On Sunday, October 25, 2020 at 9:57:15 PM UTC-7, cshenk wrote:
Pit2nya wrote:

On Friday, October 23, 2020 at 7:20:55 PM UTC-7, cshenk wrote:
Pit2nya wrote:

On Sunday, October 18, 2020 at 2:18:28 PM UTC-7, cshenk wrote:
It's late afternoon after a long week. It would have been
longer without the help to get all the bamboo back so quickly.

As they look about, the elders are all satified and declare a
small festival type night with stories, music and games.
Kittens, puppies and little 2foots squeal with delight and
scamper home to snag 'parti clothes'. It doesn't have to be
fancy, just something that feels like dressed up for a parti.

Others grab musical instruments or small ping-pong balls for a
game of paw-pong, a local favorite.

It's a bit like Jai-Lei but with the paw in a cup shape to hit
the ball about to one another. A sort of handball but with the
object to keep the ball going and matched to each others skill.
There is no point scoring. In the process though, they exercise
the paw for their awesome paw-greetings.

Noticing P2nya working over her books, a dapper middle aged
kittah invites her to share a plate of fingerling fish in fish
sauce graced by just a touch of nip. He's an Australian Mist
cat, named Milo.

P2nya doesn't look up for quite a while, but Milo is patient.
She then sniffs and notices the d-lishous fishy scent...
Wy Fangu, Milo, I'd be delighted!

As they hunker down to the same plate of saucy fish,
Pit2nya speaks after lapping and swallowing some sauce...
Tell me about yourself, Milo...
Milo (My Low) smiles. Oh I've been here all the life I really
remember. I remember some 2foots and my mother and siblings. I
remember they prised breeding females more than boys but I think
they prised me just because they were good people.

Anyways, somehow we got separated and here I am! I live with the
Master Fisher, her son, and another apprentice who just joined. She
says I just have to practice with spear fishing and I'll be a
Master Fisher.

He laughs, when the big tourist influx comes, we import delicacies
to feed them but when it's just us, we live off the land pretty
much and trade what we have a lot of, with those who have something
else. Tomorrow I bring both Apprentices with me to trade salted
preserved fingerlings for crayfish that is plentiful in their
rivers. The next village over from them dropped off some live fresh
water mussels for us to stock our lake with which we will also
bring back.

Life here is pretty simple but rich with crafts and friends.

How is your life Lovely Lady?

You live an interesting life, Milo.

I yam an olny kitty, bekuz I like it dat way.
I live in da U.S.A. in da state ov Cattyfurnia, wiff mine Meowmee and
PawPa. Now-a-dayz it iz very quiet in mine life. Meowmee an Pawpa
are retired and now-a-days stay at home awlmost awlla da time.
Wen day do go owt, they wear masks on dere mowtz an noses.

I think that mine Meowmee loves the computer more den me, kuz she
spends so mutch time on it.

P2nya, AKA Sweety
Milo blinks and smiles. We has a computer here in Cat Cat. It's at da
elders house. One of da apprentices hooked it up to a purrjector anna
wez all gets to use it when she's not doing city business on it. We
gather furr special evening shows wif the big screen. Da Bamboo
storage hut has solar panels anna batteries inside ana as long as we
are careful, it makes enough fur our simple needs. Sum of da Masters
use it fur uTubes anna wez all benefit when dey learns something new to
make interest here.

Cheers erupt from the other end of the table as the fresh durian
arrives with a large selection of bamboo scoops made to a rounded spoon
shape. Little plates of food-safe glazed clay painted by the pottery
journeyman and her 2 apprentices get stacked. They are about 2 inches
across and have the rustic appeal of handmade. No 2 are identical
however they complement each other into a whole set. 2 and 4foots
gather about to collect some, keeping to that end of the table. Others
quietly joke and move down the table as the aroma of fresh Durian
arrives. Milo's nose wrinkles (he's one of the 50% that can't stand
Durian) but suggests P2nya try it as it doesn't taste like it smells
and she won't know until she trys it.

Meantime, with the same advice, Luko and Prince enter the line. Luko
looks very unsure he wants to try this but Prince is intrieged and
urges his friend to at least try it.
Pit2nya takes uh teeeny tiiiny tayst ...and works it around her mouth...
Hmmm...mmmm, that's intersstink...