Later in the Story

No, there's much more to tell.

It's getting more and more intriguing.

Yeah. I pulled an all-nighter to write this bit. Hear it out.

So, after that day, the oil thefts at the boss's house just stopped.

Now the rats weren't stealing oil no more. The young cat could catch a mouse every day. The boss was overjoyed, treating it to meat and fish.

But then the meat started disappearing from the kitchen, and the boss was all confused.

He thought to himself, if he's treating this cat like royalty, there's no need for him to steal the meat.

Little did he know, the young cat was secretly feeding the old one with the meat.

As time went by, those two cats got brazen. Not satisfied with just filling their bellies, they even started selling the stolen meat to stray cats.

Yeah. What do you know? The world's full of peculiar things.

I ran into them the other day.

I overheard some strange muttering like, "Clouds cover the moon, people hide in shadows, and cats meow three times?"

Didn't catch him all though. The young cat, unlike his father, was on high alert. When I approached, he hissed at me, so I didn't dare to get any closer.

And that's why I couldn't find an end to the story.

Well, you certainly don't sugarcoat your words, huh? If you've got the time, maybe share this story with others. Who knows, someone might find it amusing.