Maybe it is the extreme heat. Maybe it is boredom. Maybe my kids
are just weird. However, Evan has proclaimed that our stray cat, the cat that
is no longer stray because he calls our house his, as a magical cat.
You might wonder how a mere eight year old is able to discern magical cats from everyday house cats. This is his explanation. He simply asked the cat, "Are you a magical cat?" The cat nodded, blinked, and then used one claw to point to the woods. I felt like the cat moved his head to probably ward off a host of gnats swarming around his head because it is June and we are in Georgia, blinked because he clearly has some eye infection that causes seepage and other nastiness, and pointed a claw as a warning to Keagan to stay clear of him/her because Keagan feels like carrying the cat is a must.
But I was totally wrong. Because according to Evan, Morgan LeFay, the mistress of magical adventures in the Magic Tree House book series, has actually taken over the body of our cat, our stray cat with the jacked-up left eye, just as she did in book five of the series (which was set in Egypt for any of you MTH followers), and she is now inviting both boys on a set of adventures in their own magical tree house.
There's no word on what happened with Jack and Annie, the original Magic Tree House Adventurerers.
Sadly, I am unable to go with them on their adventure because even though I asked the cat if she was magical and she did blink, she did not nod her head. I am only slightly disappointed to not be able to participate in any of the adventures to far-away places that include the cat, my boys, and a tree house that flies.
Evan was dead set on this as truth. However, he couldn't actually take his magical adventure until the tree house could be located. The books clearly state that Jack and Annie find the tree house in book five at sunset, so we waited until 9:21. By that time, it was so late that the entire adventure had been forgotten. It's surprising really because I had jumped on the bandwagaon and clearly expected Merlin/Morgan (the gender of our cat has yet to be determined) to exert his/her magical powers.
Story to be continued should the cat nod, blink and point one claw in the direction of the tree line.
You might wonder how a mere eight year old is able to discern magical cats from everyday house cats. This is his explanation. He simply asked the cat, "Are you a magical cat?" The cat nodded, blinked, and then used one claw to point to the woods. I felt like the cat moved his head to probably ward off a host of gnats swarming around his head because it is June and we are in Georgia, blinked because he clearly has some eye infection that causes seepage and other nastiness, and pointed a claw as a warning to Keagan to stay clear of him/her because Keagan feels like carrying the cat is a must.
But I was totally wrong. Because according to Evan, Morgan LeFay, the mistress of magical adventures in the Magic Tree House book series, has actually taken over the body of our cat, our stray cat with the jacked-up left eye, just as she did in book five of the series (which was set in Egypt for any of you MTH followers), and she is now inviting both boys on a set of adventures in their own magical tree house.
There's no word on what happened with Jack and Annie, the original Magic Tree House Adventurerers.
Sadly, I am unable to go with them on their adventure because even though I asked the cat if she was magical and she did blink, she did not nod her head. I am only slightly disappointed to not be able to participate in any of the adventures to far-away places that include the cat, my boys, and a tree house that flies.
Evan was dead set on this as truth. However, he couldn't actually take his magical adventure until the tree house could be located. The books clearly state that Jack and Annie find the tree house in book five at sunset, so we waited until 9:21. By that time, it was so late that the entire adventure had been forgotten. It's surprising really because I had jumped on the bandwagaon and clearly expected Merlin/Morgan (the gender of our cat has yet to be determined) to exert his/her magical powers.
Story to be continued should the cat nod, blink and point one claw in the direction of the tree line.
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