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Curiosity Killed The Cat

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Published: Mar 20, 2012

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Curiosity Killed The Cat

_{It was black and furry. That's all I remember.
I saw it from the corner of my eye, its presence lurking for a moment before disappearing like the mist in the night.
I needed to follow to it.
I paced around the corner – choosing to never run – and watched as the tail furled and unfurled, tempting me like the candy at a checkout stand. Its simple, somber kicks exhibited control, but I wondered if truly it had any destination in mind.
I wanted to follow it.
As I drew nearer, breaking through a sloping path that peeked between large trees, I heard a soft call.
Me, we, ow.
I ached to hear more.

Lights – yellow, blue, green. Whizzing past like unseen stripes on a cheetah's back; the roar of a mechanical monster filling my ears. My eyes raced to follow its hunching back. I know it looked over its bony shoulder, grinned like a Cheshire, then scuttled along the worn road. The blaring noise of the metal fiend had me still before the everlasting thump.
It was black and furry.
Tinged with a little bit of red.
That's all I remember.

By Elizabeth Wells}