Caterella and the Magic Cat Collar -- Short Story

Hey guys! Well, this post is a story I wrote in fourth grade (2002) for a homework assignment. It's basically the Cinderella story, but related to...what else? Cats. Yeah, yeah, I know the grammer may be wrong or parts are confusing, but i just wanted to post the story as it was. I thought it was cute, you know, for me being in only fourth grade and all. It made me smile, and I hope you find it interesting as well. So without further adue, here it is.

Caterella and the Magic Collar

Once upon a time, there was a girl named Katelyn. She worked in her stepmother’s pet shop with two older stepsisters. Her sisters did not like her very well, so they called her Caterella and gave her stinky jobs to do like changing the litter boxes and cleaning cages.

Each week, a very handsome veterinarian named Brad would come into the pet shop to buy supplies. Caterella thought he was very nice and very handsome, but he never noticed her because she was always covered in dirt and grime. The stepsisters always kept Caterella in the back room whenever the vet came in.

One day while reading a magazine, Caterella saw an advertisement for a cat show where the handsome vet was going to be a judge.

Caterella’s two stepsisters Emily and Annie had beautiful cats and were getting them ready for the cat show.

Caterella wanted to go to the show too, but all she had was a skinny, scruffy calico cat named Sasha. She knew she could not go the cat show with a cat that looked like that.

One day when Caterella was alone in the pet store, a salesman walked in selling cat collars. “Would you like to buy a cat collar?” asked the salesman. “No thank you, not today” Caterella replied. “Oh, but this is a special collar. It makes any cat who wears it beautiful.”

"That sounds nice. With a collar like that, I could go to the cat show. I will take one.” “Okay,” said the salesman, “but be careful, if the collar falls off, the cat will turn ugly again.”

The next day was the cat show and Caterella had the most beautiful cat at the cat show.

Brad was just about to give Caterella the prize when all of a sudden, her jealous stepsisters ripped off the collar from Caterella’s cat.

Frightened, Caterella grabbed Sasha and ran out of the room, leaving one of her slippers behind. All that was left was the collar, her slipper and her laughing stepsisters. In all the commotion, the cat collar fell into the slipper and was accidentally kicked into the corner.

The next day, when Brad was cleaning up, he found the missing slipper with the magic collar inside.

Brad thought, “whoever was wearing this collar is the winner of the cat show and whoever was wearing this slipper is the winner of my heart.”

So Brad started going through the town trying the collar on every cat he met, and the slipper on every owner.

Finally, he came to the pet shop. Brad told Emily and Annie all about the collar, so the stepsisters brought out their cats hoping the collar would fit. Brad tried the collar on each cat and the slipper on every foot, but they were way too small.

“Is there anyone else who has a cat here?” asked Brad. “No, only our stepsister Caterella, but she is too dirty and grimy and her cat is too skinny and scruffy to be in a cat show!” laughed the stepsisters. “Well, bring her out, I want to try anyway,” Brad said.

Caterella came out holding Sasha in her arms.

Brad smiled and put the collar on Sasha, and all of a sudden, Sasha became beautiful!

Then Brad tried the slipper on Caterella, and she became beautiful!

Brad knew he had found the winner of the cat show and the girl of his dreams! Brad asked Caterella to marry him and she said “Yes!” so they were married that very day...

...and lived happily ever after!

THE END