Francis, the cat, has just finished his lunch and decides he needs a nap.

He walks to his favorite resting place, the living room.

Francis reaches his couch and jumps only to fall on his ass, twice.

Cat (annoyed): crap!

He gets a new resolve and decides to try once more.

Cat: I´m not falling this time…

Francis jumps and manages to get on.

Cat (happy/proud of himself): Yes!

He walks around in circles for a bit and then lays down, finding the perfect position to rest.

As Francis is about to nod off, his “worst nightmare” comes to life.

Pen: I truly find it amazing…
Cat (nodding off): … go away…

Pen: don´t you want to know what it is I find amazing?
Cat (lifts his head): if I say no, will you go away?
Pen: what do you think?

Cat (sys annoyed / looks up as if talking to God): seriously? I mean, I´m a good cat. I don´t bite, I let kids pet me; I share my food with others. Why am I being punished?

Pen: Who the heck are you talking to?
Cat: no one. Go away.
Pen: useless cat.

Cat: I´ve told you countless times, I´m not useless.
Pen: stupid cat, you eat, you sleep and you fart.
Cat (offended): I don´t fart!

Pen (mocking): no, of course not. You just release little puffs of scented rainbows and Unicorns.

The Pen realizes Francis has gone off to La La land and is lost in thought.

Pen (annoyed): hey!
Cat: What?

Pen: You were imagining it, weren´t you?
Cat: Imagining what?
Pen: The rainbows and unicorns coming out of your ass!

Cat (trying not to laugh/looking to the side): Pfttt… no I wasn´t…
Pen: you´re one sick puppy, did you know that?
Cat: I´ve told you counteless times, I´m a cat!

Pen: doesn´t make you any less weird
Cat (unable to stop laughing): Ha! Ha! Ha!

Pen: might be painful…
Cat (clueless): what might?
Pen: unicorns coming out of your ass.

Francis is once more lost in thought and doesn´t respond.

Pen (annoyed): Francis!
Cat: what?
Pen: you were imagining it again, weren´t you?

Cat (avoiding the question): … of course not…

The Pen “rolls” its eyes and starts gliding away.

Pen: crazy useless cat!
Cat (laughing): Ha! Ha! Ha! Scented rainbows and unicorns, how come I never thought of that?
Pen (from afar): shut up!
Cat: Ha! Ha! Ha!

The end!

2018_Joana Teixeira