Project Sekai Fanfics but I used a story generator

Emu Otori and the Wise Cat

I'm having way too much fun with this.

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Once upon a time there was a clumsy girl called Emu Otori. She was on the way to see her Friend Haruka Kiritani, when she decided to take a short cut through Wyre Forest.

It wasn't long before Emu got lost. She looked around, but all she could see were trees. Nervously, she felt into her bag for her favourite toy, Henry the Hippo, but Henry the Hippo was nowhere to be found! Emu began to panic. She felt sure she had packed Henry the Hippo. To make matters worse, she was starting to feel hungry.

Unexpectedly, she saw a wise cat dressed in a blue top hat disappearing into the trees.

"How odd!" thought Emu.

For the want of anything better to do, she decided to follow the peculiarly dressed cat. Perhaps it could tell him the way out of the forest.

Eventually, Emu reached a clearing. In the clearing were two houses, one made from onions and one made from sweets.

Emu could feel her tummy rumbling. Looking at the houses did nothing to ease her hunger.

"Hello!" she called. "Is anybody there?"

Nobody replied.

Emu looked at the roof on the closest house and wondered if it would be rude to eat somebody else's chimney. Obviously it would be impolite to eat a whole house, but perhaps it would be considered acceptable to nibble the odd fixture or lick the odd fitting, in a time of need.

A cackle broke through the air, giving Emu a fright. A witch jumped into the space in front of the houses. She was carrying a cage. In that cage was Henry the Hippo!

"Henry the Hippo!" shouted Emu. She turned to the witch. "That's my toy!"

The witch just shrugged.

"Give Henry the Hippo back!" cried Emu.

"Not on your nelly!" said the witch.

"At least let Henry the Hippo out of that cage!"

Before she could reply, the wise cat in the blue top hat rushed in from a footpath on the other side of the cleaning.

"Hello Big Cat," said the witch.

"Good morning." The cat noticed Henry the Hippo. "Who is this?"

"That's Henry the Hippo," explained the witch.

"Ooh! Henry the Hippo would look lovely in my house. Give it to me!" demanded the cat.

The witch shook her head. "Henry the Hippo is staying with me."

"Um... Excuse me..." Emu interrupted. "Henry the Hippo lives with me! And not in a cage!"

Big Cat ignored her. "Is there nothing you'll trade?" he asked the witch.

The witch thought for a moment, then said, "I do like to be entertained. I'll release him to anybody who can eat a whole front door."

Big Cat looked at the house made from sweets and said, "No problem, I could eat an entire house made from sweets if I wanted to."

"There's no need to show off," said the witch. Just eat one front door and I'll let you have Henry the Hippo."

Emu watched, feeling very worried. She didn't want the witch to give Henry the Hippo to Big Cat. She didn't think Henry the Hippo would like living with a wise cat, away from her house and all her other toys.

Big Cat put on his bib and withdraw a knife and fork from his pocket.

"I'll eat this whole house," said Big Cat. "Just you watch!"

Big Cat pulled off a corner of the front door of the house made from sweets. He gulped it down smiling, and went back for more.

   And more.

      And more.

Eventually, Big Cat started to get bigger - just a little bit bigger at first. But after a few more fork-fulls of sweets, he grew to the size of a large snowball - and he was every bit as round.

"Erm... I don't feel too good," said Big Cat.

Suddenly, he started to roll. He'd grown so round that he could no longer balance!

"Help!" he cried, as he rolled off down a slope into the forest.

Big Cat never finished eating the front door made from sweets and Henry the Hippo remained trapped in the witch's cage

That's it," said the witch. "I win. I get to keep Henry the Hippo."

"Not so fast," said Emu. "There is still one front door to go. The front door of the house made from onions. And I haven't had a turn yet.

"I don't have to give you a turn!" laughed the witch. "My game. My rules."

The woodcutter's voice carried through the forest. "I think you should give her a chance. It's only fair."

"Fine," said the witch. "But you saw what happened to the cat. She won't last long."

"Fine," said the witch. "But you saw what happened to the cat. She won't last long."

"I'll be right back," said Emu.

"What?" said the witch. "Where's your sense of impatience? I thought you wanted Henry the Hippo back."

Emu ignored the witch and gathered a hefty pile of sticks. She came back to the clearing and started a small camp fire. Carefully, she broke off a piece of the door of the house made from onions and toasted it over the fire. Once it had cooked and cooled just a little, she took a bite. She quickly devoured the whole piece.

Emu sat down on a nearby log.

"You fail!" cackled the witch. "You were supposed to eat the whole door."

"I haven't finished," explained Emu. "I am just waiting for my food to go down."

When Emu's food had digested, she broke off another piece of the door made from onions. Once more, she toasted her food over the fire and waited for it to cool just a little. She ate it at a leisurely pace then waited for it to digest.

Eventually, after several sittings, Emu was down to the final piece of the door made from onions. Carefully, she toasted it and allowed it to cool just a little. She finished her final course. Emu had eaten the entire front door of the house made from onions.

The witch stamped her foot angrily. "You must have tricked me!" she said. "I don't reward cheating!"

"I don't think so!" said a voice. It was the woodcutter. He walked back into the clearing, carrying his axe. "This little girl won fair and square. Now hand over Henry the Hippo or I will chop your broomstick in half."

The witch looked horrified. She grabbed her broomstick and placed it behind her. Then, huffing, she opened the door of the cage.

Emu hurried over and grabbed Henry the Hippo, checking that her favourite toy was all right. Fortunately, Henry the Hippo was unharmed.

Emu thanked the woodcutter, grabbed a quick souvenir, and hurried on to meet Haruka. It was starting to get dark.

When Emu got to Haruka's house, her Friend threw her arms around her.

"I was so worried!" cried Haruka. "You are very late."

As Emu described her day, she could tell that Haruka didn't believe her. So she grabbed a napkin from her pocket.

"What's that?" asked Haruka.

Emu unwrapped a doorknob made from sweets. "Pudding!" she said.

Haruka almost fell off her chair.

The End