Mephistopheles Meets the Big Outdoors!

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The first time that you venture into the big world outside is both exciting and scary when you are quite small. I had been to the doctor's for my 'necessary' operation (and microchipping) and I had recovered well from the anaesthetic. She had said not to let me out for 48 hours so here we were, two days later and it was a glorious sunny morning, so Dad opened the big glass. That was strange, to begin with! All those strange and confusing smells and sounds came right into the room! At first I didn't believe that the glass wasn't there. The mat outside the door looked strange and I didn't like to venture a paw onto it for a long time but then, very gingerly I touched it and it seemed alright. It wasn't long before I came out very carefully. There were lots of flies and things which I had to try and catch. The stones were warm and seemed quite safe. I didn't like the grass, though, so I just sat on the stones. I did have to go through the fence to see about those other cats I had seen through the window and could smell. I met one (the tortoiseshell) one and that made me get large, like a bottle-brush! That was a bit scary, too, but Dad came and rescued me. After a while, it was time to go back indoors again. I had some food and a drink and then I slept for the WHOLE afternoon! Boy, is outside EXHAUSTING!