A typical day in River Creek Park; the sun shined, the birds chirped, the eight cats dragged their owner around by their leashes. The cats never meant to cause trouble, they simply loved to run. Jane Dealy, the cats' owner, knew she would find a way to put the cats' love for running to use without them being a bother to the neighborhood. She tried showing them, but they only ran around the ring and were asked to leave. She also tried entering them in the first ever Mini Cat Race held in River Creek, but the cats were too fast and were asked to leave that, too. Jane even got a job delivering newspapers and built a little sled with wheels to drive in the bicycle lane of the street. The cats hooked up to it and pulled her around from house to house, but the newspaper company insisted that she was cheating and creating ways to become Employee of the Month. Jane figured the only thing left to do was move to much bigger land, like a farm, to let the cats run around. However, she knew the cats could somehow use their running skills to help other people. One miraculous day, it began to snow in River Creek. When Jane opened her back door to enjoy the snow, the cats ran out to enjoy it first. They ran and rolled in the snow. It was deep, almost up to their faces, but they didn't care. An hour later, it was past their heads and tails, but the cats wouldn't come in. They kept leaving little paw prints everywhere and people walking down the street would hear the ringing of the cats' collars. Squirt was the most energetic and excited. He was always ahead of the other cats, which was amazing considering the other cats' speed. Finally, when Jane got the excited cats inside, she gave them all fresh food and water and made a phone call.
Soon Jane was packing her bags to get ready for a trip to Alaska. She was bringing the cats with her, too. Her best friend, Alice, was coming, too. Finally, when the day came to leave on their trip, Jane woke up early in the morning and met Jane in the airport a few hours before their flight so they'd have time to check in and get through baggage check. The cats had to go in a seperate part so they could board the plane. By the look of their eyes, they were ready for an adventure. Jane began to worry that they would not be able to sit still in their kennels for that long during the flight.
Soon Jane and Alice boarded the plane. In the middle of the flight, Jane turned to Alice and said, "I'm worried about the cats. They can be so restless." "Don't worrry, they'll be fine!" Alice exclaimed. Just then they heard a flight attended whisper to another one, "There's some cats running around where all the kennels are put. They escaped from their kennels." Jane opened her eyes wide. Alice looked stunned, like she had just failed a test or something. Eventually the flight was over, and Jane couldn't explain how relieved she was. She got out of the airport with the cats back in the kennels as fast as she could. It was freezing outside, so Jane and Alice got onto a bus taking them to their hotel. "I bought the cats some stuff to warm their feet for tomorrow," Jane said mysteriously. "What do you have planned tomorrow?" "You'll see." Jane smiled.
