Purrfect Slug: The Mysteries of Max 53 by Saint Nic

Author:Saint, Nic
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Puss in Books
Published: 2022-03-24T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 22

That night, I slept like a rose at the foot of Odelia and Chase’s bed. And even though Grace woke us all up from time to time, as she does, it was still a peaceful night in every respect. The moon filtered faintly in through the curtains, and if it was blue, I certainly didn’t notice. As far as I could tell, it looked just about the same as every other night. Then again, cats do have trouble seeing certain colors, and so maybe that might have had something to do with it.

When morning broke, and I got up, feeling refreshed and ready for a new day, I saw to my satisfaction that our humans were still fast asleep, and they were even cuddling, a clear testament to the complete nonsensicality of Gran’s claims that Odelia would have fallen into the arms of that billionaire.

But before I could close my eyes for one of those pleasant after-naps, a sudden cry of anguish rent the air, and had us all up and about in next to no time. For I think we’d all recognized that anguished cry as coming from next door, and belonging to none other than Odelia’s father Tex!

Chase was the first one to hammer down the stairs, with Odelia a close second, and Dooley and myself bringing up the rear.

“What do you think happened, Max?” asked Dooley, but then we had to step aside, for Odelia was stomping back up the stairs to pick Grace from her crib and bring her along.

“I have no idea, but whatever it is, it must be bad,” I said.

Judging from the sound of Tex’s voice, he must have either hit his toe, or poked himself in the eye, or fallen prey to some other terrible fate!

We all hurried into the next-door garden, and I must say that the scene that met our eyes was a harrowing one indeed!

Tex was there, on hands and knees, bent over the remnants of a small bush, and when I say remnants I do mean remnants: not a single leaf was left on that particular bush, and when I looked a little closer, I saw that there was not a single leaf left anywhere in that entire garden. And not a single flower either. It almost seemed as if some giant hand had come down overnight, and had rummaged around a little, destroying every living organism!

Well, not every organism, for the garden was completely infested with... snails.

I could see hundreds of them, perhaps even thousands, and they were still busy chewing on everything they could find, even blades of grass!

“My garden!” Tex howled. “They destroyed my garden!”

Marge had also descended from her room, clad in a nightgown, and stood eyeing the scene with a pensive expression on her face.

“So they came back,” said Chase, as he picked up a snail and studied it for a moment, then put it back, wiping his hand on his boxers.

Suddenly a window was thrown open upstairs, and Gran appeared. “What’s with the racket!” she demanded.

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