Princess Mia didn’t want to go to her bedroom for a nap, so she hopped up into the beanbag chair and settled in. She heard Mom talking to Auntie but slowly drifted off to sleep.
It was only 20 minutes later that she was woken by some noise. She perked her ears and glanced around, but saw nothing. There it goes again, what is that she thought as she leaned forward to get out of the beanbag. Mia overheard Auntie tell Mom that Dukee meows like that when he has a toy in his mouth. She walked over, looked down the hall, and there he was with something red in his mouth. Dukee saw Mia and dropped his toy. Mia walked down the hall to Dukee.
“What are you doing?” Mia asked.
“I’m just playing, Why"?” Dukee said.
“Well, you woke me from my glorious sleep.” Mia licked her shoulder.
“Oh, I’m sorry,” Dukee said.
“Well, as long as you are awake, do you want to play?” Dukee kicked his heart-shaped toy to Mia.
“Eww, no I don’t want to play with that. I have my own toys that I frolic around with.” Mia turned away.
“What is frolic?” Dukee asked, but Mia continued to walk down the hallway.
Mia walked back into the living room, rubbed Mom’s leg, and went into her camper to lay down.
Dukee picked up his toy and tossed it into the air. When the toy hit the floor, he batted at it once and then meowed. He meowed a little differently this time. By that Auntie walked into the family room by Dukee and asked him what he wanted. He walked over to the clear sliding door, and Auntie knew then what he wanted. She opened the door and let him out onto the screened porch. By this time the sun was hanging low in the sky, and night-time was near. Dukee only stayed out there for a few minutes and Auntie let him in.
Dukee followed Auntie into their bedroom, and she put down his bowl of can food. He took a sniff and started to eat. Auntie had turned on the television in their room and got comfortable on the bed. When Dukee was done eating, he hopped up onto the bed. He walked over and looked at Auntie, as if to say thank you, then curled up right next to her leg.