"Hey Ninky, look at those two, what are they doing?"
"Oh Olive stop gawking at the neighbours, they're just having a lie down in the sun, what's your deal?"
"I just don't like the look of that black and white one, he's got an attitude problem"
"No he doesn't, I chat to him every now and again, he has issues with Stuart across the road though and Tom next door picked a fight with him the other day over a mouse"
"Oh, I didn't know about that, what kind of mouse was it?"
"I think it was a pygmy mouse, seems a silly little thing to have a tiff over"
"Look at them just lounging over there, I wish we had that nice sunny patch, bunch of spoilt brats they are"
"Stop your jealousy, it's unbecoming and you're gonna give yourself a reputation in the neighbourhood"
"What did you say?"
"I didn't say anything, are you feeling ok? You're being weird"
"No, really, did you not hear that? My hair is standing on end, does it feel like we're being watched?"
"You need to lay off the catnip you moron, nobody's watchi.... OH HOLY CRAP WHAT THE HELL IS THAT THING?"
"Mooooooommmmmmmm there's a big freaking bird out here that says it's going to eat us. I'm getting out of here. They can keep their sunny patch and their weird looking bird too".
"And you say I'm the weirdo hahahaha you just called your human MOM. Scaredy-cat. I reckon I can take him, I'll give him what for".
"Oh no, he's taking off. RUNNNNNNNN, scatter, hide!"
From behind the safety of a window Olive and Ninky watched the large bird land on something. It wasn't a cat. It was just a pygmy mouse. It hadn't even been watching them. Olive scoffed at their silliness
"We're way to big to be taken by a hawk. Gosh my heartrate though. Maybe it's time for a catnap, instead of catnip"
Photos have been used with permission by my neighbour Melanie
