Furwaggle Chapter 27

Chapter 27

Water Wet

In the rest of the world it either snows or rains too little or too much. But there is a place where the weather is always just right, and that is in the fictitious dreamland, called Furwaggle.
It is just mid-day, the sun is high in the sky and most everyone is taking their mid-day siesta. That is everyone but Fluffy. He is out at the edge of the barnyard running in circles, chasing his tail and barking. This is not a normal practice for Fluffy, but nothing is ever normal for him. There is one thing for sure he isn’t exercising, Fluffy just doesn’t do that. But just as he was about to catch his tail there came a very loud “Squawk”, and this brought Fluffy to a sudden stop. Fluffy started to look around for the source of the interruption. While looking over his shoulder he sees Zorba walking off toward the shade of the barn. Fluffy yells out to Zorba, “Is that you Zorba making that squawking noise?”. Zorba stops, turns toward Fluffy and with one eye closed says, “I don’t ever squawk and I don’t talk when its my nap time”. With that Zorba continued toward the shady spot he had picked for his little snooze.
Fluffy thought that maybe a little nap might be just the thing to settle his nerves down, because chasing his tail is hard work. So he starts toward the shade of that big tree that he had been near to, while doing his little circle pursuit. Just as he got to the shade he turned his head and gave a final loud bark at his tail. And just as quick, came another very loud “Squawk” in reply. That was all Fluffy could take, he yelled out, “Ok, who is doing all that squawking”. From high in the big oak tree came a reply, “Up here dummy”. Fluffy jerked his head up to see a big bird sitting on a branch up near the top of the oak tree. Fluffy was never one for the social amenities so he yelled out, “Hay, big bird what is your problem”. “Harrumph,” answered back the bird. “First off, my name isn’t big bird. I go by the name of Jaybird. And second I wouldn’t be squawking if you wouldn’t be barking and keeping me from my noonday nap”. “Ok, Mr. Jaybird, I guess I can bark whenever I want to”. “Well, bark if you must, just do it some place else. I know I’m going to be sorry, but I just have to ask, why are you barking anyway? Fluffy shot back, “At lunch a little while ago someone spilled a glass of water on the tip of my tail and got it all wet”. “So what”, snapped Jaybird. Fluffy straighten himself up to his full height and with all the self-confidence he could muster said, “Well Mr. Know it all Jaybird, you don’t know much about water. Water in a river is bad, water in a lake is bad, water on Fluffy is bad, and just any water wet is bad in general. So there….”. “Hmm, Mr. Whippersnapper, you are full of malarkey. Water wet isn’t bad. It’s good to drink, its good to play in and it’s good to clean”, snapped back Jaybird.
Just then Wiggles walked up and said, “Shush, you two. You’re making so much noise no one can get a decent daytime nap. I could hear you all the way to my nest in the barn”. Fluffy started with, “Well he started it….”. But was interrupted by Jaybird with, “No, he was barking and….”. With a stamp of his foot Wiggles snapped, “Both of you are in for big trouble if you can’t settle down and be quit making so much noise”. With a soft sniffle Fluffy whispered, “He wants me to get all water wet”. Then Jaybird whispered back, “He was saying water wet is bad”. “Ok Jaybird you go back to sleep and Fluffy you go to the chuck hall porch and wait for dinner, and I’m going back to my nest for a few winks of sleep”.
This seemed to satisfy everyone. Jaybird closed his eyes and right away started to snore. Fluffy wagged his tail as he started off toward the chuck house.

My tiny mind thinks that water is ok if used in the right way.
Continued… (maybe).
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