Wet Kitten Alert!

Well, kittens are kittens, you know, which means they are sometimes a
bit lacking in the smarts department.

Kate and Jack, in addition to the above, are also fascinated with
water. They're in the tub, the sink, back to the tub, back to the
sink. They get water all over their little paws and track it
everywhere, oblivious to the fact that they are a teeny bit wet.

So I decided to take a bath last night, with the kittens roaming
around. Of course they were curious, and peered over the side of the
tub wondering what the silly human was doing sitting in a big, giant
vat of water.

You don't have to be psychic to guess what was coming next.

Intrepid Jack the Explorer got a wee bit *too* curious, and took a
leap into the full tub of water.

I'm not sure how he managed to mostly stay above water. I'm beginning
to think he can *walk* on water almost! But there he was, standing
there for a few seconds, in the bathtub, with a look on his face like
"Do I like this? Did I do that? I didn't do that! I don't like
this!"

Flumpftht. He jumps out of the tub.

Being fully wet myself, I yell downstairs to DH: "Wet kitten alert!"
He duly comes upstairs with a few paper towels, just enough to get a
few drops of water off Jack's belly. I suggest an actual towel might
be more helpful, and he wraps Jack up in one like a swaddled baby, and
rubs his legs and belly mostly dry before Jack decides he has had
enough of this and bolts off, still intrepid, but a bit cleaner.

Wonder when Kate will take the plunge?

Ginger-lyn

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wow, was this a really bad story, or what? Zero responses. Did I
become invisible suddenly? Knock, knock. Helloooo? Am I here?

Ginger-lyn
just fooling around

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wrote:
wow, was this a really bad story, or what? Zero responses. Did I
become invisible suddenly? Knock, knock. Helloooo? Am I here?

It just happened to appear at the same time as another cat-and-water
story (Dan's about Ranger), and I was thinking of both these stories
when I replied to that thread, though you couldn't know that, of course.
;o) I especially liked your description of Jack's face: "Do I like this?
Did I do that? I didn't do that! I don't like this!" That's exactly
the way Caliban reacts to water (and snow). It takes him a while before
he realises that it's his own fault that he is getting wet (or cold
paws) and that he does not like it. You can see those exact thoughts
running through his brain.

--
Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.
marina (dot) kurten (at) iki (dot) fi
Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/
Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/
and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki

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wow, was this a really bad story, or what? Zero responses. Did I
become invisible suddenly? Knock, knock. Helloooo? Am I here?

Ginger-lyn
just fooling around

That happens with me sometimes too Ginger-lyn. In fact there are times when
I post several things and get no responses or maybe only one reply. Of
course, egomaniac that I am, I start to think that everybody here hates me
and have killfiled me and want me to go away and never post here again.
While that may be true of some of the people here, I don't think that this
is always the case. I think it's just that sometimes I hit a time period
where nobody posts, or somebody else has posted something more important or
more urgent to them than my little story (and that's how it should be, of
course), or maybe it's just a day or two in a row when everybody is just
busy with RL and can't take the time to post a reply.

Please know, however, that I read all the posts here and appreciate all the
stories even when I don't have time to post a reply.

--

Hugs,

CatNipped

See all my masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/




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What a great story! Soncek being the wise old kitty that he is stays
away from the tub when it is full of water.
Best wishes,
Polonca and Soncek

wrote:
Well, kittens are kittens, you know, which means they are sometimes a
bit lacking in the smarts department.

Kate and Jack, in addition to the above, are also fascinated with
water. They're in the tub, the sink, back to the tub, back to the
sink. They get water all over their little paws and track it
everywhere, oblivious to the fact that they are a teeny bit wet.

So I decided to take a bath last night, with the kittens roaming
around. Of course they were curious, and peered over the side of the
tub wondering what the silly human was doing sitting in a big, giant
vat of water.

You don't have to be psychic to guess what was coming next.

Intrepid Jack the Explorer got a wee bit *too* curious, and took a
leap into the full tub of water.

I'm not sure how he managed to mostly stay above water. I'm beginning
to think he can *walk* on water almost! But there he was, standing
there for a few seconds, in the bathtub, with a look on his face like
"Do I like this? Did I do that? I didn't do that! I don't like
this!"

Flumpftht. He jumps out of the tub.

Being fully wet myself, I yell downstairs to DH: "Wet kitten alert!"
He duly comes upstairs with a few paper towels, just enough to get a
few drops of water off Jack's belly. I suggest an actual towel might
be more helpful, and he wraps Jack up in one like a swaddled baby, and
rubs his legs and belly mostly dry before Jack decides he has had
enough of this and bolts off, still intrepid, but a bit cleaner.

