act 1

pete the cat decides he’d like to sit where olive is sitting

olive is pretending to be asleep

hoping pete the cat will get bored

go sit somewhere else

pete the cat develops a plan

olive is ignoring pete the cat

olive hangs one leg down

to show how deep in sleep she is

olive is in her special spot

that she now won’t move from

act 2

as pete the cat stands up

planning to relocate olive

one way or another

olive suddenly awakens

from her fake deep sleep

quickly swivels to face pete the cat

a spontaneous kung-fu battle ensues

act 3

pete the cat feels

even more emboldened

to make a major move

in a surprise attack

pete the cat takes flight

olive is ready

now taking up

even more of the coveted space

olive takes a stand

like a stone

refusing to budge

even if she has to

get dehydrated and starve to do so

she has not been to her buffet and water fountain

in 30 minutes

olive knows it is so worth it

pete the cat has other plans.

the end.

(a suspenseful dramatic ambiguous ending)

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‘with theater you have to be ready for anything, ‘

-wilem dafoe (olive’s favorite theater quote)

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‘there’s no real theatre without taking risks.’
-haris pasovic (pete the cat’s favorite theater quote)