Pets

KC turns snarling Tony the Tiger — Shadow a Wild Wolf with sharp fangs. It is fact that her dewclaws are called wolves claws.

Falsely confident intruder would be no match for them. No contest. Potential bloodbath, 'lest cops come quick. Unless Mommy/Daddy call 911 take up baseball bat, hayfork, call off their pseudo-beasts, conclude crude culprit capture — crook placed in stout kitchen straight-back chair bailing twine wound 'round arms and torso, Gorilla Tape ™ stretched taut over mouth (three complete overlapping turns around head), ankles upper arms secured to heavy kitchen chair with horses' lead ropes.

Miscreant incapacitated cops come Shadow barks at them one hands her doggie treat shuts her up KC long gone to his darkened closet cat bed fast asleep safe and sound now that home invaders (bad and good both) leave
his beloved family alone to order take-out pizza milkshakes take a long shower wind down disable alarm clock shock and

and fall asleep.

The End