Chapter 16: How Do It

I blinked a few times, as I was still a little bit lost, due to the fact that my memory felt quite a bit woozy at this current moment in time, as I had just woken up. I was not so sure as to what was going on, nor where it was that I was even at, at the exact same time as well, as I was not so sure as to why there was a cat up on my right now.

I was used to waking up, usually seeing the two leg up and moving around, or still asleep. Right now, I had not a clue as to where I was even at, as I then began to look around just a little bit, turning my head all over the place, to see if I noticed any thing that was a little bit familiar to me.

I then looked over at the cat that had woken me up in the first place, as it took me just a few moments, but I then recognized the face of the cat, to be the cat that I had seen in my dreams. Not the one that went by the name of Stoneteller, but instead he had the name of Frank.

Frank lived in a 'barn' as I had begun to remember, as it was slowly catching up to me, as to where it was that I was at right now. I was with him in the barn, and I had fallen asleep in his place, as he had been nice enough to let me stay the night. I was not so sure if he was going to let me stay any more nights than that how ever.

Whilst I did remember that I had been very tempted to ask him if I could stay, I knew that my focus needed to be on the sun trail, just like Stoneteller had told me all about. Well not all about, as I simply knew that it was in some place that they called 'mountains' which I had never heard of before, but I assumed that it had to be over the very big hill that was a long ways away from me, as I had seen yesterday, whilst I had been going over to this 'farm'.

I still was not so sure as to why I had been shown this place, as I was not all too sure as how it could be important to me. Perhaps it was some kind of test of me seeing if I still wanted to be a kitty pet, or if I wanted to be a strong cat that lived out in the wild. The answer to that one was obvious to me, as I had never wanted to be a kitty pet.

It was nice to have a warm and comfy bed every night, and not have to hunt for food, but at the same time too, I did not like the fact that I was enclosed in such a tight space, when I knew that there was a free and open world not all too far away from me. Even if there were a lot of scary monsters that were out in the wild.

I just had to play it smart when I was out there, and I had to sleep in safe places. I shivered, as all of the sudden, at the exact same time as well, the dream that I had last night, all came back to me, all at once, as I was nearly about to jump up in to the air, until I realized it would make me look like a fool to Frank.

Perhaps it would scare him too, and he would cast me out of his home. Maybe that is what I needed, though I did not want to do some thing rude such as that on purpose, as I could tell that these were good cats. Also, I still felt like that there had to have been a reason that I was shown this place in the very first place too.

I shook my head, as I then shook my head, as I shook off all of those thoughts from my mind, at the exact same time too. I then looked over to Frank, who I saw now had his eyes squinted at me, as it seemed that it was a little bit suspicious to him, that I still had not responded to him after just a little while longer.

I blinked a few times once again, as I looked right in to his eyes, which seemed to calm him down just a little bit at the very least. I was not so sure as to what it was that I should do after that how ever, as I then got my thoughts on what it was that he had even just said to me in the very first place.

It then hit me, as to the fact that I had told him that I had tried to catch a rabbit yesterday, and I had failed at it quite a bit hard, as I was not all too sure as to what it was that I had done wrong in the first place, as I had done just what it was that Night had told me to do whilst I had been hunting other animals.

Frank had offered to teach me how to hunt a rabbit, and I had said yes to it at the same time too, as I felt like I could not back down from it now. I had basically made a promise to him, to go out side with him, so that he could teach me how to hunt a bit better, as Night had basically just taught me how to do the basics.

He had also said that he had known that cat as well, as he had said that she too had helped him at one point, but he had to learn a lot of his own, and a lot from other friends that he had met whilst he had been out in the wild. I sighed, as I closed my eyes at the same time too, as I then began to remember the story that he had told me.

"I was once too raised by two legs, but I left my home, and I went to live out in the wild... Night helped me, but I had to learn a lot for my self... I learned a lot from my mate too..." He had said to me, as he then looked over to his kit Owl, as it was clear to me that he was trying to tell me that the cat he happened to be talking about at this very moment in time, was the mother of Owl.

I dipped my head a bit low to the ground, as I could not help but to feel a bit bad for Frank, even if I had never met his mate, nor did I know him all too well at all either. I could tell that he was in fact a genuine, and a good cat how ever, and I had to assume that he loved his mate a lot, due to the fact that he still took care of his kit, when he could have easily left him to die like most father's would have.

I let out quite a bit of a heavy, and sad sigh at the same time too, as I could see a tear drop from the eyes of Frank, as it was clear to me that it hurt him every time that he told this story to some one. Perhaps, we had not even told this story to any one, as I doubt that there was all too many cats wanting to come in to this area, after they saw the big animals that lived on the 'farm'.

