Catlantis by Anna Starobinets

Author:Anna Starobinets
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: New York Review Books
Published: 2016-07-22T04:00:00+00:00

“You’re right, kittlantean,” answered the ginger Catlantean. “You’ll need this flower in that future of yours—the one with funny creatures who don’t have claws and tails. Here!” And the ginger Catlantean held out a white Catlantic flower.

In that very moment, the earth quaked one last time and the island submerged entirely under water. The place where Catlantis was only seconds ago was now just a giant vortex of water.

The murky ocean water took hold of Baguette and began spinning him towards the center of the vortex. Pitifully meowing and gripping the Catlantic flower with all his might, Baguette was streaming towards the black spinning eye of the vortex.

If I don’t stop time, I won’t make it back to the present—to my home, to the wonderful Petrovs and to my beloved Purriana! thought Baguette. But how can I stop time? There aren’t any clocks here! Poor me! Oh, poor, tragic, heroic me! I’ll die in this horrible vortex, this spinning, eye-like vortex! Wait . . . Eye-like? Like an eye! Why, it’s the eye of time! Baguette realized happily. It looks like a clock! And I, the ginger cat, I’m like the hands on a clock going around and around the eye. And, continuing to spin, Baguette began his purraby.

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,

How far I’ve come, how very far.

Hear me purr my purraby,

As I swirl around this eye.

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