Chapter 2 - Doctor Visit

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As Puss began to wake up, a bright light was shining above his face as a voice calls, "Puss? Puss in Boots?" Puss groans softly and sat up, finding himself on a steel bed. He looks around to find himself in the doctor's office before seeing the doctor sharpening a blade before Puss asks, "Where - where am I?" Abigal was next to him and replied, "Don't worry about it. They say that you're in good hands." The doctor held up Puss' arms and spoke, "My hands. I am the village doctor. I'm also the village barber, veterinarian, dentist and witch-finder."

The doctor shakes red powder on Puss, causing him to cough from that. The doctor examines him before he says, "And in my professional opinion... *inhales* you need a wash, a blow out and a little trim around the hindquarters." "Uh..." Puss was about to speak until the doctor interrupts, "That's my professional barber opinion. But putting on my doctor's hat, I think we need to run a few tests." He starts to examine Puss' reflexes, which Puss hits his face with his paws. He then turn Puss around and takes out a rectal thermometer to take his temperature, but Puss grabs it from him and says, "Trust me. I run hot. Yep."

"Then how about the latest in modern medical technology?" The doctor said before he held up a jar of leeches. He grabs one with his tonsils and shows it to Puss and Abigal, "Leeches! To draw out the evil humor." Abigal grimaces in disgust while Puss hissed at the leech. "Suit yourself. More for me." He placed one in his shirt, much to Abigal's disturbance, before Puss says, "Thanks for everything, but I am feeling great." 

"Strong like a bull, you know? Now, do you know a good place to get some gazpacho?" "Please, this is serious." Puss looks at him and says, "What is it?" The doctor sighed and placed a hand on Puss' shoulder and said, "Puss in Boots, how do I say this...you died." He grabs a candle and blows the flame out. Abigal widens her eyes and Puss looks worried before he speaks, "Doctor, please..." He suddenly grins and says, "Relax! I am Puss in Boots! I laugh at death." 

He laughed and added, "You see? Anyway, I am a cat. I have nine lives." Abigal raised an eyebrow and asked, "Now that you mention it, how many times have you died already?" "Uh...I don't know. I never counted. I am not really a math guy, you know?" "Gato." 

The doctor spoke in a strict tone. Puss put on his hat and said, "Take it easy, doctor. Let's see." He tries to remember how many times he died. He chuckled a bit and said, "There was the running of the bulls in Pamlona." The scene shifts to a flashback of him running in the event, but stops when he sees a human woman and he asks, "Hola senorita. Do you like gazpacho-?" A bull rams at him, killing him on his first live. 

On his second live, he was gambling with a group of dogs and won, and ended up getting killed by the dogs. On his third live, he was drunk with cream and says that a cat always lands on their feet, which he tries to prove by falling off a tower, ending his third live. On his fourth live, Puss looked like a muscular man and stopped a spotter who tried to help him with the dumbell, but he got crushed on his fourth live. Onto his fifth, he was inside a cannon, trying to revolutionize travelling, but gets blown up instead. Onto his sixth, he was eating a plate of seafood and was starting to have an allergic reaction because his face was swollen by the shellfish, but he ignores it and ends up choking to death. Onto his seventh, he tried to do baking with Gingy, but when he opened the oven, fire came out and burned him. "And then there was that giant today. So, what? Does that make like, uh, four?"

Both the doctor and Abigal share a worried look before the doctor corrects Puss, "That makes eight, Puss. You're down to your last life." Puss looked shocked before the doctor added, ""My prescription: no more adventures for you. You need to retire." Puss laughed and asked, "Me? Retire? Are you the village comedian as well?" "Puss, is there anyplace you can go?" 

"Any special someone you can rely on in this moment of need?" Puss gave a low chuckle and said, "I am Puss in Boots, loved by one and all." Abigal raised her hand and said, "I stuck up to Puss on his adventures, so if he doesn't retire that easily, then nor will I." "Exactly." Puss agrees, before the doctor asks Abigal, "Miss, maybe your parents can help Puss in his time of need. I can send them a letter and prescription for taking care of Puss in Boots." Abigal averts her eyes and says, "Don't even  bother. They're already dead." 

The doctor looked shocked and said, "Oh, I'm so sorry for your loss. I didn't know." The doctor writes something on a piece of paper and gives it to Abigal, saying, "This is the address to Mama Luna. She is a cat fancier, always on a lookout for a new lap cat. Puss in Boots will be safe there." "I'm sorry, a lap cat?" Abigal laughed before sticking the paper in her pocket before she said, "Puss is no one's lap cat." Puss puts his sword away and added, "Exactly. I am Puss in Boots!" 

"Not anymore. Barber's orders...I mean, doctor's orders." The doctor spoke as the two begin to walk away until the doctor speaks, "Remember Puss, death comes for us all...treat?" He holds out a bowl of fish treats and Puss goes forward, saying, "You've really got to work on that bedside manner." He grabs the bowl from the doctor and eats some of the treats. He and Abigal leave the doctor's office. With Puss bringing the bowl of treats with him. 

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