Mr. Lister Had a Traumatizing Day

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Poor Mr. Lister. There he was, all comfy on the bed, tucking me in this morning when all of a sudden he got spooked. He froze and turned to stare out into the open hallway. There was nothing there, which in turn spooked me. It sounded like it was raining rather hard and I got up to do a walk-through of the apartment to make sure there wasn't any reason for my cat to be acting like there was an intruder. Turns out there WAS an intruder -- and its name was HAIL, which fell from the sky in fast, massive clumps, intruding on Mr. Lister's sense of safety! I sat at the window and watched the hail fall and bounce off the pavement below for a while. It hailed so much it turned the neighboring parking lot white! I could hear children shrieking and playing outside in it. They have probably never seen snow and thought that's what it was. Mr. Lister, however, was having none of it. He crammed himself under the bed and refused to come out as long as the ice was falling! It's just as well, because shortly after I returned to bed, it started thundering, and with the thunder came flashes of lightning. It sounded like it was right overhead, and one thunderclap actually shook the apartment. For a moment there I thought I was going to have to cram myself under the bed with Lister! Good thing for both of us that didn't happen, since I think it would be rather cramped with the two of us under there, and my boyfriend would have most likely returned home from work to find his girlfriend stuck like Winnie the Pooh in Rabbit's hole. At some point I must have fallen back to sleep, and the thunderstorm must have passed, because when I awoke again Lister was curled up on my legs. What an exhausting, traumatizing day he's had! When the boyfriend came home he told him all about it. Now all is well, and he is snoozing peacefully on the sofa. Tomorrow will be another traumatizing day, alas -- my sister is coming over, which means more hiding under the bed for Lister. Life is full of trauma when you're afraid of everything! Image is mine and may not be used without my permission.