Introducing…. Chica

Detective Dudley entered the office accompanied by a cat, J.D Lula nearly fell off her seat and was ready to chase.

Detective Dudley barked ‘sit down Lula! This is our new friend and accomplice’

J.D. Lula replied ‘but it’s a’…

Detective Dudley lifted his paw to shut J.D.Lula up and carried on ‘this is Chica she is a cat detective and will be assisting us in any cases that feature felines’

Miss Milly placed down her Perfect Pouches magazine ‘hello Chica! Welcome! I am Miss Milly. Would you like a glass of milk?’

Chica replied ‘no thanks Miss Milly, I am ok’

J.D Lula turned to Miss Milly and sarcastically said ‘would you like a glass of milk?! You never offer me any milk… and anyway it’s a cat! we chase cats! It’s what dogs do, we don’t work with cats, we chase them!’

Detective Dudley said to J.D Lula ‘you’re so old fashioned for a young dog Lula, this is the new age and we can all work together, canines and felines. You have to change with the times. Anyway, Chica tell us all about yourself’

Chica cleared her throat and said ‘I am Chica Melena Juliana Fernanda Abdul de Bragança Pires Pelegrim e Silva. I am the greatest Cat detective in my native Brazil’

J.D Lula under her breath said ‘probably the only one! It takes five minutes to say her name ’

Chica went on ‘I am here on an exchange program with a British Cat Detective called Detective Morse, we will be studying each other´s countries methods of detection, and my main area is cat burglary’

J.D Lula said ‘so in Brazil people burgle cats! Can’t see anything wrong with that… but why not just chase them?’

Detective Dudley replied ‘no! it means the cats are committing the burglary…’

Chica went on ‘yes that is right, so it takes a cat to think like a cat. I am trained to get inside the criminals minds and work out how they committed the crimes and look for clues to see who did it’

Detective Dudley said ‘so there it is, any cases involving cats we will contact Detective Chica’

J.D Lula crept up to Chica and whispered in her ear ‘I have got my eye on you… and will make sure you keep away from my bones’

At this, Detective Dudley and Chica left the office.

J.D Lula turned to Miss Milly and cried ‘Cats?!?!?! They are our arch enemies! I can´t believe… Next we will have aardvark* detectives working with us!’

Miss Milly replied ‘oh do shut up Lula! She was a very nice cat and a respected detective so get over it’   

* Aardvark are medium-sized, burrowing, nocturnal mammal native to Africa. It is the only living species of the prehistoric order Tubulidentata, although other prehistoric species and genera of Tubulidentata are known. Unlike other insectivores, it has a long pig-like snout, which is used to sniff out food.