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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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They follow at the horse's pace. Considering his long legs, it isn't very fast at all.
"The sooner we get there, the sooner we go home," Joe reasons. He asks Fup, "Walking on a trail or standing all day behind a fence, which sounds better to you?"
"Ain't no fence that can hold me in!" Bear interjects.
Fup tells Joe, "Pay no attention to him when he's like this."
They ascend single-file as the trail narrows, rising up and above a creek, up and up. When the way finally opens to a shelf overlooking the valley, they park themselves on the flat, grassy patch to rest.
Suddenly Wiggums shouts — nothing in particular, just nonsense sounds — and his echo comes bouncing back off the hills. He explains, "They say the first cat tribe to prosper in Oregon flourished in part because they learned to throw their voices for miles through valleys by calling to each other when the echoes were ripe. They were able to communicate over incredible distances without revealing their exact whereabouts to predators."
If he'd hoped to make it home by dark — and that was Wiggums's plan when he left the farm — he should have turned back an hour ago. Apropos of nothing except this unaddressed fact, he confirms, "Joe hasn't even told us about his sister yet. No, I'm staying with you guys as long as you're willing to have me."
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