FF – The Aspiring Musician
Here is my story for Friday Fictioneers, hosted by Rochelle. This week’s photo was contributed by Anshu Bhojnagarwala.
Another story which came straight into my head. Yay!
Copyright Anshu Bhojnagarwala
“What the hell is that?”
“I got it from the dump. Pretty great, huh?”
“It’s got a tree growing out of it.”
“You’ve heard of house music? Garage?”
“Yessss….”
“This is gonna be ‘Plant’.”
“Jesus.”
“Here goes…”
Thunk! Crash!
A cat’s tail, poking out from beneath the rubble, twitched once and was still.
“YOU KILLED MR FLUFFY, YOU MURDERER!”
“Maybe it was a bit knackered. I saw a guitar with mushrooms growing out of it down the dump… ‘Fungus’! Awesome!”
Meanwhile Mr Fluffy, one of his nine lives sadly gone, extricated himself and trotted away in search of a less insane human.
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I was worried about Mr Fluffy there for a minute, lol!
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Me too, so I brought him back to life 🙂
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Poor Mr. Fluffy. He picked the wrong place to nap. 😀 — Suzanne
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It was so warm and quiet… 🙂
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They say cats are attached to places, while dogs are attached to people.
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I can well believe that.
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It does make a rather good garden, doesn’t it? However, here in Oz, the chance of having a Joe Blake take up residence withing the woodwork is always a danger. Love where you went with the picture, D-Man 😀
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I was just Googling “Joe Blake” when I suddenly thought – rhyming slang for snake! Yes, I hear they nest in the most unfortunate places.
I’m glad you liked it 🙂
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Well, that piano will no longer play the good stuff. But it can still GROW the “good stuff.” And that’s all that matters….
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And it’ll be easier to reach – Fuzzywig is pretty short…
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Not enough room to swing a cat, huh?
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Not even nearly.
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That’s a grand garden!
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Pretty ace, huh?
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Maybe a baby grand garden?
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Ha 🙂
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You had me worried there. But all’s well…
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I wouldn’t kill a kitty live on Friday Fictioneers 🙂
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I like your story. All I could come up with was – “Jeez, I guess I haven’t practiced my piano lessons in a while!”
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Best get down to it, then! I’m glad you liked it.
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Good luck with that one Fluffy. I think we’re all a little bit off..
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That could be a Disney film, with the poor cat wandering from human to human…
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Mr. Fluffy will be okay. He’s got eight lives left. That’s more than enough.
Neil Scheinin
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It’s more than the rest of us get!
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If Mr. Fluffy was any wiser, he’d pick a better place to nap. Good fun here, Ali.
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Not every cat is a clever kitty! I’m glad you liked it.
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Dear Ali,
Happy that Mr. Fluffy is none the worse for wear. There’s nothing wrong with repurposing. 😉
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Dear Rochelle,
No cats were harmed during the writing of this story! The piano still serves as a nice little garden 🙂
Ali
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Let’s face it, pretty much anything can be dressed up as music these days and finds a way to top the charts, so he may be on to something!
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It can’t be any worse that some of the current offerings, for sure!
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Good luck, Mr. Fluffy!
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Off he goes, into the big wide world!
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I hope Mr F doesn’t try sleeping in the guitar or he’ll be down to seven!
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I think he’s learned his lesson, instrument-wise!
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So glad the cat came back 🙂
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Me too! I arranged it that way specially 🙂
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Loved your story – especially that last line! 🙂
Susan A Eames at
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Thanks, I’m glad you liked it. And Mr Fluffy’s resurrection 🙂
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I suppose it’s true. They have nice lives.
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They do.
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Clever and amusing, sir
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Thanks, I’m glad you enjoyed it.
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“Plant” may not make it to the music charts, but we’ll remember it for sure. I like the skeptical mate in this – we all have and need one.
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We do. Someone to hold us back and make us see sense. Though that’s not going to work on this guy, I don’t think!
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You great softie! Even in a story you can’t kill a cat 🙂
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I just couldn’t do it! I had to cut a few words out elsewhere to fit in his resurrection 🙂
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Thank goodness Mr Fluffy is ok!
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I did wonder if most of the comments I got on this story would be Mr Fluffy-related. Good job he made it 🙂
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Glad the cat was OK!
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Me too! Well, okay in the long run 🙂
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Great that the cat survived when music goes down like a Lead Zeppelin
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Cats will always survive!
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what a way to lose a life. hopefully, it was all worth it. 🙂
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Sadly it wasn’t but Mr Fluffy is on his way now 🙂
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Funny. Sounds like an alternative garden, not your typical pansies and petunias.
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I’m sure he’ll bring plant or fungus music to the masses eventually.
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Oh my…
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Oh my indeed!