Now that I thought about it, at the exact same time too, I felt like he might not have even told Owl about his mother, as he had told Owl to go do some thing else, whilst he had said that he wanted to talk to me privately. At first I thought that he was going to threaten me, to protect his kit, but it seemed to be just the opposite of that.

I could tell that he felt like he wanted to confess a lot of things to me, and I was not going to judge him for it. We all had bad thoughts, and hurtful thoughts in our head, and it was best to just let it out, rather than to just store all of it up in side, so I knew not to judge the cat for any of what it was that he was saying.

It was not like he was having any sort of dark thoughts, as it seemed like it was more just painful memories for him, which I still could not help but to feel a bit bad for all of it. He had for sure had it a lot harder than I ever had, as the only sad memory I really had was leaving my friend Ben.

I would say that it would be my parents, but I never knew them at all, so I could not act like it had hurt me to lose them, as I had never met them in the first place. I did not want to tell him about all of that either, as I knew that it was nothing compared to the pain that this poor cat had to endure in his whole life.

I shook my head, as I shook off all of those thoughts at the same time too, as I knew that I had to keep my focus on Frank, as that was the cat that had just spoken to me, as I did not want to get too trapped in my head with all of the thoughts that seemed to be swarming me all at once.

After a little while longer, I then looked up to Frank, to let him know that I was listening to what it was that he had just said to me, and that it simply just pained me to hear him tell me all of those stories. I blinked a few times at the same time too, as I then nodded to him, to let him know that I was about to speak back to him.

Frank looked at me with quite a blank look on his face, as I could tell that he was trying to hide the pain that was building up in side of him, when he told me his story. After a little while longer how ever, he did in fact nod back to me, letting me know that it was now safe for me to speak, which I did in fact do of course.

"I am sorry about all about all of it... I don't know what else to say... I just... I really don't know..." I said, as I felt like I was having a bit of a struggle to catch a grasp on all of my words all at once, at the same time too. I blinked a few times as well, as I felt like what I had said had sounded a bit stupid. As I looked at Frank for just a little bit longer, I could tell that he was not going to judge me for it how ever, which made me feel quite a bit relieved, as I was now a bit relaxed too. Frank dipped his head a bit low to the ground, as I could tell that he was a little bit in a flurry of thoughts at this very moment, as I knew that it hurt him to continue to bring up up his mate over and over again. I felt like I needed to change the subject, as I really did not like to see cats in pain, even if it was a cat that I might not like all too well. Of course, I did like Frank, as far as I had seen from him so far, so I for sure needed to help him out just a bit, which I did so of course, as I then began to speak up to him once again. Frank lifted his head up, once he had heard me do as such, as I saw him blink his eyes quite a few times, as it was clear that he was now listening as to what it was that I had to say to him in the very first place as well. "Do you think you could help teach me a little bit better, like she taught you?"

I looked at him right in my eyes, as I felt like what I had said, and the way that I had said it too, had been perfect, as I knew that it would hit him right on the spot. I did not want him to make it feel like I was using him, which was not the case at all how ever, as I simply just wanted to learn how to hunt.

If I was going to go and live out in the wild, I needed to do as such of course. And while, Night, might have helped me a bit, she had not taught me to the full potential that I needed to be at, as I knew that it was going to take some time for me to simply learn all of this on my own.

It was the time of year that we were coming up on, that might not be a good time either, how ever, as I knew that it was about the be the cold time of the year, and a lot of the prey that was in the wild, would soon be in hiding. I might not make it through the leaf bare, if I did not know how to hunt.

I sighed a bit to my self, as I felt like still, that I was kind of using him to try and help my self, as I was fairly certain that this was not going to help this cat at all. How ever, as I thought about it just a little bit more, I started to begin to think as to how it might help him, as I could tell that the cat was still grieving a bit, over the loss of his mate.

I could tell that he wanted some sort of company, and this might be perfect for him. I was not going to live here for ever, and I was sure that he knew that, but I could tell that he felt like he really needed to get all of that from off of his chest, as I could tell that it had been building up on him for quite a bit of some time now.

Frank looked at me for quite a bit of some time, as he had quite the blank look on his face, at the exact same time as well, as if he had not heard as to a word as to what it was that I had just said to him a few moments ago. I was fairly certain that he had how ever, as I thought that perhaps, he could simply just a bit lost in thoughts at this very moment in time.

I let out a bit of a soft sigh all at once, as he stood there for a bit more time, as I was just about to look away, and kind of give up on him, when he all of the sudden lifted his head back up at me, as I could now tell that he had heard every word of what it was that I had said to him in the very first place as well.