Wonder when Kate will take the plunge?

Ginger-lyn

Home Pages:
http://www.spiritrealm.com/summer/
http://www.angelfire.com/folk/glsummer (homepage & cats)
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb....mmer/index.htm (genealogy)
http://www.movieanimals.bravehost.com/ (The Violence Against
Animals in Movies Website)

I read your story, Ginger-lyn! I just have a bad habit of not
commenting on most of the stories I read. I actually have to remind
myself to post more replies or else I wouldn't post any. I'm just lazy.
But your story was very cute and I liked it :-)
--
Britta
"There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast." -- Unknown
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http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album


wrote:
wow, was this a really bad story, or what? Zero responses. Did I
become invisible suddenly? Knock, knock. Helloooo? Am I here?

Ginger-lyn
just fooling around

Home Pages:
http://www.spiritrealm.com/summer/
http://www.angelfire.com/folk/glsummer (homepage & cats)
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb....mmer/index.htm (genealogy)
http://www.movieanimals.bravehost.com/ (The Violence Against
Animals in Movies Website)

On 2006-01-07 20:13:40 -0600, "badwilson" said:

I read your story, Ginger-lyn! I just have a bad habit of not
commenting on most of the stories I read. I actually have to remind
myself to post more replies or else I wouldn't post any. I'm just
lazy. But your story was very cute and I liked it :-)

That is me too, plus I have not been online much with my Christmas
break as I am getting computer fatigue. I want to see pictures of Kate
and jack someday.

wrote:

wow, was this a really bad story, or what? Zero responses. Did I
become invisible suddenly? Knock, knock. Helloooo? Am I here?

Actually, I didn't see your original post. So that's why I didn't reply.

Could you post it again?

Thanks,
Joyce

On 08 Jan 2006 04:25:07 GMT, wrote:

wrote:

wow, was this a really bad story, or what? Zero responses. Did I
become invisible suddenly? Knock, knock. Helloooo? Am I here?

Actually, I didn't see your original post. So that's why I didn't reply.

Could you post it again?

Thanks,
Joyce


Here 'tis.

Well, kittens are kittens, you know, which means they are sometimes a
bit lacking in the smarts department.

Kate and Jack, in addition to the above, are also fascinated with
water. They're in the tub, the sink, back to the tub, back to the
sink. They get water all over their little paws and track it
everywhere, oblivious to the fact that they are a teeny bit wet.

So I decided to take a bath last night, with the kittens roaming
around. Of course they were curious, and peered over the side of the
tub wondering what the silly human was doing sitting in a big, giant
vat of water.

You don't have to be psychic to guess what was coming next.

Intrepid Jack the Explorer got a wee bit *too* curious, and took a
leap into the full tub of water.

I'm not sure how he managed to mostly stay above water. I'm beginning
to think he can *walk* on water almost! But there he was, standing
there for a few seconds, in the bathtub, with a look on his face like
"Do I like this? Did I do that? I didn't do that! I don't like
this!"

Flumpftht. He jumps out of the tub.

Being fully wet myself, I yell downstairs to DH: "Wet kitten alert!"
He duly comes upstairs with a few paper towels, just enough to get a
few drops of water off Jack's belly. I suggest an actual towel might
be more helpful, and he wraps Jack up in one like a swaddled baby, and
rubs his legs and belly mostly dry before Jack decides he has had
enough of this and bolts off, still intrepid, but a bit cleaner.

Wonder when Kate will take the plunge?

Ginger-lyn

Home Pages:
http://www.spiritrealm.com/summer/
http://www.angelfire.com/folk/glsummer (homepage & cats)
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb....mmer/index.htm (genealogy)
http://www.movieanimals.bravehost.com/ (The Violence Against
Animals in Movies Website)

On Sun, 8 Jan 2006 09:13:40 +0700, "badwilson"
wrote:

I read your story, Ginger-lyn! I just have a bad habit of not
commenting on most of the stories I read. I actually have to remind
myself to post more replies or else I wouldn't post any. I'm just lazy.
But your story was very cute and I liked it :-)

Thanks, Britta.

I have to admit I'm bad about that, too. lol! So I guess one of my
resolutions will have to be to post more replies to stories :-)

Ginger-lyn

Home Pages:
http://www.spiritrealm.com/summer/
http://www.angelfire.com/folk/glsummer (homepage & cats)
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb....mmer/index.htm (genealogy)
http://www.movieanimals.bravehost.com/ (The Violence Against
Animals in Movies Website)