My Cat is Talking

My Cat is Talking
By Duncan Metcalf

(a story I wrote for English)

One day, my cat Buck and I were really bored. We made some lunch. I had a
sandwich, and I gave Buck some alphabet soup. The next day when I woke up, Buck was sitting on top of me and said, “Hi Duncan!” I was so surprised to see that he was talking! My face turned red till I fainted. Everyone in my family was so surprised that they fainted too!
On Monday, he helped me with my homework. On Tuesday, I called the doctor and said, “Doctor, my cat is talking!” My doctor said to come over the next day. When we went to the doctor, I told him, “He is actually talking! He can help me with my math, science, literature, English, history, and even algebra!” The doctor said, “He may have letters in his brain. Did you give him alphabet soup because the letters would go to his brain, you know. Do you want him to keep talking, or give him a special drink to make him stop talking?” I said, “Well, I’ll give him a special drink that will make him stop talking, because I like it when he’s normal.”
Then I went home and gave him the sweet drink. He didn’t like the blue drink because he thought it was grape juice. Buck doesn’t like grape juice. I put some milk in it and it looked like the milk, but it didn’t change the taste. I talked Buck into it, and he drank it. Then, he was back to normal the next day. But he couldn’t help me with my homework anymore.