"We've been watching you, comrade," they said, their eyes gleaming with an unnerving intensity.
My heart racing, I asked them what they wanted. They just smiled, like the Cheshire cat.
"We're just here to inform you that your cat has been seen lurking around the perimeter fence," they said, as they took away my cat.
"Don't worry, it's just standard procedure," they added, as they took away my freedom too.
Little did I know, this was just the beginning...