It made me feel quite a bit better, as I felt a bit relieved at the same time too, now that I knew that I was not just talking to my self. Frank had a bit of a sad look on his face, as I saw that he had a smile at the same time too, as I could not tell if he was happy, or if he was in a lot of pain at this very moment in time.

If I had to guess, I would assume that it might be a little bit of a combination of the both of those. I blinked a few times as well how ever, as all of the sudden, I saw Frank then nod to me at the exact same time too. I had a bit of a blank look on my face, as I could tell, as if I was not so sure as to what it was that he was getting at.

I did know as to what it was that he was getting at how ever, as I then all of the sudden nodded right back over to him, to let him know that it was now safe for him to speak, as I was in fact listening to what it was that he had to say, just like he had been listening as to what it was that I had said, even if I might have thought for a bit of some time, that he had not been.

Frank stared at me for a little bit more time, as if he had changed his mind, and was not going to speak, which did confuse me a little bit at first, until just as soon as those thoughts did come in to my head, he then began to speak to me all at once, as I felt just a bit relieved, as well as feeling a bit relaxed at the same time too, as I then listened as to what it was that he had to say back to me all at once.

"It's a little bit too late right now... But I can teach you how to catch a rabbit tomorrow if you would like for that to happen?" He said to me, as it seemed like he had asked it as a bit of a question at the last part, rather than have it being an offer, as if he was worried that I might tell him no.

That was not the case at all how ever, as I had just asked him if he could teach me a little bit, as it was clear that I had wanted to learn some stuff from him, at least that is what I had thought to be the case. I suppose I could not blame him for not remembering that, or just not thinking on it all too much, as I could tell that he had been a bit lost in his thoughts at the time.

I was just glad that he had at least heard a little bit of the part of what it was that I had said to him in the very first place as well. I then nodded to my self, as I glad to hear him say that he was open to teaching me a little bit more that I needed to learn, as that was all that I had really been worried about.

I was not worried that he was going to say no, due to the fact that he was going to be rude, as I could tell that he was not that type of cat. I was more worried that he was going to say no, as I knew that he had to take care of his kit at his home. I did not blame him for it either, as I felt like I would be the same way if I had a kit.

I did not even want to think about having kits at this very moment, as it kind of left a sour taste in my mouth, as I had never really met a cat that I had fallen in love with, but a lot of that was also due to the fact that I had only been in my two leg nest for the most of my life, and there were not all too many cats that I got to meet.

I shook off all of those thoughts at the exact same time too, as I then got my focus on the present, as I noticed that for some odd reason or another, it seemed to be, that Frank had a bit of a worried look on his face, as if I might attack him all of the sudden, for some odd reason or another.

I blinked a few times, as I then remembered as to what it was that he had just offered me, as I dipped my head a little bit low to the ground to him, as I all of the sudden gave him a bit of a slow nod, to let him know that I was open to it, and that I could really use the help.

Night had in fact helped me quite a bit, but I felt like there had been a reason as to why I had seen this place in my dreams, rather than have it be Nights place. I still could not just push off Night for not being any help at all how ever, as I was grateful for the company, as well as the fact that I was certain that I was not going to find this place if I had not gone to Nights abandoned two leg nest that she lived at.

I shook off all of those thoughts all at once, at the exact same time as well, as I then got my eyes, and my focus back on Frank as he was the one that had just spoke to me in the first place. I blinked a few times, as when I looked at him this time, I saw that he did not have his eyes on me at all.

Instead, I saw that his eyes were on his kit, as I could tell that a lot of the time, he was always worried about his kit, as it seemed like some times, he was a bit over protective of his kit at the same time too, which some times felt to be a bit of a bad thing, as it meant that the kit would not give the life to the best of his possibility.

I sighed, as I shook my head, which I saw that Frank had noticed from the corner of his eyes at the exact same time too, as he all of the sudden turned his head over to me, as he had his head tilted a bit at the same time too, as it was clear that he was a bit confused as to the reason that I had just shook my head a few moments ago.

It really was not that big of a deal, and there was not much of a reason to it, besides the fact that I was simply trying to shake off all of the thoughts that had been going through my head all at once how ever. I let out a bit of a soft sigh to my self, as I was tempted to close my eyes right now, but I knew that would not be a good look for my self at all, at this very moment in time.

I blinked just a few times, as I then all of the sudden nodded to Frank, as I also had a thought come in to my head, that I could not help but to be a bit worried for Owl as well. Frank too blinked his eyes right back at me, but he did in fact nod to me such as I had done to him, as it let me know that it was now safe for me to speak to him.

