Chapter Six
It seemed we walked forever. I was starting to get tired and sleepy, and well, tired.
“I need to rest, Hobbie. I’m tired. Ever so tired.”
“Me too, TLC. Let’s curl up over here under this Rabbit Brush hollow. Things will look much better in the daylight.”
So, we did just that, curling up in a hole that was already perfect for a kitty body to sleep in. Hobbie lay a little way away from me, and I took a spot closer to the base of the Rabbit Brush.
It was just as we were drifting off to sleep when SUDDENLY another cat came into our den! A black and white tuxedo cat!
“YEOWL”
Hobbie and I jumped up, ready to put paws to the dirt and get out of there. But the opening was full of CAT!
“Who are you?” Tuxedo demanded. “What are you doing in my hollow?”
Hobbie sat down and stared at Tuxedo. “Harlequin? Is that you? I’m Yellow, remember me?”
“Yellow! You are back here? You vanished one day. I couldn’t figure out where you went. You’re back?”
“Just for a little while, Harlequin. I have a home now, all the food I want to eat, a house to go inside and get cooled down, and a soft bed to sleep on. I also have a new name. One I really rather like –Mellow Yellow, Mr. Hobbs. Or Hobbie as I am generally called.”
“Okay,” Harlequin puzzled. “A real home! With real food. Who is this you have with you?”
“This is TLC Cai-Cai, known to everyone as TLC. He is my new fur brother.”
“Pleased to meet you, TLC”, Harlequin softly replied. Looking right at me.
“So, okay, you are back, but why?”
“Dogs! A pack of 6 or more dogs running around on the farm, causing untold damage to the farm and all the wildlife living up here.” Hobbie explained.
“We also lost our dog, Boo Berry. She was with us, then she wasn’t. Now we not only have to figure out the pack of dogs, but we also have to find our Dog Brother.” I explained.
‘I can tell you the pack of dogs is gone.” Harlequin announced. A bunch of coyotes came up over Coyote Hill, saw the dogs and took off chasing them, from there to clear past the dark forest, to way over there beyond somewhere.” Harlequin started giving herself a good wash down before nap time.
“I think, now. Before we find your Fur Brother, we all need to clean up, take a nap until we recover from our wandering this night.” Harlequin finished washing her back leg, curled up in a ball, and promptly fell asleep.
Hobbie and I looked at each other, finished out baths, curled up and zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Life on a Colorado Farm 
Stop napping…Go back home!
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Zzzzzxxxxxx
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I never thought I’d say thank goodness for the coyotes, but yeah – that. Dogs are gone, coyotes are gone, and I hope Boo is back home already waiting for his kitties.
Sloppy kisses,
Delilah
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We really need to find Boo but, oh my, we are tired. Hobbie. And TLC zzzzzzxzxx
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What a dangerous adventure! I hope that Harlequin can help you.
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Me too
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hi linda – sorry to interrupt the friday adventures, but i don’t know how to privately email you anymore (long story sort of short: about a year and a half ago, yahoo kidnapped/ate all my files – 20 years’ worth – cause i didn’t use one of my email accounts often enuf, i guess. And i had to start over and now nothing works the same, so it’s been a tortured road back.)
anyway … just watched a long, very interesting feature segment on “pbs newshour” tonight on delta county and the missing snowpack, drought, cuts in your water allotment (don’t think the newest one was included), etc., you’ve been telling us about this year and last. I’m only jabbering on about this on the off chance you didn’t know about the news segment or might have missed seeing it.
I was enthralled – very nice videography, and i imagine the folks featured were some of your neighbors – there was a fruit grower (apples and peaches), a hereford farmer, and a grain farmer. So glad i saw the segment, and i can go watch it again on the website.
suz in ohio
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It’s nice to see your comment again. Yes it’s pretty dire here. 😦
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It sounds as if the dogs are gone (and hopefully the coyotes as well). Now all you need to do is find Boo Berry. I hope you don’t sleep too long!
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“We need to get up.” TLC. “But just a few min zzzzzzzzx”
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Charlee: “Adventuring is tiring work, that’s for sure! We used to mostly leave it to Dennis, and now we leave it to Oona, who is young and full of vinegar.”
Oona: “Oona thought you were going to say she was full of energy.”
Charlee: “Well you’re definitely full of something.”
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It’s exhausting. And I’m not young anymore. TLC
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A good sleep and then home time!
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Zzzzzzzzzxxzzzz. Snort. TLC
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