Cats...

I still remembered vividly the few events concerning this particular black cat in my neighbour's house.When i first moved into my new house,i passed by my neighbour's house and saw this black cat fiercely staring straight into my eyes.From that moment,i knew this cat would not be as friendly to me as how it is to my family members...

When i was walking home towards my block,i saw this cat following every single footstep i took and it followed me all the way to the lift lobby.As i was very scared of cats in the past,i tried to avoid it by walking up to my house through the stairs instead of having to take the same lift as the cat if it was to follow me all the way.However,to my astonishment,the cat indeed followed behind me up the stairs.

I began increasing my speed and slowly i found myself running all the way to the sixteenth storey,gasping for breath.The cat seemed so relax while chasing me,i had no choice but to stop running at the seventh storey and stare blindly on the cat while catching my breath.To my surprise,when i stop running,it stop running as well.I thought,"perhaps it would just follow whatever i do.I shall run all the way to the tenth storey and stop at the lift lobby,hopefully the cat will stop there as well.I can then get into the lift slowly without it noticing and get back to my house."I did as what i planned and luckily,the plan worked!

For the remaining few months,i did not see the cat anymore.Usually,i would see it every morning when its owner brings it out for a walk while i am on my way to school as we both are living in the same level.Therefore,i assumed that the family had already moved out for good.Unfortunately,one day,the cat found its way into my house.My mother said she might have forgotten to lock up the door when she came back from the market that morning and nobody reminded her as all of us were sleeping.

The owner of the cat,Mrs Chua,came knocking on our door and told my mother that her cat might have came into our house.My mother allowed her to search all over our house while we were sleeping but Mrs Chua kept mewing to search for the cat and it woke all of us up.The cat was lying right beside me!I screamed my lungs out and ran out of my room leaving the cat alone on my bed and went to complain to Mrs Chua on why she did not look properly after her cat.That was the last time i saw this cat because Mrs Chua moved shortly after this incident.

Cats were the only creature that i had been afraid of and will still be afraid of...

**Vanessa**