This is a Toon Story

The day Tom proposed to Jerry was a black day for most cartoon lovers.  (I am taking the liberty of assassinating peace in Tom and Jerry’s life, by specifying genders for each).  And adding to strange twists of destiny, Jerry said a yes. Most people thought it was a method Jerry was trying to penance all her wrong and smart doings to Tom. But this time Tom and Jerry were born and brought up in India, and Jerry thought Tom was the best match for her, as per all social norms. He was powerful, strong, big, full of inflated ego, never gave up, etc etc. Importantly, she knew all dullard ways of Tom, and was confident that she would be able to tackle them. So we can heave a sigh of relief that Jerry hasn’t lost her smartness. And we can hope that Tom might get smarter with coming time.

 Jerry’s mother was quite a figure in her mouse community.  She was credited for distracting the community’s attention from fluttering eyelashes and flashy style of Minnie Mouse. Jerry’s mommy had magic in her fingers. She knew the best recipe for RATATOUILLE, and was the first female to own a restaurant business in the entire rodent community. She was a feminist in a non-dressy way. She showed the entire mouse community that the real way of celebrating feminism was not a “liberating” dress-up.

And now her daughter had decided to marry a cat!!! Holy cow!! A bloody cat!! Mice from Mickey family felt proud of their siblings. Minnie felt like shouting out loud – “Women are meant to look and sit pretty, and not sweat out their beauty in a dingy restaurant. This is how we have brought up our daughters”.

Mommy Jerry: - “Darling you sure about Tom”

Jerry: - “Sure what about Tom, I am sure of several things about him.”

Mommy Jerry: - “ What I particularly mean is your decision to marry Tom”.
Jerry: - “Well yes”

Mommy Jerry: - “Darling do you have an idea that this could be your life sentence? Your commitment to suicide?”

Jerry: - “Mommy you want me to marry one of those petty mice in the community?”

Mommy Jerry: - “Daddy would also be angry!! Do you have any plans to face his wrath? And we ARE part of mice community after all! Auntie Minnie had several nice words for me when we met in the market today.”

Jerry: - “Mommy grow up… Don’t you know her daughters have slept with wickedest of mice in the community?”

Mommy Jerry: - “But Tom is so dumb for your wits”

Jerry: - “That is exactly why I said a YES”.

Mommy Jerry :- "We could be thrown out of this gutter-house, others might get scared about Tom visiting our house so often. You live in a country house, but we dont!"

Jerry:- "Mommy, like you really want to live in the gutter??"

Mommy Jerry:- "Jerry, this is my home."

Jerry:- "A place where you cant do what you feel like to, is that what you call a home, your community? Should community think about welfare of an individual, or should individual make sacrifices for a heartless community all the time?? Common Mommy, did you exchange your brains with Aunty Minnie in your meeting today??"

Mommy Jerry:- "And what about Daddy??"

Jerry:- " Tom is a spoilt brat cat mommy, and lives in a lap of luxury! He has an offer for daddy, and daddy wont be able to refuse".

Mommy Jerry :- "And what is that?

Jerry:- "A marriage without dowry"

Mommy Jerry:- "Listen here Jerry, I have always been proud of your independent spirit, your confidence and your decisions. What my real concern here is are you doing this because you JUST want to rebel, or you really think Tom is a suitable match for you??"

Jerry :- "Mommy, for once, leave all this to me and you will never ever regret"

Jerry brooded over her situation. Mommy Jerry's words rang in her ears. Was she ready to spend her life with Tom. Will he not again try and trouble her? Or was he troubling her now.. What if something went wrong.. She paced on the floor.. and then... Violaa!!!

Minnie Aunty had two daughters Meneka Minnie,  and Rambha Minnie. Both were beauties with feminine charms like their mothers. They had mastered the act of damsel in distress perfectly. And they had an army of mice drooling after them. They had fixed timings of doing everything. And noon was the hour they took sunbath, near the pool of club Heartland, because it was an isolated spot.

Jerry fixed a date with Tom, near the pool of club Heartland, because it was an isolated spot,in the noon hour. Tom brought the best cheese in town for Jerry, and arrived at the spot, right on time! Jerry took time to come, since she was fiddling with her new dress.

Meneka Minnie,  and Rambha Minnie were lying for their sunbath when Tom arrived. Smell of cheese woke them up. They looked at Tom. Meneka Minnie realized it was a futile effort to think of getting that cheese and closed her eyes again. Rambha Minnie fluttered her eyelids, got up and went to Tom.

Rambha Minnie :- " Hey there... You got cheese.. mind sharing some with me"..

Tom (still gawking.. ) :- "I got this for Jerry, but its already plenty. I think you can have some"

Rambha Minnie :- " I heard females in your caste are far sexier than females in our caste, and you are from a stinkingly rich background, why marry Jerry??"

Tom (blushing) :- "My choice is mostly petite females.. Moreover Jerry is so smart, and yet so little..  Females in my community, are far too cunning for my taste"

Rambha Minnie (continuously fluttering eyelids) :- "I see.. hmm.. cheese is delicious.. but its a hot day, and I think I cannot have more.."

Tom:- "If you dont feel like then please dont have more..."

But before Tom could say much.. Rambha Minnie fainted.. It was probably the heat. Tom was perplexed! He dashed to the pool, and brought some water in his paws, and sprayed it on Rambha Minnie. She woke up fluttering her eyelids once again. Tom who had seen several charming, suave and sexy females in his community, had never seen a beauty so feminine, so delicate, so innocent, so much in need of his help and care. Jerry was good.. but she was too smart.. and never really needed Tom. This one.. this damsel, was so much in need of Tom... His male pride swelled, with Rambha Minnie  in his arms.. and in a moment of passion, he planted a kiss on her lips.. And she reacted with similar coyness, and charm to his kiss.. They were so engrossed, that they did not notice Jerry standing behind them.. And Jerry was.. she was.. she was .. strangely.. very relaxed.. Infact, she was beaming. She had always  thought of Tom as a fool.. And suddenly seeing him and Rambha Minnie together, she had a sudden realization, of how much  they were meant to be with each other. She quietly walked away.. and dropped a SMS to Tom.. "Dude I cant marry you.. My father has threatened to kill us both" .. to which Tom replied "My dear Jerry, I understand your distress. If this is your father's wish, then let it be so."

Two weeks later the entire mouse community was abuzz with the gossip of  forthcoming wedding of Tom and Rambha Minnie.

PS:-

Before readers argue about my obsession of writing around the idea of marriage, I would like to make certain clarifications here. First of all I AM NOT A FRUSTRATED SINGLE.  Secondly marital alimony is a root of several social happineses and unhappineses, guaranteeing an interesting read or write.