Photo prompt © Rochelle Wisoff-Fields
She peered anxiously through the glass. He should have called someone. Who climbs up metal ladders in this frost? What if he falls? Breaks something? Who would care for him? Care for her?
She pressed a knuckle to her mouth, too afraid to call out lest her voice startled him.
“Aha!”
The sound came with a ladder-wobble and she almost screamed. How can he do this to her? He knows she cannot stand to be stressed!
A moment later his foot descended.
Wobble.
Stop.
Wobble.
Next.
Then his elbow.
With a miserable-looking kitten cradled in the crook of his arm.
For Rochelle’s Friday Fictioneers
Na'ama Yehuda 
Lovely story Na’ma ❤️
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Thanks, Nima! 🙂
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Any time !! 😀
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🙂
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Love it. That smacks of the things people do for love
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🙂 and of the things people fret over … and still know need to be done … Glad you liked it!
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Yea. Much did
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You had me holding my breath! And then… those furry little buggers can so cause us fret, can’t they?
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🙂 Don’t hold your breath, dear. We all need oxygen. 😀 And … yeah, those little buggers sure can make us to nuts things. Like climb up a ladder on a frosty day to rescue a squirmer from the rafters …
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No, no, fear not… Only the time it took to read 100 words 😉
Yeah, we would do much for our furry family members. 😉
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LOL! (whew …) 😉
And for those who BECOME our furry family members … 😉
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hehehe
Indeed…
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🙂 because I have me a feeling that the miserable-looking kitten has found its forever-crook-of-the-arm-home … 😉
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Oh. I have zero doubt!!
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😀 and even Ms. “Cannot have stress” is pretty certain to warm up to it! 🙂
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There ya go!!!
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🙂 ‘specially as ‘no one broke anything’ …. 😉
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Bonus!!
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LOL!
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This is a very sweet and unexpected ending. Very good story!
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Thank you, Gabriella! 🙂 I’m glad you liked it! 🙂
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Aww, worth it to save the kitten 🙂
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I agree … even if it raised her stress levels … (and thankfully, no one fell and ‘broke something’) 😉
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I like the two perspectives here: the self-involved wife and the caring but oblivious husband
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🙂 perfect perception, Neil! 🙂
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Ah, the power of a fur baby. Thankfully there is a happy ending. I can see them snuggling up inside after the ordeal.
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Sounds like my 87 year old Dad, he still loves a ladder!!
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I admit being partial to ladders myself … (and I’m not an 87 year old dad … 😉 )
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That was such a heart-warming piece, even though it was breath-stopping for a moment. All’s well that ends well 🙂
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Yes! All’s well for the two-legged and the four-legged! 🙂
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Na’ama Y’karah,
Our furry children bring joy and stress, don’t they? Loved the way you built the tension and then rewarded us with a kitten. Well done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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🙂 Yeah, kittens are known to stretch the limits (and limbs) or their owners … 😉 And yet, nature made sure they are SO CUTE we can’t help but cuddle them. 🙂
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I think it may have been worth the stress 🙂
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I think so, too! 🙂 For humans and feline alike … 😉
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I feel the same way whenever my husband goes up a ladder. But a lovely ending.
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Yeah, that’s why I like being the one who is climbing … because it is far less stressful than being the one who is fretting FOR the one on the ladder … Also, as a kid, I climbed EVERYTHING, so I’m pretty good at those … 🙂
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Ok. You made me smile. Good one 🙂
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Yay Bill! Smiles are a good thing! 🙂
Thanks for reading and commenting!
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I was on tenterhooks there for a minute!
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All’s well that ends well! Meow!! 😉
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all’s well that ends well. but what a suspense. 🙂
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🙂 Yeah, well, she thought he’d fall … but he did not! AND … yeah … 🙂
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Lovely story, Na’ama. You constructed it with great care. I loved the way you built tension, and then rewarded us with a kitten!
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Thanks, Penny. 🙂 It was a fun one to write, as I visualized the frantic fretting woman and the determined (and possibly slightly deaf-to-worry) man … 🙂 And of course, the whining meowing kitten that must’a started all this … 🙂
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Willing to risk life and limb to save a kitten in distress. What a prince he is. Good story.
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A prince in need is a prince indeed! 🙂
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I was quite stressed for a time, but it all worked out beautifully in the end. Lovely, though a little tense, story! 🙂
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Yeah, well, she couldn’t have him fall and be unable to care for her, now could she? … 😉
But, now they have a new kitty to fuss over … and all’s well.
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It is common for people to worry about others climbing ladders – that’s why I wait until no one is around, I can’t stand the constant anxious babble. You have shown this in the story and let us off with a kitten to quash our hearts. Nice.
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Thanks, James! Yes, I can understand waiting to climb till the naggers and fretters are not around … 😉
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Oh dear, oh no, oh phew! Nice one Na’ama.
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Oh wow, oh yay, oh thanks, Keith! 🙂
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Oh, geez. Now that my heart is back in its normal spot, I can congratulate you on successfully deceiving me into thinking this was going to end very badly 🙂
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🙂 Yay for your heart being back in its normal spot. It is always advisable to keep it there, is one can manage it. Helps with the plumbing. 🙂
So glad you liked it.
😀
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Awww … I’m sure the furry friend he saved will be forever grateful.
Sweet tale despite the anxiety it caused. 👍
Isadora😎
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Yeah, that kitten BETTER behave and not climb up roofs anymore!!! 🙂
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🤪🤣😎
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