Fade In
FIN is seen in profile, lying in the dimly lit living room. Her head is resting on her front paws. She stares intently, and warily, at an object just out of camera view. Camera pulls out to reveal THE BALL (a ball toy cage made of green plastic which holds a shiny, menacing bell at it's dark and evil heart). It sits directly in front of our heroine.
FIN rolls onto her back as she pretends to ignore it. After a few moments FIN twists her head to look at THE BALL as it mocks her with it's silent taunts. FIN flips suddenly to face THE BALL, and it doesn't back down. FIN reaches out gracefully with her paw and almost touches it, but suddenly she leaps up and saunters towards the mouth of the hallway.
FIN thoughtfully listens for the sounds of her sleeping parents (Cue sound effect of very loud snoring). She is pleased her family is safe. She looks at THE BALL with disinterest, but as she turns her head back to the camera we see the glint of mayhem in her eyes. FIN saunters casually past THE BALL and tucks quickly behind a cabinet.
Cut to THE BALL in the foreground and FIN in the background. FIN settles into a crouch and wiggles her hind quarters as she prepares for a vicious attack. FIN pounces in slow mo. THE BALL is helpless as it's caught in her ferocious bite (cue sound effect of the screaming tinkle of its jingle bell).
FIN stops mid-kill as she turns towards her sleeping parents (Cue sound effect of their snoring disrupted). FIN drops THE BALL and covers it with her paws to silence it's evil screaming. FIN wiggles her upper body to disorient it and whaps it hardly. THE BALL rolls swiftly towards the hall and the sleeping parents beyond.
THE BALL (loudly and menacingly): Tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, tinkle
FIN races after THE BALL as it rolls towards her family. FIN throws herself on it, just as it makes a final break for the bedroom. FIN whaps THE BALL and it rolls in terror back to its living room lair. FIN curls up in the hallway corner, still vigilant and wary of another attack. Her parents snore loudly, blissfully unaware of the danger they've been rescued from.
Fade Out
Wow! That one was action-packed!
ReplyDelete=whew= Those balls with the jingly things are clever and wicked. Good thing FIN was on the job!
ReplyDeleteSo...I guess Fin doesn't want anyone (or anything) else to be the "bell[e] of the ball"?!
ReplyDeleteThis is probably the best scene yet.
ReplyDeleteHuffle Mawson
Best action scene ever! What a brave heroine you are Fin. A model for everycat.
ReplyDeleteMomo - Yay for my SIF! Clap, Clap, Clap!!! Good work, Fin!
ReplyDeleteSS - phew! Good thing we don't have tinkling balls at home.
This one had me on the edge of my seat!!
ReplyDeleteWhoa...I bet they never ever suspected how close they came to that evil ball. Fin you are a true heroine!
ReplyDeleteWhy don't we just hand over the Acatemy Award to you right now?!
We were on the edge of our cat tree the entire time!!!
ReplyDeleteBRAVO BRAVO!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteWe were on the edge of our seats! But can your parents really sleep through the sounds of jingle ball? It gets Mama up every time. hee hee
ReplyDeleteLove,
Tazo
That scared us! Oh, what will the ball do next? How will Fin keep her family safe from it's horrible jingle?
ReplyDeleteWill there be a part two? Inquiring minds need to know.
ReplyDeleteMs. P and Cinza
What drama! What suspense! Fin, you are a true action heroine!
ReplyDeleteYour mom is a very talented writer! We could visualize the entire scene, and I think we even heard a faint "screaming tinkle of the jingle bell" too.
ReplyDeleteThat was great! I could just picture you doing this.
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