THE KUPPIES GO WALKIES

The Kuppies go Walkies and Find the Croakuses by Foutoux
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Prince Volonski had to get out of the chateau.  The Kuppies Rodolph and Ignatius (a cross between Ming the Siamese cat and Lenin the Dalmation) had made a terrible mess last night.  The Prince's  remaining velvet curtains had fallen to the floor after Ignatius had chased once of his fantom mice .  Rodolph was more like his father Lenin and had barked loudly all evening and now that he was bigger the puddles he left were bigger too.  Ignatius had taken more after his mother Ming the Siamese cat and purred most of the time, an alarming, loud purr which drowned conversation and made the Prince's guests uneasy.

Exasperated, the Prince put the two Kuppies on a leash and walked out into the spring sunshine in the direction of his Meadow of Red Daffodils which were still in bloom.  To get to the Meadow they had to pass through a small wood where the Prince planted his Croakuses.  These were the product of another of his experiments.  He had wondered one day why the crocus, thus named, didn't croak.  So, he went into his glasshouse at the bottom of his Rose Garden where the Crimson Neige variety bloomed all year round, and crossed the genes of a frog and a crocus.  The following spring he had planted them and was delighted to find that he had small blue flowers which croaked as you passed.

However, the Prince had not anticipated the reaction of Ignatius.  As the three passed through the wood several of the Croakuses did just that - they croaked as the Kuppies sniffed them.  Ignatius, terrified shot up the nearest tree and, balancing on a branch refused to move despite the imprecations of the Prince.  Here again was more evidence of the disadvantages of Kuppies.  Meanwhile, Rodolph barked loudly, playing with the Croakuses - his barking gradually giving way to loud purring.  The Prince already despairing watched as his favourite Kuppyie flattened a large patch of Croakuses which dulled the sound of the joyful and pretty plants.

Finally, an hour later Ignatius came down from the tree after all the Croakuses had stopped croaking and Prince Volovski returned tired and miserable to the Chateau where Ming sat before the Great Hall Fire content to see her offspring return.

DON'T FORGET TO READ THE INTRODUCTORY STORY OF "THE PRINCE AND THE KUPPIES" ON FOUTOUX's BLOG.


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