Author's Note: I'm baaaaaaaaaaaaaack! Now a pause as everyone weeps for
joy…umm anytime now…oh well…on with the show! Thanks to Duchess for
reviewing…you rock!! Smilies to you!
Chapter 8
Dodger laid the kitten down on her bunk as the other newsies gathered around. They began to try to think up names for the kitten. The ideas thrown about ranged from ridiculous to frightening.
"I know," Les piped up. "How about Ginger?"
"Why Ginger?" someone asked.
"Because the other day I sold a pape to a lady named Ginger and she told me that she lived in a cathouse. I thought we could name the kitten after her. By the way, what is a cathouse?" he asked, looking at David. The other newsies burst out laughing, as David turned red.
"Um, I'll tell you when you're older." David muttered.
"I don't think that it would be a good idea to name Dodger's kitten after a lady from a cat house," Jack broke in.
"How about Pirate? She's got that little black patch over her eye, just like a pirate," Blink suggested as he adjusted his own patch.
"She's a girl!" Dodger protested. "She's not a stinky pirate."
"Pirates aren't stinky!" Blink objected. "Pirates are neat!"
"You and your pirate obsession," Race laughed.
"I know! Call her Manhattan!"
"No, how about Fluffy?"
"No, Tiger!"
"Patches!"
"Bluebell!"
"Sarsaparilla!"
"Sheepshead, you know after the racetrack!" (This was of course Race's suggestion.)
Dodger didn't like any of the suggestions. She shook her head at most of them. The kitten just lay on the bed and slept.
"She can sleep though anything," Dutchy commented.
"She's sleepy," Dodger told him. Just then Kloppman walked in the room with a small bowl in his hand.
"I brought up some milk for our little beauty," Kloppman said.
"I've got it!" Smarts pronounced. "You can name her Sleeping Beauty! That's the name of a story my nanny used to tell me."
"Sleeping Beauty," Dodger said, thoughtfully, looking at the kitten. "I like it! That's her name!"
Another Author's Note: Here's a little explanation for the kitten…just about the time that I started my sixth chapter I had a minor personal tragedy…my cat died. I have had her since she was a kitten and her name was…that's right you guessed it…Sleeping Beauty. I decided to insert her in this story because I miss her. Okay, now that I've gotten all of this out of the way I think I'm going to try to go back to having a plot!!! R&R
Chapter 8
Dodger laid the kitten down on her bunk as the other newsies gathered around. They began to try to think up names for the kitten. The ideas thrown about ranged from ridiculous to frightening.
"I know," Les piped up. "How about Ginger?"
"Why Ginger?" someone asked.
"Because the other day I sold a pape to a lady named Ginger and she told me that she lived in a cathouse. I thought we could name the kitten after her. By the way, what is a cathouse?" he asked, looking at David. The other newsies burst out laughing, as David turned red.
"Um, I'll tell you when you're older." David muttered.
"I don't think that it would be a good idea to name Dodger's kitten after a lady from a cat house," Jack broke in.
"How about Pirate? She's got that little black patch over her eye, just like a pirate," Blink suggested as he adjusted his own patch.
"She's a girl!" Dodger protested. "She's not a stinky pirate."
"Pirates aren't stinky!" Blink objected. "Pirates are neat!"
"You and your pirate obsession," Race laughed.
"I know! Call her Manhattan!"
"No, how about Fluffy?"
"No, Tiger!"
"Patches!"
"Bluebell!"
"Sarsaparilla!"
"Sheepshead, you know after the racetrack!" (This was of course Race's suggestion.)
Dodger didn't like any of the suggestions. She shook her head at most of them. The kitten just lay on the bed and slept.
"She can sleep though anything," Dutchy commented.
"She's sleepy," Dodger told him. Just then Kloppman walked in the room with a small bowl in his hand.
"I brought up some milk for our little beauty," Kloppman said.
"I've got it!" Smarts pronounced. "You can name her Sleeping Beauty! That's the name of a story my nanny used to tell me."
"Sleeping Beauty," Dodger said, thoughtfully, looking at the kitten. "I like it! That's her name!"
Another Author's Note: Here's a little explanation for the kitten…just about the time that I started my sixth chapter I had a minor personal tragedy…my cat died. I have had her since she was a kitten and her name was…that's right you guessed it…Sleeping Beauty. I decided to insert her in this story because I miss her. Okay, now that I've gotten all of this out of the way I think I'm going to try to go back to having a plot!!! R&R