Part IV The Family

Author's dedication: To David (a different David, not the fish) who's birthday it is tomorrow

Part IV sees the introduction of a new character, the security blanket’s evil twin called picnic rug.

WARNING:  Today's episode is rated PG Parental guidance recommended for younger readers. It is a scathing expose on the Little Girl's family and should not be faced by the faint-hearted. Thank goodness the little girl has the heart of a lion – another member of the cat family as we all know

THE FAMILY

The evil picnic rug as he likes others to percieve him.
His real name is Pignig.

The picnic rug used to enjoy Lucy taking him out on picnics when they would eat fish & chips for lunch. This was long before Lucy wised up to his false pretense and David had come into her life. The evil picnic rug had used to trick her into a false sense of security before pulling the rug out from underneath her feet. He was a mean and nasty picnic rug stuck all over with burrs and prickles.

On Christmas Day Lucy invited her mother, the Witch to come and have afternoon tea with her and David, Puss & the 3 snails. But the Witch's husband, Lucy’s father, was very old and deaf and didn't want to be troubled. So they didn't wish her a Merry Christmas.

Unbeknownst to Lucy, the Witch had invited the evil picnic rug over for a picnic on Christmas Day. Lucy wondered where the 3 snails were going that morning. Lucy didn't blame the snails when she found out as they were only young and easily misled by the false demeanour of the picnic rug.

The Witches picnic

But the Witch and Lucy's father knew full well the trickery of this evil picnic rug and still preferred his company to that of the good and kind Little Girl.

The Witch took great delight in taking Lucy out to lunch a few days later to tell her about the delicious Christmas pudding they had all enjoyed eating with Lucy's greatest enemy. Lucy couldn't understand what she was talking about as she couldn't comprehend such treachery. Being the gracious little girl that she was, she allowed herself to be entertained by her Aunt from New Zealand who had also come to lunch, ignoring her mother's choice of fish & chips.

The Cat's Mother

Lucy wasn't sure why her mother and father would prefer the company of a prickly old rug to the company of a brightly shining heart. Lucy called her cat friend Deb to see if she could make her feel any better. Deb listened and empathized with Lucy. She said, “What can we do to make you feel better?” She took her home and gave her a ham sandwich with cheese and tomato. (We mustn't neglect to feed that very hungry caterpillar).

Lucy’s mother was like all black-hearted witches, she couldn't bear to see those around her happy. She tried with all her spells to keep them down-trodden. Lucy hadn't been able to see under the guise of her mother until now. Though she had always wondered why her mother had such an odd shape and bloodshot eyes, gnarly fingers and an evil laugh. But now she could see clearly why she had 
grown up as the Little Girl That No One Loved. Except her Cat.

Her mother had even tried to destroy her cat!

But Lucy would never let her take Puss away from her. She must run away. She and Puss together, run far, far away. She would pick up her fish and his fish bowl and go somewhere her evil mother the Wicked Witch will never find them. But on second thoughts, Lucy thought, "Why should I run away? I could just stop taking her phone calls." So she did. She put the treacherous Old Witch and her father the Worm out of her life forever. She would be happy in the paws of her new cat family!(with a sprinkling of dogs- JESS) She was sure of it!

Lucy’s father hadn't always been a worm but years of constant nagging by the Witch had turned him into one. And now he had lost his daughter. Unfortunately worms are like fish, they are unaware and he probably didn't even know what he had done to his beautiful daughter. Let’s give the worm a character. He can be misfortune. Oh well, at least Lucy had given him monogrammed handkerchiefs for his Christmas present (this was the security blanket's thought) so he would be able to dry his eyes.

Lucy waited day after day for the phone call of apology that was never to come. This made it easy to refuse her mother’s phone calls ie: there weren't any. Only one from her sister, Polly the Parrot who hadn't said anything to Lucy as she had been trained by their mother only to repeat what she thought people wanted to hear. And she knew that Lucy would be hurt if she knew what her mother had planned.

ASIDE: Puss forgot that she has the strength of a lion and busted a wine glass while she was washing up. She went to the Doctor and the Nurse glued her paw back together. She is such a tough Lion, it doesn't even hurt (mostly).

Puss: Now where did I get up to in the story?

Deb: Your about to get into the family

Puss: I thought I had already got into them haha.

Except the younger sister was left out, which is probably even sadder as it shows how little they meant to each other. Puss had tentatively suggested to her mother the Witch that the younger sister may like to call in to get her Christmas present. It is highly doubtful that the Witch even presented this idea to her. It didn't really matter as Puss hadn't wrapped up her present anyway, though she did have a fun egg cup for her niece.

There are no dragons in this story. When are the dragons gunna come?