Wistful sat on the window sill and ruffled his feathers.
He peered hungrily through the window. "If only I could!"
he thought as he stared at the cat's dish of food that looked
so tempting.
What had mother said? "Beware of that cat!" He hopped
up and down as he thought, "What does Mother know anyway?"
He flew down to the ground and walked angrily around. "It's
not fair!" he cooed, "Why must the cat always be spoilt with all
that nice food. I'm hungry and I deserve some of it!"
He noticed that the kitchen door was open and so he hopped onto the
step and peeped inside. He forgot all about his mother's
warning about the cat as he saw the bowl. And it was full
of juicy food! "That's all mine!" he cooed and hopped over
to the dish. In a flash he was gobbling up the food -
unaware of a smiling cat who was hiding behind the kitchen door!
The cat crept forward and prepared to pounce on the unsuspecting
pigeon. He sprang into the air, but just in time the pigeon
saw the cat's shadow and flew out into the garden. The cat
angrily swished his tail and stalked off to wash his tail!
Wistful tried to catch his breath as his heart raced with fear.
His mother flew down and scolded him for being a disobedient
bird and nearly allowing the cat to catch him. Wistful hung
his head in shame for he knew that he had been wrong.
I hope boys and girls that you will not be foolish like Wistful, and
always say "No" to things you know are wrong!
God bless.