I still was not all too sure as to what it was that I was going to say, but as I saw his kit jumping around on the other side of the room, not too far away, in then gave me an idea of what it was that I should say in the first place, as it came to my head in a bit of a flicker, as I then all of the sudden began to speak up to him.

"What are you going to do about Owl?" I asked him, as I stared at his kit that was not all too far away from him, to make sure that he knew that he could not forget about his kit. Frank looked at me for quite a bit of some time as well, as I saw that he had quite a blank look on his face, as if he had not heard a word as to what it was that I had just said to him in the first place.

There was also perhaps the possibility that I felt quite a bit guilty on the fact that he had not thought on the fact that he had his son, he was still quite a young kit, and he should not leave him alone. Either way, I could not read the cats thoughts, and I felt like I should not try to either, as I did not want to assume some thing that might not be true at all.

I often felt like at times, that I was not the best at assuming things, so that was why I rarely ever tried to do that, unless it was late at night, which was some thing that I could not really help all too much, as I did not have control on the thoughts that my subconscious had when I drifted off to sleep, or when I was in my dreams.

It was a lot of the reason that I still felt like the dreams were not real at all, as I felt like it was simply just some thing that my head wanted to tell me, as it was what my inner thoughts wanted. I was starting to think that it might not be the case how ever, as I was looking at the cat that I had seen in one of my dreams at this very moment.

Sure, it might be a bit of a vivid and foggy memory to me, as to me being in a dream in the first place, but even if it was not the cat, and the kit that I had seen, I knew for a fact that the farm that I was at right now, had to be the place that I had seen, as I had not ever seen any thing like that, so I was not so sure how my brain could function on some thing such as that.

I sighed, as I shook my head all at once, at the exact same time too, so that I would be able to shake off all of those thoughts that were going through my head at this very moment in time. I then looked over to Frank, to see that he finally had his head up, and he was looking right at me at the same time as well.

At first I was a little bit surprised, as I would have thought that his thoughts would have been on the fact that he had some how forgot about his son, as he with out a doubt loved his son to pieces. That seemed to no longer be the case, as I wondered just how long I had been lost in my thoughts.

I shook my head all at once, as I knew that none of that mattered at all, as he then suddenly nodded to me, letting me know that he was about to speak to me, and I then nodded back to him, to let him know that I was listening as to what it was that he was going to say to me in the first place.

Frank seemed to move around a little bit, as if he was not all too comfortable under his fur at the moment, but he did in fact finally begin to speak up to me any ways. I blinked a couple of times, as I then suddenly listened as to what it was that he had to say to me at the exact same time too.

"He knows that I go out side fairly often any ways, it is safe here... Believe me on that, I found a good home..." He said to me at first, as I saw a big smile on his face at the exact same time too, as it seemed to be that he was proud of the place that he lived at. From what he had told me about the place, I had to in fact believe as to what it was that he had said to me in the first place as well. So far, it had in fact been safe, as far as I had seen, but I still could not help but just to be a little bit worried about the young kit. I shook my head, as I let out a bit of a soft sigh at the same time too, as I then looked back over at Frank, as I then heard him begin to speak once again, as I then listened to him, such as I had been doing before now. "It does not help to remind him I suppose."

I blinked a few times, as I looked at him for a little while longer, as I saw a bit of a look on his face this time, that at least showed a little bit of emotion, which did in fact calm me down just a little bit all at once, as I felt a little bit more safe, now that I knew that Franks kit was going to be okay if we were in fact to go out there.

I looked in front of me, as I could still see Owl playing with some thing, though I had as to not a clue as to what it could be in the first place if I was going to be honest with my self. It was clear that the both of them were happy with the home that they lived at, as I had to in fact believe as to what it was that Frank had said to me.

For one thing, he did not seem like he was the type of cat to lie to me for no reason what so ever, but also at the same time as well, I felt like the place was in fact quite a bit safe to live at, as far as I had seen from it so far. It was not exactly the wild, but I was not going to lie, it certainly was close to it.

I hoped that some day I could find a place such as the one that they lived in, that I could one day call my home. It felt like some thing might be missing from all of that how ever, though I was not all too sure as to what it was that it could be in the first place any ways, as I could not wrap my head around it.

I shook off all of those thoughts from my head how ever, as I saw that Frank was looking right at me. I was a bit lost as to why that might be so for just a little bit of some time, until I all of the sudden saw him nod to me. It had me quite a bit confused at first, as it was clear that he was telling me some thing, but I was not too sure as to what it was that he might be getting at.

