For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
Well, now we have the eagle that is supposed to point the way. But since it’s not in it’s proper place can we find out the right direction? And since it’s a weather vane it constantly points in different directions all the time, unless there is no wind. But then it could stop when it’s in any direction. So how will that help? Lena and I sit on some hay to think about this while the cats go off looking for mice. The next part of the letter says to follow that direction and go straight down. We go back outside and look up to where the weather vane should be sitting. We look all around where that eagle could possibly be pointing to see if there is anything abnormal in the area, but, there really was nothing that could be seen, at least not from ground level.
Hmm, I wonder if I should look from on top of the barn. Lena looked at me. “You’re not thinking of climbing on top of the barn to look around, are you?”, she asked. “Hey, that’s good, that’s exactly what I was thinking,” I said, “I wonder if it’s strong enough to climb up there, I don’t want to fall through the roof and go straight down to the ground.” I thought for a moment. “Hey, that could be it!”, I said. The cats came running out when I said that. Meow, meow?=What you find, what you find? Meow!=Yes, tell us, tell us! “I didn’t find anything,” I said. The cats look at each other while I continue to look at the barn. Meow, meow.=He losing it again, need help right away. Meow.=Yep, I agree. Meow, meow.=You take right this time, I do left. Meow.=Okay, better hurry.
“AAAAAA!!!!”, I yelled, what was that for may I ask?” Meow, meow.=You yell out all excited without finding something and get us all excited for nothing. Meow.=Yes, so we know you have thinking problem again, this best way to clear brain. “Thanks,” I said. Meow, meow!=Welcome!, they both said at the same time. Sigh. Lena laughed quite heartily. “I’m getting more outnumbered all the time,” I said. Lena comes over, gives me a hug and kiss on the cheek. “You must admit, it is funny,” she said, then burst out laughing again. “I’ll make sure I remind my legs of that next time,” I replied. It’s kind of strange, but it’s like Lena and I have been friends for a long time, yet we just met a couple of hours ago.
We all go and stand under where the weather vane would have been. “The next line states, ‘at the bottom is a door’, guess that would be the barn door,” I said, “then it says go inside and turn left.” We did this and we’re just looking at a blank wall. “Okay, then it says, ‘now look straight up, and look out the window’, I continued. Up on the loft there was a small window. There is an old ladder in here, no sure how safe it is, but it’s the only way up there. I put the ladder in place and the cats climb up to the loft right away. Meow, meow?=Why you wait, come on up, plenty safe. They both went and looked out the window. Meow.=Not see anything interesting, just trees and old garden maybe. Up I go and Lena right after me. Mr. Cat was right, there is nothing of real interest out there.
“The next line says, ‘you will see the eagle’s quest,’ which doesn’t really make sense,” I said to everyone. We sat there looking out the window. “Well, the next line was, um, oh my, what was it?”, I said thinking. Meow.=It say, go there, watch eagle circle round and round, soon my treasure will be found. “That’s it, thanks Mr. Cat,” I said happily. Meow!=Welcome! We go back down and over to the garden area and look back at where the weather vane had been. “We would have to stand over here to see the weather vane properly,” said Lena. We all go to that spot and look. Hmm, I move over to be in direct line with the front of the barn. I had brought a shovel with me from the barn so I started digging. I was down about 2 feet when the shovel hit something metal.
To Be Continued.
Previous chapters of this story and other stories can be found on my home page under 20/20 Investigations, Inc.
Β©2020 Steve McLeod.
U r sooo smart!1ππ€π€π€
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Naturally, that’s why I’m number 1 in this organization. Meow, meow. Oh, right, I’m number 2 in this…MEOW, MEOW. Oh, right, I’m number 3 in this organization!πΈπΈπ
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Now you’re catching on…ππ€π€π€
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Catch? What did I catch?π³π¬
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Mice?? ππ
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Not me, no good at that. There is one that keeps coming in here, Muffin hasn’t been able to catch it yet, never comes out in the open. Of course, around here there isn’t much open to come out into. Sigh.π€ππππΎ
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She’ll get him. I think sometimes i should get one.. Then I remember I need to do the litter box.
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It’s okay, you can still use your own bathroom.
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Is that what you do?π€£π€£
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You don’t?π²π²
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Yes, but I don’t have a cat!π
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I guess that makes scents.
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No kidding!!π€’
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Any snow today?
