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Backstory ~ Chapter 12
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“MAMA! Bad word!”
“Um, oh, right. Sorry. Bad word. Curse jar”
“Three times.”
Bette stumbled into Angelica’s room and placed the first of the two cages on her daughter’s desk.
After the six trips to transport the mammals, Bette stood outside staring at the glass tanks that held the snake and the lizard. She decided that she drew the line at reptiles. “You two like the heat. You’re on your own.”
Tina, though, rescued them that night when she came home.
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As the cages had begun to pass through the house, the napping pack slowly awakened.
“What’s that?” Gray Blaze asked.
“Smells like rabbit,” the patriarch answered.
Red corrected them, “Rabbit, but some other things too.”
The pack concentrated, nostrils flared.
“Voles?”
“Mice?”
“I don’t recognize the rest!”
They all nodded in agreement.
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Early evening that same day, the wolves asked Angelica.
“Little Pinky, what’s in your room?”
Angelica thought for a moment. She did not know how to say “pet” in wolf. The little girl improvised, “Animals we like to look at and sometimes we play with them.”
The confused wolves looked at one another.
“Thank you for the explanation, sweetie,” the matriarch replied and watched as Angelica skipped to her room.
“What does that mean?” one of Angelica’s aunts asked.
“’They look at them and play with them?’ Why would they do that?”
“The humans seem to play with their dogs.”
“That’s playing. They’re not looking at them.”
“I could see those stupid domesticated canines wanting to play. It’s not like any of the dogs we see around here would be any good at hunting.”
“Ma,” Red addressed the matriarch, “Pinky’s not teaching her daughter correct wolf because what she said doesn’t make sense.”
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“Are you sure?”
“Yes, Bette. I checked all of the cages. They’re all locked.”
“Each one has its animals in it?”
“Yes, Bette.”
The same exchange had become a nightly ritual. It had also become a morning ritual and as soon as Tina got home from work ritual.
Bette had not once looked at the animals since she had put them in Angelica’s room.
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I have to get some sleep, otherwise I’d read this now. So glad to see this. Thanks.
i tried to read every 3rd page, then every 2nd page…but i decided that Tolstoy has nothing on you and I read it all…brilliant, entertaining, hilarious…loved it
Very funny. Love Aunt cranky hunter.
Hahahahaha…Spumoni, where did you get your imagination and humour from…it is unbelievable! As far as I’m concerned, you could have kept on writing cause I would have kept on redaing. Thanks for the update, it was truly precious!
Well, i couldn’t get through War and Peace, so i kinda gave up after a few tries… Your story is always quite an enjoyable read! Thanks for posting!
Ha-ha Spumoni! This is a jewel! I love your humor…I love the scene of Bette realizing that she’s taking all those animals home, trying to grab Tina for help, and keep Angie happy. You have several great one-liners! Too good! Thanks for making my day!
ROFLMAO welcome back , i love this story!!:)PPS
OH man, I love this story. Bette was hilarious but I too would have done the same thing. Maybe a visit from the wolves to the school would set the two women straight, or scare the hell out of them. Where is the jar, I said a bad word.
Now I don´t think Tolstoy´s famous for his wit. Never really felt like laughing reading War and Peace, but Alice, Mrs. Vonnegut, Troubles and a hyperventilating Bette with a burping snake in the back seat….now that´s a classic. Hilarious update. Thanks.
U r just too much!!! U make Bette absolutely lovable. I can totally picture Ange-poor patient strong resolute Tina carrying responsibility for all of them-and vegan Trouble is too cute…That has cheered me up so much.
i’ve never had so much fun … entertaining, hysterically funny, and full of spumoni wit and humor. trouble should get a squirrel for his efforts. with chocolate on top.
Thanks that was great. I don’t know but your pot brownies must be really good. :) Or is there a better explanation for your wonderful hilarious story . I love it and thank God that trouble is as sweet as he is.
Hi, dear sweet Spumoni! Ah, we certainly enjoyed this hylarious update, sweetie. Hmm It was a bit of a nightmare, at first, for Bette to have all those pets to watch. Hehehe But we think that Trouble did a wonderful sentinel job. *wink* Plus, the distraction was welcomed by the wolfies, although they didn’t understand why all those animals were not delivered as meal. Hehehe Oh, this was a joyful reading, dearest friend. Thanks for the laughs. PPS Hugs & kisses on both your cheeks. – Lu & Marsh (Proud Salsa Aunties to the loving JC, Eunichick, ZLFAN, T_Daze, Melrose231 and Tias Adoradas to Patpez)
I was really proud of Trouble this chapter. Is he a vegetarian? Vonnegut must be crushed. If she thinks she’s going to slight la famille P-K in a years-long campaign, and win, then I think she needs to be brought down in a subtle counter-strike of equal length. Great chapter, Spumoni. Love the humor in this. Thanks! :)
I did a very happy dance when I seen youe post. I love Troubles. Je loves Bette so much that he tool care of her pets. I love aminals and after have 4 boys they did become a part of our lifes. You name it we had it. Goat s.horses.yes a pig.rats snakes lizards. Cant forget the dogs and cats. Now I,m to old the boys are gone so just some dogs and cat. thankyou so much for this wonderful story
LMAO! This whole post was just absolutely hilarious. I’d read Backstory over War and Peace any day. After all, who needs peace when you have Bette Porter freaking out? lol. Trouble is just cuter and cuter every day. I love that he guarded that hamster. I don’t think anyone could manage to read every second or third page. I was eagerly hoping for more pages to magically appear, actually. Ciao, yarrrrr!
Definitely Tolstoy has nothing on you … it was a brilliant chapter and there was really nothing you could do to edit it or change it – was perfect as it is :) And I really couldn’t sip pages – this story is just too excellent :) Thank you :)
Crap, I thought Bette was supposed to be smart! How come she just didn’t invent a whole series of terrible allergies for Tina that would have prevented them housing the menagerie? Thank you for bringing this back.
Can’t imagine skipping one word much less a page or two!! Absolutely hilarious! The thought of Bette with all those cages… and then the wolves waiting for their special dinner… so funny. Made me think back to my son finding me on top of the kitchen table screaming like a lunatic after seeing his snake slither across the floor. Always look forward to the trials and tribulations of Pinky’s Beloved. Thanks, Spumoni!