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Wonder Meets the Jellicles Part 3
By Roalee

“I have never seen the Rum Tum Tugger that baffled before.”

“He really think’s he’s the cat’s meow, doesn’t he?” I asked with a laugh to the mystical queen, Tantomile.

“Unfortunately, he’s not the only one. Let’s go meet some of the queens, shall we?”

The pipe led to a roomy space. I blinked as I was ushered inside. There was light emanating from a discarded Christmas tree angel. It revealed a comfortable den with cushions, blankets and other colorful bits of things. There were queens, lounging around. Most of them smiled warmly. Two of them, both short-hairs, didn’t smile but gave me appraising looks.

“Welcome to the lair where only queens dare,” said a tall, mostly red queen. “My, my, you are quite a looker, aren’t you?”

A giggle escaped a multi-colored queen in the corner.

“Bombalurina!” cried a smaller, gold and black colored queen beside her.

“What? I’m only saying what everyone else is thinking.”

Tantomile shook her head and smiled reassuringly at me. I smiled, embarrassed. She addressed the queens.

“Everyone, this is Wonder.”

“Please, excuse Bombalurina’s bad manners. I’m Jellylorum,” said a mostly cream colored, older queen.

“Oh, really, Jelly. Don’t be so proper. It’s just us girls after all. As you know, I’m Bombalurina. Call me Bombie and you die,” she said with a kittenish grin and deadly seriousness.

“Hi,” said the gold and black furred queen that had spoken earlier. “They call me Demeter. Glad to meet you.”

“Cassandra,” said the motionless form of one of the short hairs.

“Exotica,” said the black furred short hair next to Cassandra.

I nodded to them and faced the last queen left to be introduced. She was over in the corner with a sack, taking one interesting thing out at a time. At first, I thought she was ignoring me, when suddenly she swooped into the bag and brought something out.

“I’m Rumpleteazer. ‘Ere,” she said pushing something across to me. “It’s a welcomin’ pressie.” She smiled hugely.

I exclaimed delightedly. “Thank you! It’s beautiful.”

She giggled and went back to her sack. I examined the item carefully. It was one half of a pair of emerald earrings. I decided to stick it into one of the holes of my red collar.

“Well, at least your collar doesn’t look quite as cheap,” Bombalurina uttered.

The other Jellicle queens, except Cassandra, gasped.

My smile faltered.

“You certainly don’t mince words, do you?” was my quiet response. “Thank you again, Rumpleteazer. Nice meeting you all.”

Calmly, I stepped into the pipe and traveled the short distance into the open air. I took a deep breath. Tantomile gave Bombalurina a disapproving look before following behind me and laying a comforting paw on my shoulder. I shivered again at her touch.

“Males are so much easier to impress than females,” she said softly.

I looked at her, surprised. She had said exactly what I was thinking. I nodded numbly. I matched her stride when she indicated we start moving.

“What does Bombalurina have against me?” I asked plaintively.

“Nothing. She and the Rum Tum Tugger are cut from the same cloth. They tend to say things that are better left unsaid.”

We were headed towards an old car when two blurs raced past us, almost knocking me down.

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