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Post by Sonja [Alonzo] on May 28, 2007 19:01:00 GMT -5
Alonzo grinned up at Tumble, then leapt up after him. He almost collided with his brother, but managed to catch himself. The counter was surprisingly narrow - he had never been allowed up on it for very long before. "Hm..." His eyes swept boxes, cabinets, bowls..."Look!" He moved towards a bowl...it was full of something that smelt like food... granted, not delicious food, but definately edible. He sniffed the red, circle-shaped items curiously.
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Post by Munkustrap Etc. on May 28, 2007 19:06:43 GMT -5
Tumble laughed as he jumped out of Alonzo's way. "I wasn't sure you were gonna make it," he said before poking his nose everywhere too. He stuck it into a bowl of white powder and pulled away with a sneeze. "What's that?" he asked, approaching the bowl Alonzo was sniffing at. It didn't look much like food...
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Post by Sonja [Alonzo] on May 28, 2007 19:13:45 GMT -5
"I may not be as acrobatic as you, Tumble, but that doesn't mean I can't beat you up." Alonzo said teasingly, pushing his nose against one of the objects. "I don't know, but I think I've seen my owner eat one of these before...they must be edible..." He wrinkled his nose. "But they don't smell that tasty..." His stomach growled. "But apparently my stomach thinks otherwise."
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Post by Munkustrap Etc. on May 28, 2007 19:18:02 GMT -5
Tumble instinctively took a step away from Alonzo, paws going to cover his ticklish stomach, eyes wide. "You wouldn't!" Too many times had his older brothers taken advantage of his pudgy ticklishness as a kitten - Tumble knew how to get defensive (curling up into a ball usually protected himself). When Alonzo turned his attention back to the red things, though, Tumble relaxed and moved closer. He pushed one with his paws, and then tried to pick it up in his mouth. "Urg..." He couldn't get a good grip on it, though, as it was too wide for him to easily bite, and too slippery to get a good hold on. "Grrr. Isn't there something less... human sized to eat?"
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Post by Sonja [Alonzo] on May 28, 2007 19:22:19 GMT -5
Alonzo's whiskers twitched as he watched Tumble's wrestle with the object. "Yeah...yeah, there must be..." He glanced up at the cabinets. One of them was opened slightly... "Hey! These things have stuff in them," He balanced up on his back paws, sticking his nose into one of the cabinets. He emerged dragging a can of beef-flavored catfood in his mouth. "This smells...so good..."
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Post by Munkustrap Etc. on May 28, 2007 19:24:12 GMT -5
Tumble managed to get enough of a grip on the object to lift it out of the bowl... but then he promptly dropped it and it fell on the floor to roll away. He sighed and shook his head before looking over at Alonzo. "Doesn't look very good, though," he commented, smacking the hard shell of this new food with his paw. "Feels like a miniature trash can."
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Post by Sonja [Alonzo] on May 28, 2007 19:26:18 GMT -5
Alonzo frowned. "It smells like food," He bit in - just to see what it was - and backed away howling softly. "Ow!" His teeth stung, but his stomach hurt worse now that it knew the good-smelling item wasn't edible.
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Post by Munkustrap Etc. on May 28, 2007 19:28:41 GMT -5
Tumble grumbled and batted the can off the counter as well. "It's just another locked can," he said, pushing past Alonzo to poke his own nose in the cupboard. "This smells kinda good," he said, grabbing a packet of chicken-flavored instant rice. This he could easily tear into with his claws. Inside, it didn't look like much, but a touch of his tongue did prove that it tasted good. "Mmm... Not filling, but yummy," he said.
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Post by Sonja [Alonzo] on May 28, 2007 19:30:54 GMT -5
Alonzo sighed in relief. He'd begun to believe his human didn't eat anything...well, edible. "Anything's good at this point." He stuck his paws into the cuboard, pushing out any objects his found onto the counter for Tumble to examine. They were mostly in boxes or bags...the way humans ate was so odd.
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Post by Munkustrap Etc. on May 28, 2007 19:35:11 GMT -5
Licking the good-tasting powder off his nose, Tumble pushed the packet of actually-edible stuff to the floor as well - things they'd be taking back to the yard. He watched all the little grains spill and sighed - carrying those would be a hassle, but it was the best they had. He pawed through the boxes and bags and cans Alonzo tossed out for him, nudging some to the floor and kicking the rest into the sink behind him.
And that's when he found it. One shiny packet, which he was able to tear into, revealed a pile of fish, moist and flaked and mouth-wateringly perfect. "'Lonz? Got any more of these?" Tumble asked, staring at the food.
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Post by Sonja [Alonzo] on May 28, 2007 19:37:31 GMT -5
Alonzo looked back to see what he was talking about, then peered into the near-empty cabinet. "Yeah!" He said happily. "There's a few shoved way back...in here..." Alonzo groaned, and climbed into the cabinet. He reached his paw to the back corner, flattening his body. He did not enjoy such cramped spaces...
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Post by Munkustrap Etc. on May 28, 2007 19:39:51 GMT -5
"How many?" Tumble asked. "Enough for the whole yard? Enough for us too?" Oh, he wanted to taste the fish. The smell was tempting, so tempting... His stomach growled and he bit his lip to keep from biting the food in front of him.
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Post by Sonja [Alonzo] on May 28, 2007 19:43:00 GMT -5
"I don't know, hold on..." Alonzo gripped the packets with his teeth and slowly dragged them backwards. They weighed a bit, this was a good sign. However, he wasn't entirely sure how to gracefully exit the cabinet. Wiggling around a bit, he managed to turn himself around - his tail barely fit the width of the cabinet - and drop the packets down. He lept down after them, shaking out his ruffled fur.
He took a deep breath, inhaling the wonderful smell of the fish. Finally, he smiled. There were five packets in all, and it seemed like there was a lot of fish in each one. "I think so, Tumble. At least enough...that it won't hurt for us to have a littel bite," He looked longingly at the food.
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Post by Munkustrap Etc. on May 28, 2007 19:45:05 GMT -5
"Just a mouthful," Tumble said with a nod, leaning down to take a bite. He sat back and closed his eyes, savoring the taste, the scent, the feel of food he could eat. "Humans have the best food," he said - though that could just be because it was the first food he was eating in about a week.
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Post by Sonja [Alonzo] on May 28, 2007 19:47:10 GMT -5
Alonzo bit in to the fish nearest him, almost kittenish with happiness. It tasted so good. "It's the best thing I've ever eaten," Alonzo agreed readily, leaning down to take another bite - just one more. "If it's this good to us, imagine how happy the 'yard will be when they see this..." He grinned, thinking of the delighted look on Cassandra's face. She'd be so pleased with him...
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