The Kitten & the Neglected Candle

Two linked vignettes — the kitten sees the candle.

The kitten

It was the WORST THING ON EARTH! Its owner had fallen asleep during its favourite time. The kitten knocked down the lamp and fought with the couch — I'm sure that if she could knock grandma's teeth out just to wake him up, she would, although he didn't have any. (The smell of toast and melted butter wasn't there today.) The look of big, tough stray cats outside the window intimidated her.

She needed her fruit-power treaties if she was going to grow big and strong to defend herself and her beloved owner. It was her time to unleash her max volume.

The candle on the windowsill!!!

The neglected candle

The candle wasn't at all happy when the owners decided electricity was the way to go. Long ago, two sisters lived in a small house down in North Dakota. The sisters had been working relentlessly to afford to upgrade to electricity — a source of energy for everyone in the neighbourhood — the house sitting in darkness, lighting the candle. One day, the two sisters walked into the house holding an electrical lamp, ready to put it away. They made the bed. Beside her perfectly made bed, one sister put away the candle, sitting it in the dusty drawer, and switched on a lamp which sat in the same spot the candle had before.

Years passed and the candle was neglected, until this one event which changed everything: it was a Thursday night when a storm took place where the sisters lived, destroying the power lines and cutting out the power. The sisters were up, puzzled at why everything was dark, and their first instinct was to bring out the forgotten candle.

Perfectionist Jance tried to blow out the candle, only to find — the typical perfectionist Jance had, of course, tried to keep blowing it — it remained the same, no matter how much she tried. It wouldn't go out. After numerous tries, Jance decided to make peace with the candle and moved it to the dining room, where the sisters had dinner every night.