GOOD SEM-MEOWITAN
by A. Griffin

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Nothing makes you more human than helping others.

Don't just walk on by when someone else is in trouble,
hold out your hand, do what you can,
don't be mean!

Be the best person you can be!

How does it work?
Watch me and see!

Right now I'm walking downtown,
I turn the corner,
and see something unexpected,
and most unsettling:

A set of abandoned clothing;
pants, shoes, and shirt
just sitting on the sidewalk,
with no one in sight.

In broad daylight,
no less.

I start to worry.

What happened? How could I guess?

Is the owner of these clothes
in some kind of awful mess?

At the very least,
they could be in danger,
and I gotta take care -
but, hey!

There's a cat standing right there,
among the vacant garments,
and purring,
happily, it seems.

They rub up against me, and I pet them,
I mean,
I can't get distracted now,
but what a cute little cat!

Such big innocent eyes,
you can sink into like a vat,
of something warm and comfy.

Comfy like that fur,
Too bad I don't have
anything nice and soft like that...

Wait,
that's a strange thing to think!

Especially when someone's in trouble? (maybe)

Really, what happened?
Figuring this out makes
my mind's wiring come undone.

Did they take their clothes off,
ditch their cat,
and go off on a run?

Are they some kind of streaker
having weirdo fun?

If the missing person left an ID card in their pocket,
I'll call up the authorities
to rush out here like a rocket -

Oh?

What's this?

The cat is holding
a piece of paper in their mouth,
and they're giving it to me!

This could be an vital clue,
with little doubt.
Maybe they know what this strangeness
is really all about.

Just maybe,
this cat's owner
is in danger somewhere,
and their pet wants to help me
figure out what came to bear.

So I take the sheet from the helpful feline,
and carefully look it over, wary.

Hmm.

This is high grade paper,
this must have come from a shop
for luxury stationary.

Maybe it's an invitation
the missing person got,

that turned out to be
to someplace that was
less safe
than they thought.

Just maybe,
if there's an address on here...

Well...

On one side,
there's a drawing of a cat.

Maybe the missing person is an artist.
Fancy that!

However,
that doesn't help much,
so I turn the leaf over,
and there's something
written on it!
Now we're getting closer!

Perhaps it's a ransom note!
I read, my heart swelling with hope.

It's written in ornate calligraphy,
maybe done
with something like with a fancy pen
with a plumed end.

The letters in the writing
are familiar enough,
but the words seem to be
absolutely made-up!

I know!

I bet it's a coded message
left by the kidnapper.

Perhaps it will make sense
if I try to read it aloud.

Let's see...

"Pax, sax, harax; hola, noa, nostra -"

moew!

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Thanks for reading!

This one's a bit different from a lot of my others.

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