Karen's Kittycat Club Page #4

Karen wants to start her own club! Karen's best friend Hannie just got an adorable new kitten. Their neighbor Amanda has a cat, too, and Karen has grumpy old Boo-Boo. Now that they all have cats, Karen comes up with a great idea. She wants to start a Kittycat Club! What will the club do? Karen can't baby-sit like her big sister Kristy... but she can cat-sit! Will anyone want to hire Karen and her friends?

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Uh-oh. Adults always think kids don't notice when they do that. They're wrong.

Elizabeth: Well…

Elizabeth: I just can't think of how many times we would need only a cat-sitter. What about Shannon? If we went away, we would need someone to take care of Shannon, too. We would need a pet-sitter.

Karen: That makes sense. But there have got to be people like Mrs. Werner with just a cat or two. I'll have to talk about this with Hannie and Amanda at our meeting tomorrow.

Chapter 9:

Hannie: I want to be a president.

Amanda: You can't be. I'm the president.

Karen: Let's talk about that later. We have two problems.
One is that some people think we're too young to be cat-sitters.

Karen: The other is that some people don't have only cats. They have dogs, too. They need pet-sitters, not just cat-sitters.

Hannie: I want to be a president.

Karen: Did you hear what I was telling you?

Amanda: I want to go home. Nothing ever happens here.

Hannie: I want to be a president.

Amanda: Hannie, be quiet!

Hannie: No you be --

Amanda: Augh! Oh no! Karen, you get that dirty old cats of yours away from my beautiful one, now!

Karen: I have a better idea. You take Priscilla out of here. Go home! You go too, Hannie. I'm tired of hearing you say you want to be the president. Who cares about that? The phone is ringing anyway. So good-bye!

"NYEH!"

Karen: You go away, too.

Kristy: Karen? May I come in?

Kristy: I saw Hannie and Amanda leave. They looked sort of mad.

Karen: They were mad. And I am mad. I’m very mad. 

Karen: Our club is very not working. It's just isn't. No one is calling to offer us cat-sitting jobs. Except Mrs. Werner, and she thought I was sixteen.

Karen: She also thought my name was Katie Bower.

Karen: And everyone's fighting over who gets to be the president. We all would like a turn. Plus, the cats always fight. Boo-Boo swiped some fur out of Priscilla's tail, and… Oh, Kristy, you have to help me. What did I do wrong?

Kristy: Karen, there are lots of different kinds of clubs. One kind is just for having fun, like playing tennis or checkers. Another kind does nice things for other people, like going to nursing homes and singing for the residents.

Kristy: And some clubs are really businesses. They Baby-sitters club is like that. If you run a business, you have to know what you're doing. It isn't easy.

Karen: I guess I made some mistakes with the Kittycat Club.

Kristy: A few, maybe. But everyone makes mistakes.

Karen: What were mine?

Kristy: Do you really want to know?

Karen: I really do.

Kristy: Okay. Well, first of all, to run a good business, you have to provide a service. You know, say you'll do something people need.

Karen: Like cat-sit?

Kristy: Well you need to do something a lot of people need. Not too many people need just cat-sitters. The other thing is that people should really want to hire the workers who are in the business. You and Hannie and Amanda are terrific. But Mrs. Werner thought you were too young. I think other people might feel that way, too.

Karen: Kristy, did you know these things all along?

Kristy: Yes. 

Karen: Well, why didn't tell you tell me before we started the club?

Kristy: Because I wanted you to find out for yourself. I thought it would mean more to you. Besides, what would you have done if I'd said, "Karen, you're too young to start the Kittycat Club?"

Karen: I would have started it anyway.

Kristy: I know.

Karen: I better go. I have to make some phone calls.

Chapter 10:

Karen: Thank you for coming back here today. I have some things that I want to say. I don't think the Kittycat Club is going to work out.

Amanda: Why?

Karen: Lots of reasons. Other people will think we are too young to cat-sit. And not a lot of people need only cat-sitters. Plus, I don't think we ever decided what the club really was. It was a cat club, but also a cat-sitting service.

Karen: And I have one more thing I want to say.
I'm sorry.

Hannie: Sorry about what?

Karen: I'm sorry I got mad at you. And I'm sorry I made you bring your cats to the meetings.

Karen: I hope Priscilla's tail will be okay.

Amanda: I guess it will be. It looks a little bare. It's not bleeding or anything. Boy, if it were bleeding --

Hannie: But it isn't!

Karen: And now we have one more thing to do.

Karen: We have to officially end the club.

Amanda: Can't we just leave your room and go home?

Honestly. Amanda has no imagination.

Karen: I think we should have a ceremony and give back our titles. Amanda, you should become the un-president, I will be the un-vice president, and Hannie will be the un-secretary.

Hannie: Oh, I have a good idea!

"TA-DA!!"

Hannie: This is magic. It has secret powers.

Karen: Amanda, since you're the president, you'll have to do it.

Karen: Say, um, "Secret powers, do your tricks," and wave this.

Amanda: Okay!

SECRET POWERS, DO YOUR TRICKS!

We are officially un-club members. The Kittycat Club is over.

Karen: Hello, is this Nancy? 

Nancy: It's the one and only famous Nancy Dawes! 

Karen: Nancy, I have to say things some things, and they're really important.

Nancy: Okay.

Karen: Well, first of all, I'm sorry. I'm really sorry that I wouldn't let you be in the Kittycat Club. I wasn't trying to be mean.

Nancy: But why did you keep telling me I had to have a cat? I can cat-sit without a cat.

Karen: I know. I just wasn't thinking, I guess.

Nancy: Does this mean I can be in the club?

Karen: I wish, but the Kittycat Club is over.

Nancy: Aw, boo!

Karen: But wait. I have another idea. Kristy told me ther are all kinds of clubs are just for fun. I still really want a club.

Karen: But I want a club that anyone can join. And I want a club with no rules or presidents. Will you help me start a club like that? We wouldn't be in charge or anything. We would just start it.

Nancy: That sounds good! What kind of club will it be?

Karen: You mean our fun club? Nancy, that's it! That's what it will be! The Fun Club!

Nancy: I like that!

Karen: Do you think anyone will come?

Mom: Yes. I think your friends will come.

Karen: Today is Tuesday. Yesterday at school, Nancy and I told everyone about the Fun Club. Now I'm just waiting to see if anyone will come.

Andrew: What's your Fun Club going to do?

Karen: Play!

Andrew: Can I play, too?

Karen: Sure, if you want. Anyone can join the Fun Club!

Karen's Friends: WE'RE HERE!

I think the Fun Club is going to work. I really, really do.
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