Spring Surprise-Part 3

Echo. Yup, that fit my new little, white friend to a T. I decided to place

 a folded blanket in the front parlor, behind my favorite wing back chair.

It would be his bed for the time being. I had to find some toys for him,

although I knew kittens didn’t require store bought ones. A crumpled

up piece of paper or string worked just fine. I walked into the kitchen

with Echo on my heels. I’m sure I have a small flashlight in one of

these drawers. I scrounged through the catch-all drawer. Old keys,

long forgotten to what they open, rubber bands and paper clips, ah,

here it is! A small, three inch, neon blue flashlight. I clicked it on to

check the battery strength. Good. Let the fun begin!

I pointed the beam of light onto the floor and slowly swirled it around

Echo. He stopped in his tracks and opened his eyes wide. I had to

remember to keep the  light in his field of vision, otherwise it just

disappeared to him. The beam stopped right in front of him. His right

paw caught it. Then the light moved a smidgen to his left. He jerked

his head, and his left paw shot out to capture it. After he tried to bite

it, the light started to shake because I was laughing and couldn’t hold

the flashlight still. The beam began dancing back and forth and Echo

proceeded to do the two step trying to catch the light with both front

paws.

Then he stopped, and all of a sudden high tailed it across the kitchen

for the pantry. I laughed so hard, I thought I’d have to change my

dress! A couple of minutes later he emerged and trotted over to

where I stood, and he sniffed the floor.

I decided to read some of my book which I’d begun the day before,

so I headed down the hall, with “Mr. Two-Step” close behind. I

picked him up and placed him on his blanket where he promptly

collapsed and fell asleep. Kittens play hard, and they sleep hard.

I had just settled into the chapter, when there was a loud noise outside.

TO BE CONTINUED