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You are here: Home / Kitty Wisdom / Molly to the Rescue – My Twitter Fiction Story, Part 1

Molly to the Rescue – My Twitter Fiction Story, Part 1

March 18, 2014 By: Sparkle Cat34 Comments

It took three days, 64 Tweets and 1,305 words (not counting hashtags) to tell the story of Molly’s adventure. Since it wound up going on much longer than I had originally thought it would, I’m posting the story here for you non-Twitter users in two parts. Part 2 will run on Wednesday, and that is going to be a very special post! For my fiction, I usually dig up a stock photo or a Creative Commons use photo from Flickr. The two kitties representing Molly and Red Boy are from Flickr, and I’ll have something to say about “Red Boy” that you may want to know! Anyhow, here is Part 1 of my #TwitterFiction story, spaced out as the Tweets were:

Molly to the Rescue

This is what Molly might look like

Photo by Everett on Flickr

Molly’s whiskers twitched as she watched the birds dance in the tree outside her living room window.

The blue jays and little brown sparrows were enjoying the early spring’s sun rays as much as Molly was.

The birds sang so invitingly that Molly felt like she could reach out and touch them. So she tried.

To Molly’s surprise, the screen that separated her from the outside pushed open — and she fell!

Molly tumbled paws over tail and landed in the dirt a few feet from the tree. She could hear the birds laughing.

She shook off the dirt and glared at the birds hopping on the branches and flapping their wings at her.

With fire in her eye, Molly charged up the tree. It felt good to watch those smug little birds panic and fly off.

But now that Molly was sitting on a branch not far from the window, the problem was how to get back in?

The screen had not come off when Molly fell, but instead banged back into place. Molly was stuck outside.

She climbed down the tree and sat next to the house siding, wondering what to do. Her person wasn’t home.

Her person was gone most days, at something called “the job,” and she would not be home for hours.

Although she knew it would be no help, Molly trotted to the front door, meowing. Of course, there was no answer.

Not knowing what else to do, Molly wandered down the brick walkway and down the sidewalk, looking for help.

A couple of blocks away, Molly saw two men talking on the other side of a rusty, bent-up chain link fence.

Thinking that maybe the men would help her, Molly climbed through a big hole in the fence and meowed at them.

The taller man looked down on Molly with disgust, and to her surprise he shoved her away with his foot.

“Get out of here, you mangy thing!” the man yelled at her. Shocked by the man’s anger, Molly ran off.

She dashed back through the fence and crouched under a scraggly bush. She did not realize she was being watched.

A voice behind her meowed, “Stay away from those men. They are up to no good.” Molly turned to see a ginger cat.

Molly blinked at her new friend — because indeed he was friendly. “Who are you?” she asked, “and who are they?”

“I don’t have a real name,” said the ginger cat, “but the woman who feeds us at night calls me Red Boy.”

Red Boy might have been this kitty

Photo by Rocky Mountain Feline Rescue on Flickr

“What do you mean, us?” asked Molly. “We’re a large group of cats,” said Red Boy. “Community cats, we’re called.”

“A nice lady comes around and feeds us,” Red Boy continued. “The owner of this property told her it was okay.”

Red Boy pointed his nose toward the two men who yelled at Molly. “They work for the owner. And they hate cats.”

“They want to get rid of us, but this is our home,” Red Boy warned. “If you want to live over here, be careful.”

“Oh, but I already have a home,” said Molly. “Except, well, I got out and I’ve gotten kind of lost.”

Red Boy licked Molly on the head. “I hope you find your home. But if you are hungry, you can eat with us.”

“When’s dinner?” asked Molly. “Just after dusk,” Red Boy said. “I’ll make sure the other cats leave you alone.”

Exhausted by the day’s events, Molly curled up under the bush and napped. By the time she woke up, it was dusk.

She stood up, stretched high on her toes and wandered back through the chain link fence, hoping she wasn’t late.

What Molly saw on the other side of the fence made her stop in her paw tracks.

To Part 2

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Comments

  1. Famous SpokesGoat Pricilla says

    March 20, 2014 at 8:00 am

    This is a great story. I can’t wait to find out what happens. You are a good writer Sparkle

    Reply
  2. Savannah's Paw Tracks says

    March 19, 2014 at 1:03 pm

    what a clever challenging way to write a story; just great

    Reply
  3. Sue Brandes says

    March 19, 2014 at 12:42 pm

    Really good story. Can’t wait to find out what happens next.

    Reply
  4. Penelope says

    March 18, 2014 at 9:12 pm

    Sparkle, is yous sure mes has to wait until tomorrow? Me wants to know what is happening to Molly and Red Boy!!!
    Kisses
    Nellie

    Reply
  5. Cathy Keisha says

    March 18, 2014 at 6:17 pm

    OMC! I’m on the edge of my mauve thing. How can I wait until tomorrow. Red Boy is kinda cute. Wonder if he’s a Tom or an Alley.

    Reply
  6. Cattywumpus says

    March 18, 2014 at 6:01 pm

    OOoh, we can barely purr, we are in such suspense! Don’t leave Molly out there away from home!

