Thursday – A Little Personal – Twiggy and Tempeste in the Morning

~ John W. Howell

“I’m tired of playing with Chicken Licken,’ Twiggy.”

“Don’t see why it’s only been an hour.”

“I suspect a little dark sarcasm in the classroom.”

“Maybe just a little. Come on down and get another toy.”

“I’m going to do Hot Dog. What about you?”

“I have a hold of Coco/DoughDough.”

You going to play with that, or do you want to try and take Hot Dog away?”

“Since the day is young, I’m going to stay with Coco/DoughDough.”

“Okay then. You don’t know what you are missing.”

“Oh, I think I do. Several minutes of running around followed by lying flat on the floor to get cool.”

“It’s not my fault you can’t catch me. Panthers are very quick.”

“So are pumas, but this one has a few years on ya.”

“Ha ha ha. Great excuse…….Oh no. There goes Hot Dog into the river.”

“You should never talk with your mouth full.”

‘What should I do?

“For heaven’s sake. Just go down the stairs and get it.”

“It’s an emergency. I have to dive for it.”

“Nooo. Don’t jump. Mom will kill you.”

“Ah, saved Hot Dog from a watery grave.”

“Who’s going to save you from the same fate?”

“It was one of those ask for forgiveness and not permission moments.”

“I don’t think Mom saw you, so I think you got away with it.”

“So all’s well that ends well.”

“This time. You’d better stop that couch jumping, or you’ll end up in the ER.”

“Yes, Boss.”

108 thoughts on “Thursday – A Little Personal – Twiggy and Tempeste in the Morning”

  8. Clearly, that leap into the river was the high point of the afternoon. Better watch her. Like someone finally making their first leap off a high diving board, fear may give way to sheer enjoyment!

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  10. Such imagination between these two. Who would have thought that the hog dog would fall into a river?! Does Tempeste still try to jump–you know, to save the hot dog?

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  17. Twiggy’s the voice of reason! The girls have a ton of toys and it’s nice to see they actually play with them. Garfield and Samantha play with new toys for a day or so and then they’re relegated to just being scattered around the house!

    They sound just like sisters! I didn’t know Tempeste was not allowed to jump?

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  22. They have so many toys, but I know those jumps can be concerning. Raven, my cat (who is now 10) jumps from the top of an armoire. I’m always on the lookout so I can help her down instead. What we don’t do for our pets, LOL!

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  33. So glad to see the girls use/understand the Pink Floyd lyrics. You’re raising them right. (Even if Tempeste ignores the couch-diving rules.) Thanks for the smiles, John (even though I’m late… again).

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  36. Hey there, T’n’T!

    Gee, mom sure sounds strict. I wonder if dad’s gonna get it for allowing Tempeste the swan dive?

    I know he’s there with the camera, and I won’t tell, but I won’t have to, if mom reads this.

    All I can say is dad sure is a pushover for you two.

    OX OX

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