Story Time

March 7, 2019Not That Mike The Other Mike

“… and so, the Brave Little Kitten, using all of her might, steered the runaway bus full of orphans out of the path of the oncoming toxic waste truck, over the railroad tracks just in time to miss being hit by a train, and brought it to a screeching halt in front of the candy store just inches from a family of baby ducklings. The end.”

(Wow, that was even better than "The Brave Little Kitten Goes to Space!") — (Wow, that was even better than “The Brave Little Kitten Goes to Space!”)

I just love a happy ending, Sharon H.

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allein ? March 7, 2019 / 8:26 am

Aw, I wanna go to story time!
Ricky's Mom March 7, 2019 / 8:32 am

Yay, a Brave Little Kitten story for my birfday!
- dubravkamcvmd March 7, 2019 / 8:33 am
  
  Happy Birthday!
- allein ? March 7, 2019 / 8:46 am
  
  Hippo Birdie!!
- AJ March 7, 2019 / 9:01 am
  
  And many happy returns!!!
- fkaWaldenPond March 7, 2019 / 9:11 am
  
  Happy Birthday Ricky’s Mom! I hope you have sunshine where you are. 🙂
- Not That Mike The Other Mike March 7, 2019 / 9:22 am
  
  Happy birthday to YOOOOOU!!!
  - Ricky's Mom March 7, 2019 / 9:57 am
    
    Thanks, everyone (I see you down below, Phred’s Mom)! I didn’t get the warm day I ordered, but at least I got the sunshine. I like sunshine!
    - allein March 7, 2019 / 9:59 am
      
      Weather people always get the order wrong, don’t they?
      - Ricky's Mom March 7, 2019 / 3:36 pm
        
        Well, it did “warm up” to 30º F a bit later; Bibi and I went out for a half-hour walk, and at least one of us feels the better for it.
- Gigi the cat lady March 7, 2019 / 10:04 am
  
  A very happy birthday to you Ricky’s Mom!
- Emsthemonster March 7, 2019 / 10:13 am
  
  Happy birthday, Ricky’s Mom!
- Catwhisperer March 7, 2019 / 10:19 am
  
  Happy Birthday!
- Kar March 7, 2019 / 11:09 am
  
  Have a wonderful birthday!!!
- Duckie ? March 7, 2019 / 11:38 am
  
  Happy Birthday!
  - Ricky's Mom March 7, 2019 / 11:50 am
    
    Aww, thanks, guys!
- Debg March 7, 2019 / 3:25 pm
  
  Happy day, Ricky’s Mom/Bibi’s Mom!
AJ March 7, 2019 / 9:02 am

This is very sweet and awww-inspiring. The kittens are listening very intently so it must be a good story. Hmm, possible new career path – animal story time reader.
- allein ? March 7, 2019 / 9:08 am
  
  I’ve heard of library and shelter programs where kids read to the animals. You could look into that. 😉
- Blue Footed Booby March 7, 2019 / 9:29 am
  
  The one on the right looks like he might be about to do something dumb, which is to say kittenish.
Phred’s Mom March 7, 2019 / 9:37 am

Happy Birthday, Ricky’s Mom!
nano's_mom March 7, 2019 / 9:59 am

I would read that book. When is the release date?
- Ricky's Mom March 7, 2019 / 10:33 am
  
  It’s actually Puss in Boots, in Russian!
- Alice Shortcake March 7, 2019 / 12:25 pm
  
  My kind of story. And my kind of audience.
Catwhisperer March 7, 2019 / 10:27 am

That story rivals the one we tell about our dog, Cooper, who’s missing the tip of his right ear. It was already like that when we got him at about 9 months old, and he wasn’t neutered, so we don’t know what happened. When people ask us about it, we say he was injured while saving children from a burning school bus.
(I tried to add a picture, but apparently the file was too big.)
- allein ? March 7, 2019 / 10:30 am
  
  (If you can’t shrink it, if you send it to Mike, he’ll likely post it for you.)
  - Ricky's Mom March 7, 2019 / 10:34 am
    
    Also, that’s an excellent story for Cooper!
- Not That Mike The Other Mike March 7, 2019 / 2:58 pm
  
  Hi Catwhisperer! Here’s that picture of Cooper you sent me:
  - Ricky's Mom March 7, 2019 / 3:37 pm
    
    Oh, such a very sweet face! Hello, Cooper! (boops nose)
  - fkaWaldenPond March 7, 2019 / 8:15 pm
    
    Cooper, your ‘heroic’ ear is adorable!
  - debg March 7, 2019 / 8:40 pm
    
    Cooper is a hero, no matter what he did or didn’t do to lose part of his ear.
  - Catwhisperer March 8, 2019 / 11:32 am
    
    Thanks, Mike! And thanks, everyone, for your nice comments . 🙂
SoccerSue March 7, 2019 / 11:53 am

Happy Birthday, Ricky’s Mom! Sunshine is good- just stay in the house with the heat turned up and pretend it’s summer!
Amyliz March 7, 2019 / 1:16 pm

Each of those kittens is thinking “The Brave Little Kitten is based on ME!”
- Amyliz March 7, 2019 / 1:47 pm
  
  I forgot to add…Happy Birthday, Ricky’s Mom!
  - Ricky’s Mom March 7, 2019 / 9:37 pm
    
    Thank you both!
Debg March 7, 2019 / 3:27 pm

How did anyone get the kittens to sit still long enough for a photo? Kittens in my experience are perpetual motion machines.
- allein March 7, 2019 / 3:31 pm
  
  Well, the one on the right does look like he’s about to pounce on something…
  - Duckie ? March 7, 2019 / 4:58 pm
    
    Or fall off the table.
    Either that, or he needs to be excused to use the litter box.
Faye March 7, 2019 / 5:02 pm

Happy Birthday Ricky’s Mom!

How is your dog fostering going?
- Ricky’s Mom March 7, 2019 / 9:41 pm
  
  Thanks! Bibi is not a foster, but mine, all mine since the day I brought her home, on Feb. 1. We have a lot of work to do on socializing with other dogs, alas, but she’s lovely with people, and blessedly healthy.
Murray C March 7, 2019 / 9:31 pm

Happy Birthday, R’sM! Glad you got in a walk with your pooch foster.

Cat Whisperer, Cooper is adorable – we have a neighbor doggo named Cooper – he’s an enormous yellow lab who still squats when he pees – an embarrassment for his athletic father who loves him anyway.
- Ricky’s Mom March 7, 2019 / 9:41 pm
  
  Thanks!