Takashi and Tora
There once was a cat named Tora. He lived in a small house in Tokyo and had lived there his entire life. When he was young he would sit on the window and would look out the window and would want to go out and play in the grass and climb all the trees. Tora would do this every day. A he grew older he wanted to go outside more and more. His owner, Takeshi, was a very nice 10 years old boy who loved him very much. He loved his cat so much that he would not let him play outside because he was afraid that he would never come back. Tora did not understand what the boy knew about the outside world. Takeshi knew that it was very dangerous for a small cat to be walking around outside.
One day as the family was bring in groceries from the car, Tora tried to sneak out of the house. His owner got very angry and was very upset because he did not want his best friend to get hurt. Tora agrued with Takeshi that he should be able to go outside whenever he wanted, but Takeshi would not let him. Tora got very angry and decided that he was going to leave anyways. One Saturday, the family went out for the day and left one of the upstairs windows open. Tora knew this was his chance to get out of the house. He climbed out of window and ran across the roof to a big tree that grew next to the house. It was a long distance from the top of the house to the tree branch, but he knew that he could make it. Tora backed up so that he would have room to run and jump to the branch. Tora ran as fast as he could and jumped as high as he could, but it was not far enough. He jumped to the branch but only far enough to hold on with one paw. He hung there for a short while, and was able to pull himself up. The cat then climbed down the tree and was on the ground for the first time. He ran to the front of the house and looked at the front door. This was the first time that he had ever seen the house from this angle. He wanted to explore and see everything that was around. Tora darted across the street, but did not see the car that was coming. Tora was so scared that he did not know what to do. He stopped in the middle of the street as the car came straight for him. The car stopped just in time and Tora barely got away. Taro wondered around town some more and it began to get darker, and he was hunger. He started looking for something to eat and could not find anything, and then it started to rain. Tora was cold, tired, wet and hungry, and now understood why Takeshi told him he had to stay in the house. Tora was scared and finally found his way home.
Tota do miss Takeshi. Tora spent free time away from Takeshi, but it was so hard to live alone. Before Tora want to go outside, but now Tora knows to wake up to Takeshi is the best. Takeshi ran outside when he saw his cat and hugged him and told him that he would always take care of him and would never fight with him again. Tora was happy that he was safe at home again with his best friend. And now, Tora got married with a small white cat and they have a baby. They live in happiness forever. All very well.