    Reply
  7. Emma and Buster says

    March 18, 2014 at 5:39 pm

    Oh my what happens next??????

    Our mom is a hopeless wannabe writer and she loves this story.

    Emma and Buster

    Reply
  8. William says

    March 18, 2014 at 5:02 pm

    I can’t wait!

    Reply
  9. Feline Yogi says

    March 18, 2014 at 3:56 pm

    I love this story so far! Can’t wait to find out more tomorrow. My human is on twitter but she’s not the best with keeping it up. Meow and Namaste! Pippy the Feline Yogini

    Reply
  10. Flynn says

    March 18, 2014 at 3:20 pm

    I hope Molly finds her way back home again.

    Reply
  11. Clooney says

    March 18, 2014 at 1:30 pm

    Your Human is a great writer, Sparkle. We will be anxious to find out what happens and can’t wait to read part 2.

    Reply
  12. The Swiss Cats says

    March 18, 2014 at 1:19 pm

    We followed your story on Twitter, but we missed some tweets and misunderstood some parts 😉 Now it’s ok ! We hope a happy end ! Purrs

    Reply
  13. Baby Tali says

    March 18, 2014 at 1:10 pm

    This story is pawsome..I hopes them kittehs will be ok..

    Reply
  14. Grace says

    March 18, 2014 at 12:59 pm

    I read it on Twitter – and I know a story needs some drama but I am not fond of drama – Happy Ending anyway…

    Reply
  15. speedyrabbit says

    March 18, 2014 at 11:21 am

    very good Story can’t wait for the next part,xx Speedy

    Reply
  16. Chey, Gemini and Ichiro says

    March 18, 2014 at 11:17 am

    Oh dear. Poor Molly!

    Reply
  17. Kitties Blue says

    March 18, 2014 at 8:46 am

    Wow, we can’t wait to read the rest of the story. We sure hope Molly takes Red Boy home to live with her. There is a cat who lives a couple of blocks from us. The humans don’t know his real name (he is not a stray or feral) and call him Kitty Red. He looks very much like red boy. We’ll be on the edge of our paws until tomorrow. XO, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth and Calista Jo

    Reply
  18. Tamago says

    March 18, 2014 at 8:46 am

    Oh poor Molly. I hope it will be a happy ending! We have baby gate on the windows.
    I love your writing. It’s exciting and can’t wait to read part 2!

    Reply
  19. Brian Frum says

    March 18, 2014 at 6:10 am

    That is an amazing twitter exercise and very well done!

    Reply
  20. Katie Bella says

    March 18, 2014 at 6:01 am

    LOVE every word…and I will be here tomorrow.

    Reply
  21. Hannah and Lucy says

    March 18, 2014 at 5:42 am

    We can hardly wait for tomorrow’s episode.
    Luv Hannah and Lucy xx xx

    Reply
  22. Madi and mom says

    March 18, 2014 at 4:50 am

    Mom is very thankful I have never been interested in the out of doors. Ages ago I was kind of sniffing the air as mom came in but the a loud motorcycle passed by our house. I scurried away from the door and no more interest.
    Hugs
    Madi your bfff

    Reply
    • Alice Marie says

      March 18, 2014 at 5:32 am

      How exciting! We’ll be back for part 2 as well.

      Reply
  23. Marg says

    March 18, 2014 at 4:08 am

    Sparkle, your Mom is doing really well with this fiction writing. That is so well done. We can’t wait for Part 2 either and like that it is about community cats. Take care.

    Reply
  24. mythreemoggies says

    March 18, 2014 at 3:44 am

    😯 Suspense what happens next ???

    Reply
  25. Spunky Doodle and Manny says

    March 18, 2014 at 3:43 am

    Oooh, this is a good story! Sure hope Molly will be okay. Maybe Red Boy can go live with Molly! That would be the very happy ending we are hoping for.

    Reply
  26. Sometimes, Cats Herd You says

    March 18, 2014 at 2:59 am

    We can’t wait to read what happens next. We’re purring that Molly finds her way back to her house.

    Reply
  27. The Kitties of Purring Pines says

    March 18, 2014 at 1:53 am

    Great read! We’ll be back!

    Reply
  28. Georgia and Julie says

    March 18, 2014 at 1:11 am

    It’s nice to have pictures to go with the story.
    We enjoyed it on Twitter and it is good reading again 🙂
    Happy St Patrick’s Day !
    Purrs Georgia and Julie,
    Treasure,JJ
    and Angels Tiger and Tillie

    Reply
  29. The Florida Furkids says

    March 18, 2014 at 12:31 am

    Oh no…..that’s one of Mom’s biggest fears…that we’ll get out and she won’t know it.
    We’ll come back tomorrow for part 2.
    The Florida Furkids

    Reply

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  1. Thankful Thursday | Sparkle the Designer Cat says:
    March 20, 2014 at 12:11 am

    […] words of gratitude to all my readers today for the kind and lovely compliments you paid me for my #TwitterFiction story, “Molly to the Rescue”! Many of you on Twitter followed the story there, and I got some awesome Retweets and Favorites […]

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