Clara the Distracted Cat

'Clara! Clllllarrrrraaaa!' Babu hissed at his sidekick, screaming at her to get back into position. She had been distracted again, claiming again to have seen a red dot darting threateningly around her. She always got so frantic and worked up by it. In the meantime, she was comprising their stakeout. 'There is no dot, Clara,' Babu harshly whispered through his bared teeth. 'Now, get back behind the curtain. Our target will approach any minute now.' Babu breathed in deeply as Clara took once last pan of the area, searching, he was sure, for her mysterious dot, and then retreated back behind the safety of the curtain. Clara was going to get him scratched or clawed or bit at some point, Babu thought. He just knew it..."