"Good morning MS Kitty! How are you this fine morning?"
"I'm well! But I'm kinda worried! Seems there's OUTLAWS in our area!"
"Check out the 'Wanted' posters in the Post Office!"

Molly sees these posters hanging on the post office wall.
It kinda put her in mind of the show
they enacted at the saloon last Saturday night:
"The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly"!

Molly reads, "This fugitive is known as the "Catlady", pictured with some of her gang."
She exclaims, "What a shame that old catlady is turning those kitties bad!"
"And here are 3 more she has influenced! Tsk, tsk..."

She reads further: This is their last known whereabouts in Deadman's Gulch.

Warning! Armed and Dangerous, Gun-Slingin' Cat-Nappers!

Meanwhile, MS Kitty opens the saloon for the new day...
And ol' Joe gets drunk before noon!

At the saloon, the cat-nappers are the focus of the conversation.

The Marshall suggests, "Let's form a posse to apprehend the varmints!"
Festus says, "Gosh, I don't know, Marshall. That might be hazardous to our health!"

Meanwhile, the ladies are gathering at the sitting room of the hotel for their afternoon tea.
"Ladies, I don't know about you, but I'm concerned about those outlaws!!"
"Yes! What if our men get hurt?? And I hear some of the ladies are joining up to help, too!"

The kitties went to bed early that evening. Tomorrow would come soon enough!

Bright and early the next day......

Marshall Dillon says, "Well! This is a good turn-out of you ladies...
I hope some MEN turn up!"

"Oh! Here come our menfolk!! Yay!!"

After a long, hard day of riding, the kitties camp out for the night...

The next morning, they broke camp and headed out towards Deadman's Gulch.
In the distance, they could see someone coming.
"Wait a minute...", says the Marshall. "Is that a cat...riding A DOG???"

Sure enough, it was.
It was one of the Catlady's gang!
He had come for help, with the help of his trusted doggie friend!
He told of how the Catlady had cat-napped him and all his fellows...
And the others had already deserted her after having found out
the only thing THEY were guilty of was taking cat naps...
and THAT'S legal!!

The Catlady saw the Marshall and his posse in the distance,
and knowing she was vastly out-numbered,
she raised the "white flag" of surrender!

Not a single shot was fired!

The kitties took her back to town, and scheduled a fair trial...
...that is...after they all have a long cat nap!

THE END

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