Page 159 of Sigils & Spells

“I know. Crazy, right?”

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Later that night,Hocus Purrcus was exploring his new territory when he turned a corner and discovered a giant monster-cat stretched out, sound asleep inhisbed.

It was his favorite one too.

It was Hocus-Purrcus-sized—not monster-cat-sized—which meant only the cat’s butt and back legs fit in the bed while the rest of him was sprawled across the floor, which actually looked quite comfortable.

He’d have to try it sometime.

For now, Hocus Purrcus darted forward, then away, then skittered sideways, trying to decide how he was going to reclaim his bed from the monster-cat.

That’swhen he saw the wolf.

Not one of the real wolves wandering around his territory, but a gianttoywolf.

It looked an awful lot like Pippa’s mate and was almost as big as Hocus Purrcus himself.

Now that he’d seen the wolf, Hocus Purrcus no longer cared about the monster-cat because he was completely focused on figuring out how to sleep with the wolf.

Hocus Purrcus raced around the bed three times, examining the cat’s butt and the wolf, which was partially caught beneath the cat’s belly.

Finally, he decided if he angled his body this way and scooted on his side that way, then crawled that last little bit, he could slide right over the top of that wolf.

Inch by inch, Hocus Purrcus did exactly that.

Every once in a while, the giant cat moved and he would have to freeze in place until the cat fell to stillness again.

Then, Hocus Purrcus would start moving forward and sideways, wiggling along until finally, yes!

He dropped right into place on top of that furry, adorable wolf.

The giant cat let out a sleepy rumble, but by then Hocus Purrcus was feeling snuggly warm and very comfortable.

He fell asleep thinking that sharing his bed with a monster-cat and a toy wolf wasn’t so bad after all.

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Chester waiteduntil the little guy finally stopped moving, then he carefully stood, walked around and settled back into the bed, this time with his back legs hanging off it.

He carefully wrapped as much of himself as he could around the kitten he’d heard the humans call Hocus Purrcus and allowed the sound of the little guy’s rumbling purrs to lull him back to sleep.

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