This is the ninth entry in a series created by brave kid and me, more of which he and I will be working on together in the future.(Pics of the story's characters are also now available on my blog, the Keeper of the Fun blog.) Please enjoy!(BTW brave kid, thank you very much for all of the story suggestions you've given me. I've had a lot of fun working on these stories with you, and I very much appreciate it. I look forward to writing future stories with you.)

It's a peaceable morning in New York City. Inside Dot's Puppy Pound, the Pound Puppies and Kennel Kittens are going about their business when suddenly, the Pup Alarm(1) sounds. "Attention! Attention! New kitten arriving at ten o'clock!"

"Well, I guess we're okay ta wait, then," Niblet states. "It's only 11:49." The other dogs and cats look at him oddly.

A small kitten comes sliding down the long, winding chute at top speed. "Whoooooooaaaaa!" she squeals. Niblet holds out his paws to catch the incoming kitty. "I got her, I got her!" As the kitten reaches the end, she goes flying off and hits Niblet squarely in his ample belly, knocking him flat on his back. "Oof," he groans. "Guess I don't got her."

As Lucky and Kugel help Niblet and the kitten to their feet, the Pup Club walk casually up to the kitten. "Howdy! What's your name?" they inquire.

"Spoons.(2)" she replies, as she dusts herself off. She's an orange, black, and white Calico kitten with long legs, bright green eyes, and a pink nose, wearing a dark pink t-shirt with a spoon decal on the front, purple jeans, pink jelly sandals, and a pink barrette in her hair.

"Pleased to meet you." Cupcake politely shakes Spoons' paw. "We're the Pound Puppies and Kennel Kittens."

"What brings you to our pound, Spoons?" Rebound inquires.

Tears begin seeping from the little kitten's eyes. "I got separated from my family on a camping trip and now I can't find them. I've been searching for them for a week."

Cupcake dabs her eyes with a lacy handkerchief."Ohh, that's so super-duper sad!"

Cookie walks up to the sad little kitten and gently places her paw on her shoulder. "Don't be sad, little one, we'll help you find your family again."

Spoons stops crying and her face lights up. "You will?"

"Absopositively." Rebound replies. "We'll never turn down an animal in need!"

"Oh boy!" Spoons hops up excitedly and claps her paws.

Strudel gently takes Spoons by her paw. "Please follow me, dear, and we shall endeavor to locate your family."

The group follows Strudel to the F.K.D.; she presses a series of buttons on the machine's keyboard and almost immediately thereafter, an image of a man, a lady, a little girl with reddish-brown hair, and a small scruffy tan puppy with brown spots, and a white snout and belly, wearing a green t-shirt, standing outside a house with a rooster weather vane on the roof, appears on the screen. Spoons gasps with delight. "That's my owner Suzanne(2)!" she motions toward the girl. "And my pal Bumper(2)!" she motions toward the dog.

Suzanne looks all around her. "Where's Spoons? I thought sure she'd be back by now." She puts her hands to her mouth and calls, "Spoons! Here, girl!"

"Don't worry, dear," her mother says consolingly. "I'm sure she'll be back soon."

"But it's been a week," Suzanne replies, as tears well up in her eyes. "And she's hundreds of miles away! Oh, what if we never see her again?" Bumper gives a sad little whimper as tears begin trickling from his own eyes. "Spoons, come home!" Suzanne calls weepingly.

"Hundreds of miles away?" an astounded Squirt echoes.

Strudel presses a few more buttons. "Perhaps I can pinpoint the location of Spoons' home..." As a map suddenly appears on the screen, Strudel gasps. "Gracious, it appears to be located through the forest and past the mountains!"

"Well," a determined Lucky states. "There's only one thing to do. We'll have to lead an expedition to reunite Spoons with her perfect people."

"You'd really do that? For me?" Spoons replies in anticipation.

"Absolutely, little friend." Lucky replies. "Pound Puppies and Kennel Kittens, let's start pounding!"

(1)Originally appearing in our first story, "A Walk on the Flip Side", the Pup Alarm is based on the Red Alert Pup from the 1986 series.

(2)They first appeared in the episode, "Hello Kitten."