Greetings Web Traveller

The sun beats down on you as you slowly trudge through the idyllic countryside, cicadas and birds singing in tandem.

As you make your way along the dusty road past an abandoned barn, you see a little black cat turn to look at you from a distance. He runs off toward an old fence, pausing to look at you again intensely, watching as you come closer. Suddenly, he leaps over a fence toward a cottage a small way ahead.

You are weary, thirsty, and could use a decent meal. The cottage looks ever so inviting.