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AN ATTEMPTED ROBBERY
ULINNUHA BT AB AZIZ By : NURUL FATIHAH BINTI RUJHAN
Cats don't take a walk. SITI HUMAIRAH BINTI MOHD HASHIM
ULINNUHA BINTI AB AZIZ AL SAFI

“I’m home.” He sang as he walked into the threshold. I energetically ran to him and glued myself to his leg 5 BETA

as he walked towards the kitchen. My human usually stayed out of the house the entire day so it’s very surprising

to see him back early. It was past night, I was at home alone and my parents went out to settle some urgent matters. I learned
calmly because my parents went out and did not force me to always learn and cannot play. I stared out the
But he’s still my human and I miss him dearly so I purposefully meowed at him repeatedly to make him window to rest my mind for a moment and think about future while playing the phone and checking if it had any

annoyed but instead, he went to my room and brought out my leash that usually indicates that we’re having a walk. messages. When I went to living room to take some snack and look outside the sliding door, I saw two robbers
who tried to sneak into my neighbour’s house. I was anxious and did not know what to do after seeing the

situation.
I backed up slowly. My pointy ears going down as he took a step forward and I took two steps backwards. I
looked up at him and his face had this look of no mercy and Jimin’s Lie started playing in my head and my world
faded into black. After that, I saw that they managed to get into my neighbour's house and I tried to call my parents but
they did not pick up that call, maybe they were busy solving problem and did not hear the telephone ringing. I
mumbled to myself and felt so scared at the same time and I tried to contact my parents many times and inally

Well, it didn’t fade black but a series of thrashing and yelling took place and I am now strolling through the
park in front of our apartment with my own human walking behind me. they answered my call. I told them about what had happened and my dad called the police immediately.

Honestly, how could he do this to me? I’m a cat. Cats don’t go through these unnecessary activities. He could I heard a muf led screaming coming from my neighbour’s house. I sneaked outside my house to check out
where the noises came from even though it was late at night. I was so labbergasted because I saw one of my
have gotten a dog if he wanted to have a walk so bad. Or go to the gym. He needs a life outside of his works and
neighbours had been tied to a chair while the other one lay on the loor and I saw some blood on his head. I looked
house honestly.
to my other neighbours’ houses and their houses were still dark and unaware about the robbery. I started to
panic and nervous because my neighbours were in great danger. And then all of sudden I saw two burglars with
Speaking of life, it decided to grace me with the presence of a dog. A big, golden dog with its tongue jutted
weapons in their hands. What I could see one of the burglars was holding a big knife.
out. I contorted my face into that of a scowl. As well as my cat form allowed me to.

The burglar was threatening my neighbour who had been tied to the chair. What I could
Suddenly, a body full of fur lunged toward me. I froze in shock as I looked up to shiny golden fur, a pair of
conclude that the burglar was trying to get my neighbour’s safe box password. While the other one burglar was

brown eyes, brown big nose and a jutting tongue hovering over me. Why did a lot of things try to surprise me?! I
snatching every valuable thing in the house into a big black bag. All of sudden the burglar hit my neighbour’s
just wanted to lie on my human’s bed and sleep for the rest of the day.
head because my neighbour was unwilling to tell them the safe box password. I started to be angry and think of
any smart action to help my neighbour as soon as possible.
I heard a voice in the distance and someone running towards us. It was a tall human with his auburn hair

tucked under a colourful beanie and clothes probably not warm enough for the chilly season that is soon to come
Unwillingly to stay there any longer, I immediately sneaked ou t of my neighbour’s house. With trembling
knocking.
hands, I whipped out my phone and called the police and ambulance. My hands kept shaking and I stuttered every
word that came out. Thank goodness the lady answering me understood or I would still be standing there,

It seemed that the tall human was the dog’s human so maybe he would take this dog out of my face and I
stuttering until morning.
could have the misfortunes for my human planned beforehand. Instead, the tall human went straight to my human

and apologized then started a conversation with him. Right then! On the middle of the sidewalk! With the dog still
After the phone call ended, I was at a loss on what to do but I knew that by the time the police arrived, it
in front of my face! I started to plan how to ruin this person’s day right then. would be too late. So, without any choice left, I went to my neighbour’s house across the street, Mr. Hilmi to get
help. I banged frantically on his door until Mr. Hilmi showed up. I immediately told him that there were two
It seemed that they knew each other and the tall person invited my human to sit down on the bench near

burglars in the neighbour’s house and Mr. Hilmi immediately went with me to the neighbour’s house.
them to catch up or something. I didn’t pay attention since the dog was still there and I decided to give it my best

threatening glare that meant ‘Back off.’ Unfortunately, the dog thought it was a sign to play and started running off When we arrived at the neighbour’s house, we found that the burglars were scavenging around the house.

to who knows where. One of them had their backs turned to us so we took advantage of it and knocked the burglar out cold with a bat

we brought with us from Mr Hilmi storage. I instantly procured a cable to tie the burglar and proceeded to take
The tall human stood up from the bench and started yelling frantically as he chased his dog before it got out away the burglar’s hidden weapons and placed it in the corner of the room far from the criminal. The other
of sight. Before he went out of hearing range, he shouted to my human that they should catch up with coffee on burglar was in what looked like an of ice and was cracking open a safe. In a lash, Mr. Hilmi had also knocked the
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another day. My human gave him a small smile and a wave as the taller human went out of sight. other burglar but hadn’t been able to knock him out. The two burly igured men struggled a lot but Mr. Hilmi

turned out victorious and pinned the other down with his weight and pulled the burglar’s arms behind him. I
We changed our route and went back home. My human looked spaced out so I nudged him to get him out of immediately tied the burglar’s wrist and ankles together and took away his weapons for cautionary measures.

his stupor. It worked and he went to prepare us dinner. Him a simple rice with leftovers from yesterday and me cat
food from my favourite brand. Salmon are the best food on this earth. After a few minutes, the sirens inally blared close and police continued to ile into the house. The
When it was time for bed, I decided to join him on the bed and snuggled between the crook of his neck and criminals were taken away and paramedics tended to our neighbour’s unfortunate selves. As the commotion
went on, Mr. Hilmi asked me if I would like to spe nd the night with his family since my parents weren’t home.

listened to the rise and fall of his breath as he drift into sleep. Not long after he fell asleep, I too drifted into And with the events that has transpired, I gratefully accepted his offer and was invited to their warm house. I was
dreamland, dreaming about two smiles around me and a big furry body chasing me around those smiles. given hot tea and biscuits and everyone slept in the living room with me. I felt really warm and was able to sleep
peacefully with the company around me.

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