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We did get an inch overnight, which would not be last night but the night before last since your comment was yesterday and so was the snow. I had to sign off suddenly last night due to a slight problem with my stomach. Sigh. Okay this morning though.
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Glad to hear that.π We actually have sun shining here today! Still cold though. In the low 20’s I think.π€
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Cloudy here today, we had sun yesterday, and the temp is 15 this morning.
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Oooo brrr
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Not too bad really.π§π§
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If you’re an ice cube!π₯Άπ₯Ά
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Precisely. If this keeps up I will have to start wearing a jacket when I go out to feed the birds.π¬
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You might want to wear socks and shoes though!π
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Why would I do that?π€π³
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It’s a good question! I’m sure you’ll come up with the answer after you think about it.π
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Oh great, I have to think again.π³π¬π€―
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Sorry π π
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Sigh.π
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I’ll be right back. I need to mail my rental deposit. Back in 5 minutes.
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Post office close by?
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Mail box on the street.
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Oh nice.
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I send the squirrels to get the mail when they are around.π€«π€«π€π€
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Ooooo, nice, I need to train Jasper to do that. I wonder how many peanuts it would take?π€π€ͺπ₯π₯π₯π₯π₯
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Not many… they usually only survive once.ππ€π€
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I’m back, just had to get my freshly baked blueberry maple cupcakes out of the oven, I am now enjoying them with some nice whipped cream!ππππππ
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Hey!! That sounds π
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They are, they are!!ππ Would you like one?π€
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Oh yes indeed!ππ
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Okay, I’ll eat it for you and let you know how good it is.ππ
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Hey… !! YOU!! π
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They were delicious!πππ
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Yeah so??? πππ I hope you gain weight from that second one you ate!ππ€π€
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Would you like another one, I could use a snack.πππ
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Only with Coffee this time!π
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You drink coffee in the evening? Okay, I’ll have to heat up this morning’s leftover.πβ
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Well since you’ll be eating them all again I won’t need the coffee so you can have!ππππ
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What?π³ Drink stale old coffee?π²β That’s not very nice of you.π
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I thought it only fair! π
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And after I ate all those muffins for you!πππ
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You really shouldn’t go so far out of your way for me!ππ
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That’s okay, I don’t mind. Burp.π
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Awwww that’s so nice of you!!βΊ
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Thanks. BURP!π€π€
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You should try scaring yourself! Those burps will go away! Do you have a mirror??
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Why do I need a mirror? That’s a terrible way to start the day.
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I know! That’s why I never do that! Have uou ever seen me in the mirror in the morning?!π€’π₯΄
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No thanks.π¬
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I did once!π³
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On second thought…. that could bad luck.π³
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Your idea, your bad luck.
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You don’t need to say that again!π
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Okay, I won’t say that again. Oops, I went and said that even when I said I wouldn’t say that but that is just such a common word that I use all the time so it’s hard not to say that again.π€£π€
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You can sat that again!π€£π€£π€£π€£π€£
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That reminds me.. I need to go grocery shopping
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Good idea to do once in awhile.
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True..
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Unless you’re on a diet.
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I was gonna say that.. but I’m not so… gotta go shopping
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Hope you have fun. I always shop in the morning, I hate crowds.
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Good Idea! I’ll do it tomorrow morning! π
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Good thinking, too bad I don’t get good ideas like that.π€π
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I know!π€π€π€πππ€©
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Sigh. Always laughing at me.πππ
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It’s good ypu make people laugh.. some people get paid to do that. Hey… there’s a money making idea for you.π
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Hmm, I could make a video of me standing in front of a camera and charge people $1 to look at me for 1 minute. That should get them laughing for about an hour. Not a bad idea. How many minutes in a day again?π€πππΉ
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MATH? At this hour?? Are you crazy! I’d rather drink stale coffee and no muffins!ππ³
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No sense of adventure.π
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Not that kind!π€«
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I think I’ll get some blue berry muffins!
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Good idea.ππ
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I think so. Do I still get one of yours?ππ
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Absolutely, you can have 2 if you want.
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I can??π²
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Yes, they were both delicious. Burp.π
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Excuse you! π€¨ π€π€π€
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Thanks.π
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Hehehe
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Did we have coffee with our muffins?
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That time of day?π² That’s water time around here.π
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Water?? Oh ahh yeah water that’s right!
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I could heat it up for you.π€β
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Oh no… I want you to be able to drink it all at once.
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I don’t drink coffee after supper.π
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Oh! Call it dinner then!π Problem solved!
