I don’t know what I’ve done wrong! I’ve helped mummy with her work, helped her exercise and even entertained her by fooling around and making her laugh, cuddled on her lap and even helped her with the gardening.
Not once but twice, TWICE! Mummy missed taking me on walkies recently. She missed taking me out for my most favourite thing, missed spending together time with me, missed me running around, climbing and rolling in the mud. How could she? Her and daddy went out and left us, for the whole day – twice! They said something about going to see their friends who they haven’t seen for a long time but friends over walkies? Come on mummy, that’s just not fair.
Each time they went out by the time they got home, it was (according to mummy) too late to go out, “what do you mean” I meowed as I made a rush for the door, “we can go walkies anytime, it doesn’t matter to me I don’t mind.” “Jenny,” mummy said, “it’s already dark outside and I can’t see and I haven’t got blindie super senses like you have so we’ll have to wait till tomorrow and have an extra long walkies instead.” I walked off grumbling to myself and went and sulked on the balcony. I can’t be mad at mummy long though and I thought about how hard it must be for mummy and daddy not to see their human friends for so long, I know how much I miss them when they were gone for a day. So when I heard daddy in the bathroom I came back in to shout for a game of damp hands and played fetch with mummy.
After the first time they left us, whilst I was playing with mummy she was telling me all about what they’d done all day, that they sat out in a lovely garden in the sunshine and how much I would have loved it. She said there were some big trees that I would have tried to climb and a wood behind the garden fence, there were lots of birds and insects to listen to and chase and grass to roll around on. It sounded so lovely and I could understand why they went there and stayed there all day, I was a bit jealous that they had been outside all day whilst we were stuck indoors as I love being outside. Just as I was about to ask why they didn’t take me along to such a lovely garden mummy said “You’d have loved it Jenny but it was a bit noisy, there were a few people there, not too many but enough to make you anxious with all the talking and people moving about.” Oh yes I wouldn’t like that plus she said it had been a long journey in the car and I don’t really like car journeys too much as it means being imprisioned in the dreaded carrier so I understood why I wasn’t allowed to go with them.
The next day mummy did take me out for walkies and it was an extra long one and we had lots of fun together. I ran and chased and leapt and rolled and explored all the bushes and had a thoroughly good time.
I’m so fast meowmy had to slow the video down to see me properly!
The second time mummy missed walkies it was the same thing they both went out and left us but this time when they came home I was just happy to see them. Mummy said that I definitely wouldn’t have liked to go with them as there were two children this time and whilst I like children and they sometimes join me and mummy on walkies it’s only for a short time and I’m not sure I could cope with them for too long. They’re quite noisy for such small humans and they run about a lot and that scares me a bit.
This time I also knew that mummy would make up for it by taking me for an extra long walkies the next day instead and having slept most of the day while they were out I was ready for extra time to run about. But to also sit with mummy and just listen to the world around us and relax a bit.
Even when mummy takes me out for an extra long walkies I love being outside so much I never want to come in and often stage a protest! Once mummy has persuaded me to come in I realise, although I’d never admit it, just how much I’ve run about and how tired I am so it’s a quick bite to eat and then off to bed
I don’t wanna go in 
I was worn out after all
Jenny’s Story 