Thursday, September 16, 2010

Cats and Ants

"Recently there has been a surge in the population of cats and ants in our hostel", a cat reads these headlines of the local newspaper and immediately orders a meet. The ants too, are invited as they are not the enemies of the cats. The dogs, who are their enemies, are not allowed inside the hostel. A humble human security guard stops the dogs from entering the hostel.

"What is this meet for? Why are we ants invited to this?", asks the ant princess. "We heard that there is a population surge in both our communities and thought that you would be facing problems similar to us".
Ant - "What troubles are you facing? We don't have much of a problem with our population, though it grows exponentially."

Cat - "As you can see, our kittens are starving. We can't find food. We have no proper shelter too. We live beside the stairs and it becomes dirty when it rains."

Ant - "Well we don't have such a problem. We stay in a proper warm room. Food is abundant all the time. We really thank god for giving us all these things."

Cat - "Oh! You are living very happily then."
Kitten - "Mummy! I too want to stay in a room."
Mother Cat - "Hey ants! can you spare some space in your room for us? After all, we have been staying together in this hostel from a long time and we are the owners of this hostel. We will help you when needed."

Ant - "We ants are known for our goodness. We can surely give you some space in the room. But the problem is that the room is not suited for cats. It is closed almost all the time. And the human inhabitant is a mad fellow. He used to try to blow us away. But we being strong people always come back. After few days he stopped bothering us. He creates small storms far away from us, but cares not to blow us away."
Another ant - "He is really mad fellow. He follows us sometimes. We get so embarrassed. Almost all the time he stays in our room, he switches on some kind of thing which goes on making noise. We know so many languages, but that noise doesn't belong to any languages. Only our singer ants enjoy it."

Cat - "Oh! then, is there such a room for cats too? How did you find that room?"

Ant - "One of our ants was going for a morning walk and saw a photo of a gardener cutting grass, on the door. Then it went in and found that it is the best suited for ants. It is full of food. The human inhabitant often distributes food to all his friends. We collect the food he drops foolishly and eat. He is really a big fool. I suggest you to search for a room in which the human is like this fool. The human should not stay for long time. Because you are cats, the human should not lock his door. Search for such a human who doesn't bother to scare you away. There are many such lazy humans dwelling in rooms which we are supposed to live. Go! Find for a room! It is our hostel! Send the best of your search cats to find a fool."

The cats start searching for a room so that they live in it... To be continued.

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