On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 16:10:47 -0500, Mme. Anaïs ^..^ wrote:

On the Island the staff is busy with preparations for the night's
party: the beach is groomed, carpenter-cats are erecting a large tents
on the beach, setting up a well-stocked bar and a long buffet table.
Other kitties are assembling a low kitty-sized sushi-bar, with silk
cushions in front of it, and a dance floor. Cushions, deck chairs and
blankets are spread over the beach, and strings of colorful paper
lanterns are being hung. A small dance band is setting up under the
tent.

[As the sun sinks closer to the horizon, an observant kitty might notice
the palm trees along the beach swaying in unison. There is no wind, but
the palm are still swaying. Closer observation might reveal a kitten at
the top of each palm tree, swinging their little bodies from side to side
to get the trees to sway. As the trees get to swaying nicely, a kittenish
voice can be heard - "One, two, three - toonas!". At the end of the
countdown, each of the treetop kittens launches himself/herself to the top
of the next palm tree in line. The swinging and swaying starts anew.

"One, two, three - toonas!" Once again the kittens launch themselves,
giggling and meowing, at the next palm tree in line. The kitten in the
lead of the action is a long, skinny grey boy cat, looking a lot like
Ranger.

"One, two, three - toonas!" The next cat in the procession is a
long-haired calico girl. This wouldn't be Ranger's next door neighbor,
CaliCat, would it?

"One, two, three - toonas!" Following these two are an assortment of
kittens, some orange, some tortie, some grey - a wonderful assortment of
kittens.

"One, two, three - toonas! Hey, where's my treeeeee???" SPLASH
At this, all the kittens scramble down their current trees to see what's
happenened. They see a very surprised, very wet Ranger kitten swimming
to the beach, having reached the end of the line of palm trees.

"Hey, what - ow! Ow! OW! Getitoff, getitoff, getitoff!!!" The kittens look
in on puzzlement as Ranger streaks past like a grey missile. As he passes
them by, the kittens spot a tiny hermit crab clamped to the end of
Ranger's tail. "Ow, ow, ow, getitoff, getitoff, getitoff!!!". Ranger makes
a grey blur all along the beach, moewing for help the entire time.

Lilith and Sammy, sitting next to each and watching all of this, sigh in
unison. As Ranger turns and comes closer to them, they turn to each other
and nod. Sammy hunkers down, and at just the right moment hurls himself at
Ranger's fast-moving form. They blend into an orange and grey ball of fur,
rolling along the sandy beach. As they roll to a stop Lilith comes over,
swats the crab attached to Ranger's tail tip up into the air, then makes a
graceful leap into air and bats the crab towards the water. The crab,
followed by a procession of playful kittens, makes a soft "plop" as it
hits the waves.]

Mama Lilith, you saveded me! Fangu, fangu, fangu!" [Ranger untangles
himself from Sammy, strolls over to Lilith, and gives her a kiss on the
nose.] Dat nasty crabmonster was trying to eat me, tail first!

Ranger