This brilliant atmospheric story by Sophie Norton aged 11 was inspired by Svetlana Petrova’s picture The Reverend Robert Walker Skating on Duddingston Loch with cat (original by Sir Henry Raeburn) FATCATART.RU
The grand curtains opened wide and the realistic scenery towered over the audience. Then aman, dressed in a tailed suit, glided into sight. He wore a jet black top hat, a creamy, old fashioned shirt and a pair of maroon ice skates.
Beadily his eyes stared forward. His arms crossed over the opening of his overcoat, his tie securely tucked in his waistcoat.
As he swished along the gleaming ice the audience sat silently, anticipating a grand dance. Music suddenly boomed around the arena.
But the man stopped.
He stared back stage.
For him it must have felt like days, or weeks or even months. We all knew that something was meant to happen.
Suddenly, a dark, solid shadow appeared on the shiny, smooth ice. Is this what he has been waiting for? We all thought.
A stripy, ginger cat smoothly glided past the man. His face looked shocked,stiff and agitated. Then soon he realised that he needed to get on with the show.
The audience gasped, and at that moment in time they, in synchronisation, swirled around on the ice. It was a glorious moment. The crowd threw bunches of flowers onto the ice. Cheerful music filled the contented room. Happily the man and the cat smiled at the audience.
From then on, the ‘man and the cat’ toured the wide world and left the miserable partner of the man (who forgot to turn up at the show) to find someone else!
THE END!
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