🐾 Featuring stolen parcels, neighbourhood rumours… and a stash that raises serious questions
This story is part of The Diary of an Orange Cat — now available both as a book and as a podcast.
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STORY OUTLINE
Serafina alerts the others about a mail thief operating in Diamond Harbour, while still trying to drum up enthusiasm for her action group, S.P.U.N.C. Meanwhile, the homeless cat nicknamed Hypo is still living under Weasley’s deck and has amassed a collection of random items—leading them to suspect that she might just be the elusive mail thief. This chapter explores themes of forgiveness and second chances, as well as the cats’ attempts to establish their own system of justice. It also provides more insight into the diverse personalities within the cat community.
BACKGROUND
This story was first published on my website on 16th December 2018. Back then I was the administrator for the Diamond Harbour Community Facebook Group, a group that I rather “accidentally” created myself in 2013. I was kept on my toes monitoring posts from members of the Group who had been having mail stolen from their letterboxes. I also had my work cut out trying to stop well-meaning members of the community posting information publicly that had the potential to interfere with the police investigation. The police, with the help of the local community, eventually caught the Diamond Harbour Mail Thief and the amateur sleuths returned to posting about feral cats, wandering livestock and the usual traffic grumbles.
It was at this time that a colleague of mine was having problems with her cat. Every day she would return home from work and find a fresh stash of random items at her front door. Much to her embarrassment these included miscellaneous garden paraphernalia, children’s and dog toys, not to mention a selection of underwear!
I decided to combine these two events into a story about Serafina, still trying rally support for her Society for the Protection of Un-neutered Cats whilst trying to come to the aid a feral cat with a penchant for stealing things belonging to Weasley’s neighbours. This of course was all too much for Weasley who really just wanted to curl up on my dressing gown and not get involved!
THE REAL CATS
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You can read or listen to The Cat Thief, plus all the rest of the chapters in The Woes of Weasley – The Diary of an Orange Cat.
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