A Midnight Hike

Ruby hummed quietly,

Her footsteps padding,

Rather like a cat's

Silently

The mewing of her kittens echoed,

Shushing them

She continued the hike,

The wagon wobbles

Back and forth

On the worn cobbles

The satchel at her side grew heavy

Her cats became restless

"Ah, well,"

She mutters

"I suppose I could settle down

And rest for a spell."

Down in a cave,

She took a seat

On a stone

And rested her feet

On the kittens snored

And Ruby?

She soon became very

bored.

She sat there,

Prim and proper

When a head of copper

Appeared out of the wagon

Green eyes glowing like lamps.

He meowed quietly

And crawled

Onto her lap

And settled on top of her

Red woolen cap.

In the early morn,

Ruby headed off once more

The red woolen cap on her head,

Ragged and worn.

The wagon rattled

In the early dawn

And soon,

Ruby was gone.