X-keeper

"Hello; Anne;" I said. She looked like she was going to fall over for a moment; then knelt down with her face close to the cage. "We're really people that got changed into leopards." I pressed my face against the bars and licked her nose. "I'm Jon. Be very careful with that rock; it's magic." Anne looked at the rock; then set it down between the bars where I could touch it. "I guess that isn't any stranger than talking leopards. So what can I do?" "You've already done it. Thank you." I began to purr loudly as I placed a paw on the rock. "I wish ..."