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It’s good that they could bring such an interesting thing out of such an unpleasant sight
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They’re doing their best!
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Why not? Grunge, House. Garage. Why the hell not, Plant?
Might have been a good idea to check the insides before pounding but hey, one must make sacrifices in the name of music!
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It often turns to be someone else’s (or some cat’s) sacrifice, though 🙂
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This is true.
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How was Mr. Fluffy’s one life lost? Did someone push the old piano or it fell on its own? Mr. Fluffy still can be lucky eight more times.
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The piano collapsed on him when they tried to play it. Poor kitty.
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Though I wish Mr. Fluffy all the best in his endeavours, finding a human who is not insane is going to be a Herculean task.
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Nevertheless, he shall attempt it 🙂
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He’s got a great future ahead of him. And if Mr. Fluffy joins in singing, success will be guaranteed. What fun.
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“Plant” with Cat. One shudders to think 🙂
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Thank God, Mr Fluffy is okay! And he still has eight lives left so he should be fine anyway!
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It was probably worth one life to get away from this mad fool 🙂
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Phew. Really glad there were other lives to live. That was a bummer.
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Yeah. Squished by a collapsing piano…
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Haha.. more sane human. Anything for music. I loved this tiny story.
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Good luck finding one, Mr Fluffy! I’m glad you liked it.
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Poor Mr Fluffy! I’m glad it was only one of his nine lives lost. I think all cats believe their humans are dotty, because we don’t appreciate the subtleties of communication by scent! Lovely story, Ali
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Cats would rule the world if they didn’t spend so much time napping 🙂
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An entertaining tale Ali – Plant music eh ? Nicely done.
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It’s going to be the next big thing!
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Fun vignette. Mr Fluffy will no doubt find a saner place to sleep.
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We can only hope!
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Oh, I am happy Mr. Fluffy survived. Cats do nap in the oddest places.
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And in all sorts of positions!
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I have often wondered how they can possible be comfortable, and yet… 😉
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I know 🙂
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Yea, Fluffy lives. I am not sure about sane humans.
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That’s the general consensus!
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Cute story. Glad Fluffy has nine lives.
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Me too. He was only having a little nap when the world collapsed on him…
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I’m very glad Mr. Fluffy was ok (I see that’s the general opinion). I’m not sure I’d listen to ‘Plant’ (Robert Plant is ok though). Nice story.
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“Plant” does sound a little weird, especially if it’s played on knackered instruments. Mr Fluffy lives to nap another day!
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Great post…
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Thanks.
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Mrs Conclusion: Hello, Mrs Premise.
Mrs Premise: Hello, Mrs Conclusion.
Mrs Conclusion: Busy day?
Mrs Premise: Busy! I’ve just spent four hours burying the cat.
Mrs Conclusion: Four hours to bury a cat?
Mrs Premise: Yes! It wouldn’t keep still, wriggling about howling its head off.
Mrs Conclusion: Oh – it wasn’t dead then?
Mrs Premise: Well, no, no, but it’s not at all a well cat so as we were going away for a fortnight’s holiday, I thought I’d better bury it just to be on the safe side.
Mrs Conclusion: Quite right. You don’t want to come hack from Sorento to a dead cat. It’d be so anticlimactic. Yes, kill it now, that’s what I say.
Mrs Premise: Yes.
Monty Python, Esq.
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The comedic stylings of the python team…
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Plant music. I like that. Fun story. And I’m glad Mr Fluffy escaped.
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Everybody is very glad that Mr Fluffy is okay!
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He should’ve grabbed the fungal guitar instead. Good thing Mr Fluffy has another eight lives left!
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Very lucky for Mr Fluffy 🙂
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Ha… those piano’s can be dangerous on the inside! Good to hear Mr. Fluffy has some lives left!
-Rachel
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Living with that guy I’m surprised this is the first he’s lost 🙂
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At least he’s creative. I hope Mr. Fluffy gets over it all
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I reckon he will. Cats are very resilient!
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You almost killed Fluffy, how dare you! She shouts! Loved the story! Glad to be back among the living, I am. See ya tomorrow!
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Mr Fluffy was saved by a minor rewrite 🙂 I couldn’t find your story and wondered where you were 🙂
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I was out with health issues. I’m back now, though.
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I’m glad you’re on the mend now 🙂
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Poor Mr. Fluffy!
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Indeed! Even though he made it through in the end it was still quite traumatic for him 😦
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I found a guitar in a container many years ago myself. It lasted until last year, but then there was no hope left. I brought it with me on journeys, too. Oh, those memories. Then it went back into another container, for no one to ever pick it up again.
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I had a guitar like that once. Went all over the place with me.
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I presume Mr. Fluffy simply used the piano as a litter box and walked away with all his lives intact.
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Well, all but one!
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