Refugee Cats

Peach: And who are "refugees"?

Cats look at each other in surprise. All around is a typical interior of a cat shelter.

Marusya: These are cats who had to leave their home because TROUBLE came to their house...

Busya: If you met a refugee cat or a refugee dog, or even a refugee iguana - it doesn't matter, you should support them and offer to help them with something.

Mykola (monotonously, like a memorized verse): And if you yourself are a cat-refugee, then behave in such a way that others will not be ashamed of you.

All in unison, except Peach: Be polite and grateful.

Marusya: These are simple rules. Welcome to our friendly company!

Mykola: Oh, let's not exaggerate. Сompany is so-so...

Busya: So what? Do you need any help? You too now, a refugee cat...

Peach: Me? I don't want to be a refugee cat... I want to go home.

Mykola: No one wants to be a refugee.

Busya: Everyone wants to go home.

Marusya: But you will have to get used to it, because... (she does not have time to finish)

Peach: I don't want to get used to anything. I'm tired of getting used to it...

Mykola: Look, you're so small, but you're already tired.

Marusya: So what's your name, redhead?

Peach: Peach... Little Sofiyka gave me this name...

Busya: Who is Sofiyka?

Peach: My best girl in the world. It was she who took me from the basement. We lived with her calmly and happily in our house, until suddenly, one morning, I woke up to the fact that the whole family was running around the apartment and collecting things... And outside the window, a terrible strange sound "WOO-WOOOO-WOOOOOO"... (cats are scared)

Marusya: Don't panic! It's just a siren that tells you to move to a safe place or shelter. This does not mean that something bad will happen, it is just a warning to be careful.

Mykola: I hate the siren.

 

Busya snuggles up to Peach with interest

 

Busya: And what happened next?

Peach: Little Sofiyka was crying, and I huddled in a corner and hissed, because I didn't understand anything at all...

Marusya: Eh, if we had met earlier, you would have known that you should have supported your Little Sofiyka, sat on your hands, purred... And what did you do?

Peach: And then I was put in a cat carrier...

Mykola: I hate the carrier. In it, I was taken to the vet and he gave injections... It still hurts, as I recall.

Busya: Mykola, don't interrupt!

Peach: And then we arrived at a strange place, there were many people, cats, dogs, everyone was waiting for something... And then she arrived... A huge scary machina "CHUH-CHUH"

Mykola: Please, let's go without these nasty sounds...

Peach: Everyone started to get on it... And we too...

Mykola: It's a train, you fool... I hate trains.

Marusya: But to get to the place where safety is located, you need to get on the train... and try to be patient.

Peach: And that train... It began to hum, and then the dog started growling at me...

Mykola: I hate dogs.

Busya: Big, toothy one?

Peach: No, she was even a little smaller than you, but she growled unpleasantly... I started jumping up... Sofiyka couldn't hold the carrier, but fell, opened and I ran out...

Mykola: Well, look at him! He ran away himself, and now he is whimpering.

Busya: Mykola, stop! He was scared...

Peach: I was so scared, I didn't even understand where I was running...

Marusya: I conduct our lessons precisely so that such situations do not happen!

Mykola: Which haven't helped anyone yet...

Marusya: Because you just don't know how to listen attentively!

Busya: And then?

Peach: And then I hid under a bench, and some strange woman got me from there... She threw me into a big box where there were other kittens... They all screamed and I screamed. And then I fell asleep... I woke up already here...

Busya: Well, Peach, now you can relax, you are safe... No one will offend you here...

Peach: But this is not my house...