As I looked at him for a little while longer, I saw him turn his head away from me, as he then began to walk over to where his kit was at, not all too far away from us. I blinked a few times, as I tilted my head at the exact same time as well, as I was not all too sure what it was that he was doing at first.

As I saw him heading right over to his kit how ever, it then came back to me all at once, as I started to think on it just a little bit more. I had told him in fact, that he should tell his kit as to the fact that he was going to go out side, and as I thought more on it for just a little bit longer, it then hit me as to another part on what it was that he was doing.

I blinked, as I then began to follow him over to his kit. It was clear that he was letting his kit know that he was going to be going on with me, that way the kit did not freak out in the morning, when he saw that both of us were gone. I nodded to my self, as I then got all of those thoughts out of my head all at once, as I focused on what it was that we were about to do any ways.

I stared at the ceiling for quite a bit of some time, as I was not too sure as to what it was that I was doing at this very moment in time, as I was a little bit lost in my head, as well as the fact that I was trapped in some thoughts that did not help me all too much at this very moment in time either.

All that really mattered from all of that, was the fact that we had agreed that he was going to take me out there, and he was going to teach me the proper way that I needed to be hunting rabbits. I could not help but to be a little bit excited on that as well, as I had been quite a bit disappointed when I had not caught the one that I was going after just yesterday.

I shook my head, as I shook off all of those thoughts all at once as well, as I got my focus back on the present, and all that was going on around me in the very first place to, as I looked over to Frank, to see that he had his eyes squinted at me, as if I was going some thing oddly suspicious, even though he knew that I had just woken up.

I was not going to lie how ever, as I knew that was not the excuse to use, on the fact of the matter that I was just a little bit lost in my head at this very moment, and I was thinking on what it was that he had said to me just last night. I was not so sure as to why I was on that, as I knew very well that he had just told me that he was about to take me out side.

I let out a bit of a soft sigh, as I then got my eyes on Franks, as we looked in to each other's for just a bit of some time. I was not so sure what either of us were even thinking right now, as it seemed to be that he was a bit lost in his own head then, such as I had been, so he did not need to be embarrassed by it at all.

I blinked a few times, as he blinked right at the same time as I, as if we were in perfect corilation with one another. I then decided that I was going to speak to him at the same moment as well, as the thoughts came back to me, on what it was that we had been talking about before now, as I did in fact do as such.

"Sorry... I am just a bit worn out from all of the walking that I did yesterday..." I said at first, as I then began to think that it was a bit of a bad idea on what it was that I had said to him in the first place, as I thought on it just a little bit more, at the exact same time too. He might change his mind on trying to take me out side, and teach me how to hunt for rabbits, if he thought that I might be too tired, and able to listen as to what it was that he had to say. I was in fact a bit physically tired, as I was not really mentally tired at all, as much as it might seem like it, due to the fact that I had not been paying attention earlier. I was just more lost in a bit of a memory as to what it was that Frank had said to me yesterday. I shook off those thoughts at the same time too how ever, as I could see a bit of a suspicious look on his face, as I knew that I had to go ahead and speak, which I did in fact do as such as well. "I am alright though, let's go ahead and go... I am excited to do this!"

I said it to him at the end, with some more emphasis in my voice, to let him know that I wanted to go ahead and do this. Frank looked at me for just a little bit longer, as I saw him tilt his head just a little bit, as I could tell he still did not fully believe in what it was that I had just said to him in the first place.

I blinked a few times, as he let out a bit of a sigh at the exact same time too, as he then turned his head away from me, and over to some where else in the big room that we were in right now, as I saw that it was around the area of the door way, as it was clear a bit to me, that he too wanted to out there, and teach me how to hunt rabbits.

I was starting to get a little bit excited about it, as I saw that it was still a bit early in the morning, which was good, as I always liked to have an early start to the day. I smiled for just a little bit of some time, as I looked around the room that I was in for just a bit of some time, and I spotted Owl in the corner.

I dipped my head down low to the ground at the same time too, as I remembered that we were going to be leaving the poor kit behind. I shivered just a little bit, as I did my best to shake off all of those thoughts all at once, as I knew that Frank had told me that he was going to be fine.

Frank was the father, so if he said so, than I should probably listen to what it was that he had to say, as he knew his kit a lot more than I did. I sighed a bit to my self, as I shook off all of those thoughts at the same time too, as I knew those were not the thoughts I needed in my head right now.

I then turned my head to Frank, as I saw him turn his head back over to me, from the corner of my eye, as I looked over to him, as I saw him nod to me as well. I nodded back to him, as he then began to speak to me, and I then listened as to what it was that he had to say to me at the exact same time too.

"Alright... But first I have you show you how you do it..."