Weekend at the Lodge Page 2 The next day, me an Ginger slipped out the back door early. Wif snackies, of course. E.T.: Good mornin sweetheart. I got coffee an cream in da kitchen. I dunno where our sisfurs went, but dey might haff left us a few donuts. Mewhehe! Mewsette: Aww, thank mew sweet boy. We got plenny of ham an biskits, too.... I hope. Wonder if they went back to the bridge. We wanted to find out what was rustling under dat bridge! After we crossed ofur it furst. It's sooooooooo purrty up there! Ginger: But look, it's dark an shadowy underneath. I can't see nothin. Phelicity: What does mew spose makes liddle grunts like dat? Hear dem? Ginger: Hmmm, no, it sounds kinda like humming to me. Phelicity: I see Mewsette an E.T. walkin ofur there! Let's go get dem. Ginger: Yeah, maybe E.T. will go down dere an look. Phelicity: Yeah, I doesn't think I wants to by ourselfs. Ginger: ....so it's down der humming wiff liddle grunts... Phelicity: ..an makin grunts kinda hummy-like an rustlin .. Mewsette: My my! Mew musta found a hummy-grunt, mewhehe! E.T.: Let's go on down an see what dat is. I want to know, too. E.T.: It came out in da sun, lookit dat! It's a porcupine! Phelicity: Huh? Like pork sausages? Ginger: Like a giant pine cone? Mewsette: Or a pineapple? Mewhehe! Uh-oh, it's all fulla ... E.T.: yeah, dey got long quills, kinda like needles. Phelicity: Pine needles? Ginger: ulp. Dem aren't pine needles. Mewsette: It's all puffed up. Uh ... let's back away real slow. E.T.: Yeah, he donut look too friendly. Back up faster, girls. Phelicity: Can kitties run backwards? Ginger: Let's try it. We went fur a walk again to admire the beautifur autumn foliage an maybe steal a few kis.... uh, ..check our trout stream. We kinda furgot fishin poles, I guess. So we're gonna drive down the mountain to the restaurant fur dinner. The food we brought up is somehow not lasting as long as we thought it would. Ahem. E.T.: Can I get yer coat, sweetheart? It's chilly out der! Mewsette: Hmmm, where did I leaf it? Let's go look. Phelicity: Wellllll, while mew's lookin, I think our jackets are.... Ginger: ...in da kitchen. We'll go get dem. Phelicity: This'll hold us off till we gets dinner. Mmmmm, dem jelly donuts are good. Ginger: Dey sure are. I can't belief how often E.T. an Mewsette still furget to eat! Phelicity: Yup, it's a good thing we's here to remind dem. (munch munch) Ginger: Yup, we's good sisfurs. (munch munch) Come to Ginger's Birthday party at the lodge! Catique Cats Home (Mewsette and Phelicity) Smokey's Web World Home (E.T. and Ginger)