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I only drink coffee for breakfast.πβ
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Call it Breakfast then… this easy!
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But it’s not breakfast, breakfast is in the morning when I get out of bed. I don’t sleep all day. I sleep at night. You must have an odd schedule.π€π³
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Not so much the schedule that’s odd!π€π€
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That’s my thoughts too.π
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Hey! I resemble that remark!!ππππ
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As they say in the old country, ‘if you take someone else’s coat, never climb a tree!’
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They might chop it down?π€π³
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Precisely! And then the coat would be ruined. I need to sign off early tonight, have a few things to do. Talk tomorrow! Good night!πππ΄
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Alrighty!! Thanks for the fun!ππ
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Feeders in??π
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Im back already.
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That only took 2 minutes.
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My clock is off by three minutes. π€π€π€π€
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Makes sense.ππ
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I didn’t think Canada had any senseππ€π€
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I meant that for you, not for us.ππ
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OH… Yeah we still have pennies.
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Now that makes cents.
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Absolutely!π
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This is very interesting ! You have some good help with you…you are much braver than me ! βοΈβοΈπ΅οΈββοΈπ©πΊπΊβΌοΈ
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Yep, we all work together good. Thanks Sharon!ππΈπΈπ΅οΈββοΈπ©
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Hmm, I wonder what you hit with the shovel!? Those cats are smart and all of you make a good team! βοΈβοΈπΌπ΅βοΈ β β β
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Could be a rock. Or an old piece of metal. Or a treasure. Or a….TREASURE???!!!π²π²ππ
Thanks, we do work together rather well.ππΈπΈπ΅οΈββοΈπ©
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Itβs a metal coffin!!!π»β οΈππ
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Mr. Cat has been telling secrets I see.ππππ΅οΈββοΈπ©
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Iβm glad Muffin and Mr Caf can bring you down to earth when you have your usual βthinkingβ problems πΊπΉπΈ
But why do I feel that canβt be so easy π€ π΅οΈββοΈ
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True, and I seem to be having a lot of thinking problems since meeting the real Lena!
I agree with you, it can’t be that easy, or can it?π€πΎπΎπ΅οΈββοΈπ©
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I wonder what would have happened if Mr.Cat hadn’t remembered the rest of thatπΉ Keen to see what the shovel hit!π΅οΈββοΈ
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Yep, that’s why I made sure that the cats memorized it too. I figured one of us should remember then!π³πΉπΉπ΅οΈββοΈπ©
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Yay! Good job muffin and Mr Cat, see? {Now the biting really helped. He could ae to find something. So what that is? Have you really found the treasure ? Or is it just another distraction, hey! You forgot, was anyone watching you go run here and there for the treasure? Can you trust this new lena π€ hmm, let me see that. It looks like I’ve been missing these chapters a lot and you have started a new one too π€£π. I’m very slow π³π here I come , read read read π€Έ
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Nothing like a bit of Chomp, Chomp to get a person thinking!π³ππ€ Yep, I was watching, no one followed us!ππΈπΈπ΅οΈββοΈπ©
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Oh you sure did, I saw what you were watching on next chapter ‘Lena”‘ ππππ€£ i saw that very clearly. No I have nt said anyone yet ππ³π
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Oh well, Lena didn’t come back with us. The cats were very disappointed about that.π€ππΏπΏπ©
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Yes, i could see that, don’t put it on catsπ i know you won’t agree, right muffin? Hey! Oh she is busy talking with Mr. cat. ππ
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Right now I think she’s dreaming about him!π€ππ»π»
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Oh ye she is, and Lena is also dreaming about Steve, But Steve dreams nothing ππ
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I dream about…um…I dream…um, well, I must dream about something.π€π³π
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U still awake π€π u must be dreaming now π€£π with Lena ππ
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I’m afraid Lena is in the past now, sigh. Maybe there will be a new Lena next year.π€π
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hey you forgot muffin down there π³π³. Bad sign.. here I call her you haven’t mentioned about her..π
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She’s sleeping!πππ³πΎ
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I should come back at the right time π, can you help me when she will wake up π€π€£
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Sure, I’ll gladly tell you when she’s sleeping!ππ
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Hope she is awake now πΈ Happy Sunday π€π€
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You just missed, she’s having her afternoon nap now! She said to tell you, “have a meowvelous Monday!”ππΈ
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It is sure a meowvelous monday Muffin, Thank you so much ππ€π€
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