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Special Treat ??“ Loren Moore

March 26, 2006

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CAT FIGHT

BY LOREN MOORE

ONE AFTERNOON LAST WEEK AS I WAS TAKING MY AFTERNOON NAP, I WAS AWAKEN BY TWO NEIGHBORS SHOUTING AT EACH OTHER, I STUCK MY HEAD OUT THE FRONT DOOR TO SEE WHAT ALL THE HULLABALOO WAS ABOUT.

KATHY AND CAROL WERE STANDING OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE GOING AT EACH OTHER LIKE A COUPLE OF ALLEY CATS. I EXPECTED TO SEE BLOOD, GUTS AND EYE BALLS SCATTERED ON THE PAVEMENT ANY MINUTE.

I HOLLOWED FOR THE TWO TO KNOCK IT OFF I WAS TRYING TO TAKE A NAP. WELL TO MY SURPRISE THEY DID KNOCK IT OFF. AT LEAST THEIR FIGHTING WITH EACH OTHER. BOTH OF THEM TURNED ON ME AND STARTED HEAPING VERBAL ABUSE ON ME. YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THEY WERE BOSOM BUDDIES FIGHTING A COMMON ENEMY.

I SHAMMED THE DOOR CLOSED AND WENT BACK TO BED. WITH ME OUT OF SIGHT THEY QUIT CUSSING ME AND WENT HOME.

THE NEXT DAY THEY WERE AT EACH OTHER AGAIN. WHEN I OPENED THE DOOR THIS TIME I SAW MY NEIGHBOR ACROSS THE STREET, CLARA IS HER NAME, PEEPING OUT OF HER WINDOW. SHE WASN??™T ABOUT TO OPEN HER DOOR.

I SHOUTED TO KATHY AND CAROL, ???ALL RIGHT YOU TWO, THIS TIME I??™M CALLING THE POLICE.??? I SLAMMED THE DOOR CLOSED AND ALMOST IMMEDIATELY THERE WAS LOUD BANGING ON MY DOOR. I WENT TO THE PHONE AND DIALED 911 AND WHEN THE OPERATOR CAME ON, I TOLD HER THERE WERE TWO CRAZY WOMEN TRYING TO BRAKE DOWN MY FRONT DOOR AND I NEED HELP RIGHT AWAY.

???SIR THERE IS ALREADY A SQUAD CAR ON ITS WAY IT SHOULD BE THERE IN THE NEXT TWO MINUTES.??? I COULD HEAR A CAR DOOR SLAM AND THEN THIS VOICE SAYS, ???OK YOU TWO PUT YOUR HANDS ON THAT WALL AND SPREAD YOUR FEET.??? I TOLD THE OPERATOR THAT THE POLICE WERE THERE AND HUNG UP. AS I STEPPED OUT ON THE PORCH THE OFFICER WAS PUTTING HANDCUFFS ON KATHY AND CAROL.

THE OFFICER LED THEM OUT TO HIS CAR AND PUT THEM IN THE BACK SEAT. THAT??™S WHEN CLARA WALKED OUT ON HER PORCH AND STOOD THERE CLAPPING HER HANDS. THE OFFICER GOT HIS CLIPBOARD OUT OF THE FRONT SEAT AND CAME BACK TO ME TO MAKE OUT HIS REPORT.

WHEN HE ASKED ME WHAT THIS WAS ALL ABOUT I TOLD HIM ??¦ BUT NO THAT??™S A WHOLE NOTHER STORY FOR A DIFFERENT TIME.

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