We will, we will rock you!”

“We will, we will rock you!”

…….

The own is defeated, their king is alright

Time to set things right today

Time to stop the fight

Make it all right!

Let it be over, let’s all rest tonight!

No more “We will, we will rock you!”

“We will, we will rock you!”

…….

Lupin has the jar full

No rules, they are about to take a spill

This fight is about to end,

We’re gonna win!

Still there’s gonna be a really big din!

Shouting “We will, we will rock you!”

“We will, we will rock you!”

With a dirt floor in the basement, this can’t bode well. Meanwhile, Baba has things in hand.

Poor ole Natasha, she looks done in.

Gumballs!

Smol cat tail!

The French are at the door, or maybe under the floor. Grab the kittens and run.

OT—Supporting Georgia

Still ongoing! I love Elvis’ first instincts and look forward to more action for our original cat heroes.

Meanwhile, Back on the Nile

Wicket: I’d like to give my descendant a real talking to!

Maat-Tilda: There is one more scenario to play out.

Puckmosis: Yes, the mole attack on the house.

Sophititi: That is the reason for the multicolored stones. They represent gum balls and their role in the saga.

Tillie: This has been captured in the famous song by Carole-Pharaoh:

I feel the floor move under my feet

I see the owl taken down

I know we need to hide the kittens and Puck

Before it’s all over now!

…….

Oh, Lupin! There’s a jar of gum balls

Wonder if they’ll be tipped over

Strictly by accident of course!

Natasha, you have been so brave

To get her to warn your friends!

I just know you’ve all got this!

…….

I feel the floor move under my feet

I saw the owl taken down

He was taken down

He was taken down, oh!

Baba with the paw of nope

The press corps is lined up at front, live on the scene: Tommy, Agnes, Guinea pig scribe.

There have been so many heroes in this saga. Thimblefist, of course. Bea, for protecting Magazine, Baba Mouse, and now Natasha. She needs a cup of tea and a cheese scone.

Well, you can tell by the way that Elvis talks

He’s tryna keep Pucky from bad shocks

Moles are proud and start to swarm

They’re Pink House bound

Intending harm

But now it’s all right, it’s okay

Natasha’s here to save the day

She has tried to thwart their goal

Blame Wicket’s effect on Monty Mole

Whether owl’s a bother that Baba’s gonna smother

Puck’s stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive

The moles are mistaken ’cause precautions are taken

And Pucky’s stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive

Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive

Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin’ alive

- Barry Alan Gibb / Maurice Ernest Gibb / Robin Hugh Gibb – Stayin’ Alive

.Just when we thought it was over! More drama!!!

You know…they can probably just make sure the basement door is closed and, if possible, locked. I sort of doubt the moles could really get past it by themselves, at least not without also drawing the attention of the humans which would only guarantee defeat.

“I Disapprove of What You do, But I Will Defend to the Death Your Right to do It” – Evelyn Beatrice Hall-McCat.

Oh, now tell me where can you party, cat, all night long?

In the basement, down in the basement

Oh, where can you go when your kibble gets low?

In the basement, down in the basement

And if a storm is taking place, you can report and still be safe

In the basement, down in the basement

Where can you dance with any mole you choose?

In the basement, down in the basement

Oh, you got the comforts of home, a newsroom too

In the basement, down in the basement

There’s no cover charge or fee and the moles are there for free

In the basement, down in the basement

Where they don’t check your age at the door

In the basement, down in the basement

Run round and round and round till your feet get sore

In the basement, down in the basement

Make all the noise you want to, there’s no one under you

In the basement, down in the basement

Hey yeah

Oh, I know where you wanna go

Down in the basement

Oh yeah

Oh yeah

In the basement, that’s where it’s at

In the basement, oh, in the basement

Goin’ down, down, down, down

A thought just dawned on me. I think I see how the gum balls will enter the picture (and with a Three Stooges vibe). The moles will erupt from their tunnels, attempt to storm the stairs, and be foiled by a cascading torrent of gum balls courtesy of Lupin. Can’t you just see them tumbling backwards flailing their short little paws with gum balls stuck to their claws!

We are at MOLECON 5! I repeat, we are at MOLECON 5!

Elvis’s priorities are clear. Get the kits and Puck to safety! Lupin and Goldie get to fend for themselves.

Well, Ora Zella looks like she’s been invited to the Greatest Party Rumble ever! Iggy . . . not so much.

At the BPH: General Quarters Alarm sounding General Quarters, General Quarters, All Paws Cat Your Battle Stations!!

Is that anything like a disturbance in the Force?

It worries me to see Iggy look gloomy. He could use a little comfort.

That poor mouse. He also deserves a medal; imagine being shot out of a vacuum cleaner, landing in hard dirt, then running ahead of an angry horde.

I’m anticipating Montague and Mona showing up to announce a “cease and desist” order to the remnants of the mole invaders… but before they arrive, Lupin and Goldie may need to enact a… gumball defense??

Baba Mouse for the WIN – she really can do everything all at once.

I’m still thinking only Lupin could make it a party. I can see everyone sitting around eating gumballs.

Off-Topic

It took longer than I would have liked, but today I was able to get to my favorite indie bookstore and buy a copy of Everything’s Coming Up Beatrix!

Bring some mallets and play “Whack-A-Mole”!!!

I’m hoping this storyline will end soon. It’s very confusing and VERY ongoing!

If any of our filkers is running out of ideas, I have one. Napoleon XIV’s They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha Ha! https://www.youtube.Com/watch?v=1e13YjTPb_0 , about Wicket. I keep hearing:

They’re coming to take him away, Ha Ha

To the Wildlife Quinn

Where life was boring all the time

And that’s as far as I get before things get scrambled. {sigh} I used to be so good at writing, both filks and short stories. Then I was put on cytoxin for the last time and it’s a struggle to get what’s in my head down to my fingers.

Don’t like the sound of basement activity, especially given the proclivity for excavation exhibited by certain animal species.

OT TinyKittens Calendar 2024

Elvis hustles Puck and the kittens to the safety of an undisclosed location. Maybe they will take the dumbwaiter up to the attic? Far from tunneling moles, and it’s the right season to meet some of our ghostly friends up there too.