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Written by Josh Owen   
Tuesday, 12 August 2008
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Alan never wanted a cat because he was always too wrapped up in his work to look after one.but whether he wanted one or not, he got one.A loved relative died and left the cat to him and he didnt have the heart to just give the cat away.so  after work he went to pick the cat up from the cat centre but no one was there   apart from three  cats , two orange, one blue.two bit him - the orange ones - so he figured the cat would have to be the blue one.he flicked a coin just to make sure and it landed on tails the cat had a tail so he just picked up the blue one. as he approached his car the cat flicked out a lizard like tongue and made an owl like noise "how ridiculous" thought alan. it had been a long day at work and he really couldnt be bothered to get the cat out of the carry case so he just left him in there. Alan fell asleep and awoke with a " beep beep" it was his high-tech moblie alerting him he has a message he rubbed his eyes and stared at the message " hi this is my new number  text back" he really couldnt be bothered to work out who it was from or send a message back so he just went back to slleep. that night he had a very weird dream; the cat was in the attic rolling around restlessly for hours he dreampt the same thing untill his high tech alarm clock woke him up  as usual he got dressed, picked up his briefcase , and walked out the door.......he couldnt get out the door! he searched for the keys in the house everywhere but no luck eventually he gave up searching  and went to see the silly cat which haunted his dreams all last night  he peered through the bars and to his suprise all what was there was his key! but as he was late for work he didnt even think about the silly blue cat so he just picked up the key , put it in the door....but it didnt fit as he looked closely he realised that the key was to the aticc................remebering his dream Alan got a little bit scared "BEEP BEEP" (text message recieved) "  can u get me a cone of ice cream please ?" Alan jumped out of his window , and made his way to the car he didnt care about work. he went to the ice cream store and got loads of ice cream. he raced back to the house with ice cream gushing out of the tub. he clambered up the drain pipe like a monkey and hopped through the window like a frog. he couldnt believe what he was doing. he climbed up the steps to the attic , unlocked the door  , put the ice cream on the ground and walked out the door. 5 minutes later he had a text message it said.......... "thanks! love from your new cat" Alan had never felt so happy he put all his important documents down the drain. " i dont need these any more im going to work at an ice cream factory and feed my dear cat" so Alan quit his job and  and got one at the ice cream factory but suddenly he got a message "beep BEEP"(message recieved ) " sorry ive gone off ice cream i only like to eat pumpkins now"  



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Posted by The 13th
2008-08-12 13:09:22
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Firstly your lay-out needs tidying up and there is some grammar issues.

I didn't really dig your story but I see by your profile that you write stories about silly things so that dont make sense...

But we are a open minded bunch here so the next reader will probably love this.So write on.
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Posted by ams
2008-08-12 13:17:19
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to tell yo the truth i read the first few sentences, but i didnt finish it. it wasnt that the content was bad, it was the formatting. i personally think that format has a lot of impact on the reader. this is just one big paragraph, it's missing capital letters, etc. which makes it harder for the reader to read.

if you clean it up a bit, it would be more enjoyable.
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Posted by jagblane
2008-08-12 13:48:35
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If you split this into a few paragraphs it would certainly improve the "readability" of the piece. Still the oddness of this is great and you should think extending it to have Alan desecend into cat slavery at a slower pace, after all when does a cat rush to do anything if it can get away with doing it slowly?
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Posted by Ashutosh
2008-08-12 15:00:44
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Nice write-up, Josh.

I agree with the others about the formatting bit. I think it has a lot of impact. And so does does gammar, punctuation, etc.

The length is good. You can write on anything you want but every writer who writes also wants to be read. Nothing is too silly if you present it well.

Keep writing and polishing your work.

Regards.

Ashutosh
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Posted by Zombie Punk
2008-08-13 05:08:55
Telephone Meow

As the other said you need to fix the format. I couldn't finish this due to the bad grammer and spelling mistakes, this just didn't flow well. I'd suggest taking a gander at some stories around here and pay attention on how a story is written. Maybe if you fix this out of just one big paragraph I'll read it, but until then oh well ...

Welcome to StoriesVille
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Posted by bungle
2008-08-14 12:53:10
telephone meow

Hi Josh, nice to hear from you. read your story, put your analyst on danger money baby. some interesting ideas though, try to be a tad more disciplined when it comes to the plot. don't worry too much though after all lewis caroll came up with the mad hatters tea party although that may have been the influence of laudnum. keep up the good if unusual work
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Posted by bungle
2008-08-14 12:53:14
telephone meow

Hi Josh, nice to hear from you. read your story, put your analyst on danger money baby. some interesting ideas though, try to be a tad more disciplined when it comes to the plot. don't worry too much though after all lewis caroll came up with the mad hatters tea party although that may have been the influence of laudnum. keep up the good if unusual work
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Posted by bungle
2008-08-14 12:53:20
telephone meow

Hi Josh, nice to hear from you. read your story, put your analyst on danger money baby. some interesting ideas though, try to be a tad more disciplined when it comes to the plot. don't worry too much though after all lewis caroll came up with the mad hatters tea party although that may have been the influence of laudnum. keep up the good if unusual work
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Posted by Something Indecent
2008-08-14 17:57:12
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I think you could expand on this a bit. Maybe instead of enthusiasticly quitting his job and working at the ice cream factory Alan could be intimidated by the cat's messages. When he's pining for food he could scratch the floor of the attic causing Alan to eventually go insane or have a nervous breakdown. But that's just me. You should expand this and add some more to it though. It felt a bit rushed. The formating isn't hard to do so I wouldn't worry about that. This could be pretty good once you fill it out. Anyway, welcome to the site!
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Posted by villanova21
2008-08-27 22:29:15
Nice Story

Nice story line but as said before the formatting could be better done. But nonetheless I enjoyed it.
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