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One beautiful summer morning, Soot the cat

gracefully skipped on the forest path. She soon 

met a grey dog. "Oh no! A black cat crossed 

my path! I have bad luck now!" Without 

warning, the dog ran right past Soot without 

saying hello. "Wait!" meowed Soot. "That's a 

superstition!" The dog did not stop to listen and 

kept running. Soot sighed and kept skipping 

across the forest path to get back home.

It was sunset by the time Soot got home. She 

was tired from skipping so she started just 

walking. As she slipped between the trees, she 

came across a nice little boy who owned the 

dog that came across her path. "AHH!" 

screamed the boy. "A black cat!". He ran as 

fast as a galloping horse. No one could catch 

up. Soot was going to try to stop him and tell 

him that it was just a superstition, but it was 

sunset, so she had to rush home.

Soot went inside to her mistress's room. Sally 

was in bed, so it must have been bedtime. So 

she jumped in her bed and curled up. Soon 

after she fell asleep. Meanwhile the dog, who's 

name was Lucky, thought about how he treated 

Soot. "It is a superstition. Why didn't

I listen to that cat?" he asked himself, then he 

kept trotting down the path with his owner.

Soot was having a nightmare about dogs.

"Superstition or not, you're a BLACK CAT! You 

are very bad luck!" yelled the dogs. She quickly 

woke up and did NOT go back to sleep. 

When it was morning Soot decided to go to the 

big city. As she was walking along, a car came 

up. It stopped right in the middle of the 

road. "AHHH!" the driver screamed. "BAD 

LUCK! BAD LUCK!" Then he drove away without 

getting out to pet poor little Soot. So she just 

continued on her way. Soot wasn't very happy 

that people kept thinking she was bad luck. 

Little did she know that the dog that crossed 

her path yesterday KNEW it was a superstition. 

He was just following what his owner did.

Soot soon came up to the Fluffyville Police 

Station. A police guard stood outside the 

building. Soot rubbed up against the police 

officer, but even the police thought she was 

bad luck! Poor Soot walked away, thinking that 

the only ones who knew it was a superstition 

were her owners. Luckily, that was not true! 

Lucky had just realized it wasn't a superstition 

last night. Soot hadn't heard this news yet, so 

instead of exploring the city inside and out, she 

strutted home in disgust because EVERYONE in 

Fluffyville was tormenting her.

As she was walking home, she met up with the 

dog she saw yesterday. "I'm so sorry for being 

so mean to you yesterday. Can we be friends?" 

asked the dog. "Sure, as long as you mean it." 

replied Soot. "What's your name?" 

"My name's Lucky. What's yours?" "Soot."

So, sneaking away from his owner, Lucky 

joined Soot on her way home. "We have a 

spare bed in the shed." said Soot. "I'll convince 

my owners to let you stay, then they will make 

a room for us and put the beds in it."

The new room was fascinating. "I can't believe 

I convinced my owners to let you stay here!!" 

mewed Soot. "Yes, they are awesome!" replied 

Lucky. Then they both lay down and slept the 

whole night through. No nightmares for Soot 

this time, because Soot had made a new friend. 

She hoped to make many more new friends 

tomorrow. Cats liked cats, and maybe SOME 

dogs liked cats. Maybe she would make a deer 

friend tomorrow! Or maybe she would make 

friends with the next door neighbor's cat, 

Lana...

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