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Fup. Store Cat.
The Trip to Kahani
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Bear
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Zooey
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Kahani is miles and miles away, they know, up toward the mountain. If their patchwork sources can be trusted, Kahani is high in the foothills, beyond Zigzag, where deep snow covers the ground all winter.
So the time is right to leave, anyway, with months of warm, dry days still ahead.
Standing on an oversized anthology spread open on the floor of Dave's house (where Bear and Zooey also live), Fup continues to examine the colorful picture beneath her paws: a reproduction of Ediplus Cannon's famous painting, "Kahani Morning."
She reads the caption aloud: "'Cannon, a descendant of the great explorer William Clark, gained renown for his unorthodox use of natural light. Here, in "Kahani Morning," early morning sun streams onto the hill, refracting such a dazzling array of colors as one might more commonly encounter in a waterfall.'"
Fup steps off the book to give Bear and Zooey a closer look.
Zooey notes, "The angle of sunlight is almost straight down. And it's meant to be early morning. So that means Kahani is on the west side of a steep hill or cliff, right?"
"That's probably true," Dave confirms.
"What we need," Fup suggests, "is some kind of yellow brick road to lead us there. Or a rough path, at least."
"What you need," Dave volunteers, "is a state-sponsored Story Trail, a continuous line painted on the ground by local tourism officials. Like Boston's Freedom Trail. Except this one would connect The City of Books to the place in the woods where stories come from."
Bear reminds them, "We want to go there this summer, not ten years from now. We don't have time for legislative action."
"Let's just cross the river," Fup proposes. "Let's get started."
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