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BIKER CAT - one hundred words for Friday Fictioneers


BIKER CAT

Fernando always parked his bike beside his house, out of sight of potential thieves. The engine-warmed seat was Morena’s favourite place, but she usually jumped off when Fernando rattled his keys.

Not that day. She refused to budge, even digging her claws into the leather when he tried to push her off. He laughed indulgently. “All right, five more minutes while I fetch my football kit.”

He returned with his kit bag just in time to see emergency vehicles race past towards the motorway. If he’d left two minutes earlier he’d have been in that pile-up.
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I'm a firm believer in animal's ESP instincts - are you?
Either way, I hope you enjoy my story - please leave a comment if you can before you go to read other stories via https://rochellewisoff.com/  Thanks to CEAyr for the photograph - which reminded me of Tenerife where I lived for 15 years. I am due to return there this month for a short visit to catch up with old friends - and to celebrate a birthday. I am much too old to have them but hey! who cares?

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43 comments:

  1. Susan Kane06/03/2019, 19:26

    Yes, animals have a special sense that cannot be explained.

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  2. Patsy07/03/2019, 09:59

    I don't know if it's ESP but some animals do seem able to sense things we're unaware of.

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  3. Sandra Crook07/03/2019, 10:11

    Nothing would surprise me about cats. Good one, Liz.

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    1. liz young07/03/2019, 15:57

      I prefer them as pets - I like their snooty independence.

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  4. Iain Kelly07/03/2019, 12:23

    Saved by the cat - that's a pet to take good care of!

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    1. liz young07/03/2019, 15:58

      I think Fernando would agree with you.

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  5. Helen Laycock07/03/2019, 13:25

    They say black cats are lucky!

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    1. liz young07/03/2019, 15:59

      In England they do, but in Tenerife they were considered unlucky. The cat rescue people were overrun with black ones. Odd, isn't it?

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  6. Rachel Bjerke07/03/2019, 16:32

    Yes! Animals certainly do have some kind of intuition... Although my own dog doesn't seem to be so in tune with his. Oh well, I'll have to watch out for myself.

    Very cute story!

    -Rachel :)

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    1. liz young07/03/2019, 22:23

      Thanks Rachel, perhaps you're not in danger so your dog's instincts haven't kicked in?

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  7. Gah Learner07/03/2019, 19:29

    Many animals have receptors for things we don't have, like the magnetic field, changes in air pressure, minute seismic activities, chemicals, light changes, gravity... and there is still so much we don't know and maybe never will. Whatever it is that warns animals, it doesn't really matter as long as we don't dismiss it and call it nonsense. Great story.

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    1. liz young07/03/2019, 22:24

      Gosh! You wrote more than I did! Thanks.

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  8. draliman07/03/2019, 19:59

    Clever cat!

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  9. Jade Li08/03/2019, 07:45

    good story

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  10. Keith's Ramblings08/03/2019, 13:28

    Saved from a cat-astrophic event!

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  11. Rochelle Wisoff-Fields08/03/2019, 18:13

    Dear Liz,

    There's a black cat with a sixth sense. Well done.

    Shalom,

    Rochelle

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  12. grams ramblings08/03/2019, 19:22

    That must be how cat's have nine lives... lol

    gramswisewords.blogspot.com

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  13. Dale08/03/2019, 23:31

    You just gave me the goosebumps! And not just because I keep this house too cold (according to my boys)!

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    1. liz young09/03/2019, 07:27

      Is that your just-sold house or your new one? Tell your boys to wear another sweater and move around - I'm sure there are chores they could do!

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    2. Dale15/03/2019, 12:52

      Yep. My just-sold house. And the next one will be kept the same way! LOL! Keeps the germs away and frankly, the costs down.

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  14. Violet Lentz09/03/2019, 09:46

    Intuitive cat. Lucky owner. Nice write.

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  15. Susan A Eames09/03/2019, 18:04

    Loved your take on the photo prompt, Liz.

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  16. Linda09/03/2019, 18:19


    A psychic cat? Why not? I am absolutely convinced that animals sense things way before we do. Great story :)

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  17. Subroto10/03/2019, 01:19

    They can sense something. The day my mother passed away in her home overseas, my dog went into her room where she lived when she was with us. He went into a corner and didn't move out for a very long time. I don't know what it was, psychic animal sense or just normal behaviour.

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    1. liz young10/03/2019, 08:35

      That is a lovely example of animal empathy.

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  18. plaridel10/03/2019, 01:31

    i agree with most commenters. cats do have sixth sense.

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  19. Lynn Love10/03/2019, 15:51

    He's one lucky man! I'm not sure about ESP, but they certainly can see and hear things better than we can, so maybe the cat was frightened by the distant noises he couldn't yet hear. Great little story

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    1. liz young10/03/2019, 17:02

      We all believe different things. Thanks for commenting.

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  20. brudberg10/03/2019, 20:37

    Oh... what a great cat.... he knew what was about to happen

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  21. Dawn12/03/2019, 01:20

    Aww...she loves him!

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