A Street Cat Named Bob Page #2

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We were just chatting about

Christmas, actually, you know.

Family and all that...

Coming together...

Christmas dinner. Right, dad?

Oh, I wish we'd known.

Unfortunately,

our table's full, so...

Always ready for one more

at Christmas, right?

Don't you think, darling,

maybe one more, would...

What, in our house?

We'll have children there.

Eh?

What's that supposed to mean?

Jack, we're late, come on.

I'm not contagious, you know.

Wait... take this.

No, I don't want any money.

It's... here.

Maybe, um...

Maybe, new year's, okay?

Darling, hold up.

Hey, wait for me.

Yeah.

Hey, mate?

Hey, how are you?

It's okay.

It's okay.

You're hurt.

What have you been doing today?

Did you get into a fight?

Is it okay if I take you

and try and find your owner?

Is it okay?

It's okay.

Yeah.

Down here.

Ah, excuse me?

Would you know

whose cat this is?

Wait, I have a hurt cat here.

It's you with the dogs?

Yeah, it's just in there.

What did you do to her?

No, I didn't do anything.

I just...

Just found him over there.

Don't just stand there.

It's all right.

Here you go.

See.

There we go.

And, it might be purulent.

It might be what?

The wound.

He needs antibiotics

before it's infected.

Maybe they can glue it together.

He needs a vet.

Oh, it sounds expensive.

Can you put a price on that?

I don't know.

He's not my cat.

I mean, I just found him.

I think...

He's like a stray, or...

I don't know.

Well...

He is telling me, he was

here to be with you.

Reading his spirit

loud and clear.

He came to you for a reason.

You... you're what,

you're sensing that?

Of course not, what do I look

like, some kind of nut?

There's a card there, for

the vet that I volunteer at.

It's a charity.

Tell them Betty sent you.

Okay, how much?

And you are?

Me, I'm a...

I'm, James. James Bowen.

Oh, I, I don't believe

in last names.

Big trouble, burdens...

Um...

I got to go,

I've got dogs to walk.

All right. Yeah.

Okay, mate, okay,

it's all right.

Are you okay?

Yeah, uh, allergic, animals.

Ironic, huh?

Yeah.

Um, you should go.

Bacteria is multiplying

by the second.

And, Bob, needs a vet.

Bob?

That's what he told me

he wants you to call him.

It's okay.

He's not actually

my cat, you know.

No. Mine, your's. We all

belong to each other.

See you, Bob!

It's nice to meet you.

You're a bit of an

attention hog.

You know that, Bob?

It's okay.

It's okay, I got you.

See you later.

Hi, there. I just

found this cat.

And he's hurt himself.

A stray?

Um, I don't know.

You're asking us

to put him down?

What? No.

Do you know how many stray

cats there are in London?

It's an epidemic.

Well, he's got a name.

It's Bob.

And he's... wounded, so...

It's purulent.

Take a number.

It's going to be a long wait.

I've got to be somewhere.

Can't we drop him off

and come back?

Does this look like

a dry cleaner's?

It's okay.

It's okay.

Hey, look. It's a rabbit.

No, no, no.

Don't look at the rabbit,

rabbit's not for dinner, okay?

Don't worry about him, Bob.

It's okay.

Bob, look. It's the month

of the cat.

Yeah.

So, kind of hip for you,

isn't it?

Look at, Tiffany.

She looks cute.

Who's that? Look at that one.

Lucky?

Look at, lucky?

Doesn't look very lucky,

does he?

I've lost my appointment.

Val is gonna kill me.

I've got this rush hour

busking to do, I've gotta go.

I'll have to come back tomorrow.

Number 62 is up.

Shh, it's okay. It's okay.

Hi.

He did great!

Is he okay?

Yeah? Come on, mister.

In you go.

That's it. Good boy.

And you get your pills

from the front desk.

Okay.

22 pounds.

Uh, I thought

this place was free?

Not the drugs.

Sorry, mate.

Hang on.

That's all I've got.

Come on, at least for his sake.

All right, look.

This is my food money

or the next week.

It's up to you.

All right.

Come on, Bob.

Time for your medicine.

This is gonna make

you feel better, yeah?

Look, I've sat, yeah?

Exactly.

All right, ready?

Open, wide?

No, no, no, no, no.

Come here.

All right.

Bob, Bob. Look, look...

Yeah, just,

down the hatch, mate.

Oi... oi...

Come back here, mister.

Come here.

All right.

Come here.

Hey, hey.

Oi... no, Bob.

Bob!

Right. Okay. Okay.

Bob?

Treat.

All right, mister.

Let's try this again.

Twice a day, for two weeks...

They said.

No. Come here.

All right.

No. No, no.

Stay here. Stay here.

Stay here.

Bob. Bob. Bob.

Aye! Come here, come here.

All right, come here, look.

Look. What's that?

What's that.

What's that, what's that...

Bob!

It's all right, mate.

It's okay.

Oh, I know.

I swear. He wasn't

like this earlier.

Yeah. Well, I've had practice.

Did they tell you to bring

him back in a couple of weeks?

Mm-hmm.

Yeah, that'll be a good

time to get him snipped.

Snipped?

Yeah, man parts.

But, I mean...

Please, that isn't a big deal.

It's easy for you to say.

Besides, he's not even mine.

An intact male

alone on the streets,

it's the worst life imaginable.

They fight for food,

they fight for territory.

I need to imagine that, do I?

If you can't give him a home at least

give him the chance to stay alive.

Now, ordinarily,

I don't touch meat, but...

Bob needs some protein, so...

What do you do?

How did you end up here?

Me?

Well, I know what he does.

- What have you got there?

- Allergy pills.

Oh, right, I thought...

Otherwise I'm 100% anti drug.

A lot of addicts in here.

I steer clear.

So...

You do?

How did you end up here?

I'm... I'm a musician.

- I write songs, and play.

- Yeah?

Yeah, I haven't exactly

been discovered yet.

But, I've just moved in here,

which is good.

From Australia?

Oh, well, I...

I've actually

been back a while, uh...

Sort of...

In between places...

I guess you could say, um...

But yeah, no.

Got taken out there as a kid

when my parents split up.

And, my mum took me

out there, dad stayed here.

He had his business

to run and...

Didn't like flying, apparently.

And you?

Well...

She brought me

a kitten, actually.

Dad, kitten. Kitten, dad.

You must've missed him?

My dad?

It's a long story.

Long story, eh?

I'm so sorry

I missed our appointment.

Honestly, I've tried

to get there, little things...

There was this cat, right...

We have an agreement.

You miss your appointment

you're out of the program.

And I met this girl, Betty.

I'm waiting for the part that explains

why you missed our appointment.

Is that blood on your coat?

Must be, Bob's.

Who's Bob?

Bob's my cat I'm telling you

about. Look...

Not really mine.

Betty's?

No.

Betty is allergic.

And, but, she told me

to take him to the vet.

You seem a little rattled.

I'm trying to explain to you

why I missed our appointment.

Bob was hurt, he needed a vet.

It took forever.

How'd you pay for the vet?

It was my... my dad

gave me some money.

You saw your dad?

Yeah.

Bumped into him, um...

It didn't go very well.

This, Betty, does she use?

No.

I put myself on

the line for you.

I know, I'm...

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