Iowna wakes and stretches

She sniffs then gets surrounded by Cash and Iowna who put sandals on
her feets and whisk her off!

She grins big as she hears she is headed to Espiritu Santo Mexico!
They remind her she is 14 today and she tries to count but gets lost
after 10. 'Many' she says and grins.



The doors open and a wave of warm wind with the smell of sand and ocean
comes in.

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cshenk wrote in rec.pets.cats.community:


She sniffs then gets surrounded by Cash and Iowna who put sandals on
her feets and whisk her off!

She grins big as she hears she is headed to Espiritu Santo Mexico!
They remind her she is 14 today and she tries to count but gets lost
after 10. 'Many' she says and grins.



The doors open and a wave of warm wind with the smell of sand and
ocean comes in.

Iowna squeez and runs out into the warm sand. Cash laughing runs at
her side while Daisy-chan grabs a float and heads with them to the
lagoon. A trio of Mexi-cats sing Happi Birthday Iowna as she grins and
finds the water.



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cshenk wrote in rec.pets.cats.community:

cshenk wrote in rec.pets.cats.community:


She sniffs then gets surrounded by Cash and Iowna who put sandals on
her feets and whisk her off!

She grins big as she hears she is headed to Espiritu Santo Mexico!
They remind her she is 14 today and she tries to count but gets lost
after 10. 'Many' she says and grins.



The doors open and a wave of warm wind with the smell of sand and
ocean comes in.

Iowna squeez and runs out into the warm sand. Cash laughing runs at
her side while Daisy-chan grabs a float and heads with them to the
lagoon. A trio of Mexi-cats sing Happi Birthday Iowna as she grins
and finds the water.

Iowna and Cash get into the little floats that let there legs paddle
free but have a snooze pillow and a top cover so they stay cool.
Daisy-chan's has a solid floor and an itty bitty rudder and motor so
she can skim about without getting wet.

The safe little harbor is also home to many fish and a few marine
mammals including 4 adult 'flippers' and 3 baby 'flippers' who shyly
surface to play with their new friends. Iowna grins and paddles after
the kids who of course swim faster but enjoy the chase. Meantime Cash
settles back with one of the male 'flippers' and chats about being in a
home of women (he's married and has 2 girl flippers).

They all play about for a bit, then the mexi-cats send out little
floats with various foods. Not being rude, they send things the
flipper families will like as well.

After a good meal, they all take a siesta, the warm water rocking them
to sleep...



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They all play about for a bit, then the mexi-cats send out little
floats with various foods. Not being rude, they send things the
flipper families will like as well.

After a good meal, they all take a siesta, the warm water rocking them
to sleep...

While everybody slumbers, Francesca grabs a float and paddles out to the
young flippers and invites them to play tag. Francesca is hindered by
being on a slow-moving float, but her aquatic partners take that into
consideration.

After a thoroughly enjoyable game of chase, Francesca also heads back to
the beach, finds a patch of shade under an umbrella, and falls fast asleep.

Francesca the Fierce wrote in rec.pets.cats.community:

They all play about for a bit, then the mexi-cats send out little
floats with various foods. Not being rude, they send things the
flipper families will like as well.

After a good meal, they all take a siesta, the warm water rocking
them to sleep...

While everybody slumbers, Francesca grabs a float and paddles out to
the young flippers and invites them to play tag. Francesca is
hindered by being on a slow-moving float, but her aquatic partners
take that into consideration.

After a thoroughly enjoyable game of chase, Francesca also heads back
to the beach, finds a patch of shade under an umbrella, and falls
fast asleep.

The flippers have a ball with their game of chase then the smallest one
inches in with Daisy-chan while a medium baby flipper curls in with
Cash. The hoods keep them from drying out and Cash and Iowna don't mind
wet legs.

A mommie flipper occasionally brings a mouthful of water to the little
baby and for once, Daisy-chan doesn't mind getting a little wet.

A mexi-cat brings over a plate set in ice and in a bowl by Francesca,
full of tuna. He looks out at Cash snoozing with a baby flipper and
sets up a tray of shucked oysters, fingerling fish, and smoked duck.
Then looking to Iowna, he sets up an iced place of fingerling fish,
scallops, romaine and endive lettuce, and some nibbles of her special
diet food.

As they wait for the guests to have a siesta, they take a short break
and play with the adult flippers and bring out foods.

The day lingers on.



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The flippers have a ball with their game of chase then the smallest one
inches in with Daisy-chan while a medium baby flipper curls in with
Cash. The hoods keep them from drying out and Cash and Iowna don't mind
wet legs.

A mommie flipper occasionally brings a mouthful of water to the little
baby and for once, Daisy-chan doesn't mind getting a little wet.

A mexi-cat brings over a plate set in ice and in a bowl by Francesca,
full of tuna. He looks out at Cash snoozing with a baby flipper and
sets up a tray of shucked oysters, fingerling fish, and smoked duck.
Then looking to Iowna, he sets up an iced place of fingerling fish,
scallops, romaine and endive lettuce, and some nibbles of her special
diet food.

As they wait for the guests to have a siesta, they take a short break
and play with the adult flippers and bring out foods.

The day lingers on.

Francesca stirs from her nap, roused by the magical smell of tuna. After
wolfing down every last morsel, she looks around and spots the staff
cats playing with the flippers. She remembers hearing about a diving
cat, so she figures "What the heck, if Jocko can do it, so can I!" She
uses her boundless kitten energy to streak toward the surf, and at the
last minute she launches herself as high as she can go and splashes down
into the sea.

She surfaces moments later a sputters a bit, then thinks "This isn't too
bad. No worse than playing in the shower at home!". She paddles toward
the adult flippers, and is surprised when one rises out of the water
directly below her. She finds herself riding on the dolphin's back,
jumping through waves and playing tag with the others. Francesca decides
this is a lot more fun than having to paddle slowly around in a float to
play with the babies!

FtF takes advantage of approaching waves to leap as high as she can and
make as big a splash as she can when she lands. The adult flippers take
turns surfacing under her and giving her rides. They play energetically
for 10 or 15 minutes, then Francesca realizes that she's worn out and
curls up atop her host. The flipper takes her to shallow water to allow
her to dismount. When she's back on the beach, Francesca bows to her
hosts and meows her thanks. She then returns to her beach umbrella and
falls into again into a deep sleep.