The day the cardboard box won

An original fictional story from Petnubo.

The new bed arrived on a Tuesday. It was round, soft, and described on the label as a luxurious retreat. Mina placed it carefully beside the window, where the afternoon sun would find it.

Her cat, Olive, inspected the bed with the seriousness of a building surveyor. She walked around it once, touched the edge with one paw, and left.

Mina returned from the kitchen to discover Olive asleep in the empty delivery box. One ear rested against a bent flap. The luxurious retreat remained impeccably unused.

For three days, Mina moved the bed. Olive moved with the box. On Friday, Mina placed the box beside the window and sat nearby with a book.

The afternoon sun found them both. The bed became a very elegant place to keep the book.