Wednesday 23 June 2021

don't cry, Peepers


There, there, Peepers.  Don't cry.  Don't cry over spilled mi...  I mean, cream.  NO, I MEAN ICED TEA.


'Cause cryin' over spilled milk is perfectly reasonable, you see.  And cryin' over spilled cream?  Why, that's practically a necessity!


But iced tea?


Pfft.


MOUSES!


I SAID, DON'T CRY!  You keep on sobbin' like that, Peepers, AND I'LL GIVE YOU a reason to cry, for sure.


*unsheaths a claw and watches it glisten in the sunlight*


MOUSES!


So what's the big deal with the tea, anyway?  I mean, it's just tea.  It's not like it was nip tea, or anythin' like tha...


It wasn't, was it?  It wasn't catnip tea.  IT HAD BETTER NOT have been catnip tea 'cause for one thing, I never gave you permission to imbibe in my catnip in the first place, and for another, cryin' over CATNIP tea IS actually a thing.


But just plain ol' regular tea made with non-catnip teabags?


Pfft.


MOUSES!


AND STOP THAT INCESSANT SOBBIN'!  It's annoyin' me to no end.


MOUSES!


But let me ask you this one thing, ol' peep of mine.  Are you upset because after knockin' that entire pitcher of iced tea onto the floor, you no longer have any iced tea to drink?  And you had been lookin' forward to drinkin' that iced tea on account of it bein' hot and humid and muggy as all get out outside, and after workin' out in that high heat and humidity you're now in desperate need for an ice cold drink which you can't have, on account of it bein' spilled all over the floor, and the fact that it takes several hours to brew up more - not to mention the chillin' - so NOW you won't be able to have any iced tea, anytime soon?


I TOLD YOU TO STOP YOUR STUPID SOBBIN'!


Or...


Or are you upset 'cause that ol' iced tea pitcher was a pretty big pitcher AND it was also very full, so now, even though you were already tired and hot and bothered on account of the weather outside and the fact that you were out in the yard workin' in said weather - makin' you even more tired and hot and bothered...   NOW YOU'VE GOTTA STOP EVERYTHIN' YOU WERE DOIN' and clean up this big ol' mess you made all over the kitchen floor.


And it really IS a big mess, for sure.


I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU TO STOP SOBBIN'!


My gosh, now she's sobbin' even more.


MOUSES!


So are you gonna answer my question or what?


Nothin' but crickets.


Least she's stopped sobbin' though.


*scratches behind an ear*


Well when you're ready to answer my question, Peepers, let me know.  IN THE MEANTIME, why don't you fill up a bucket with soapy water and start moppin' up this big ol' mess spread out all over the big ol' kitchen floor.


If you need me, I'll be restin' in the family room, right in front of that nice big fan you bought me.


You did buy that fan for ME, right?


MOUSES!


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And remember:

IF IN DOUBT,

DON'T. GO. OUT.

Continue to practice SOCIAL DISTANCIN' measures

AND KEEP WASHIN' YOUR PAWS.

MOUSES!

Remember to mask up, too.

9 comments:

  1. Um...who knocked over the pitcher Seville ? Just askin'...

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    1. It was the peep. Thank goodness, too, 'cause I'd never hear the end of it had it been me. One minute it was sittin' precariously on the lower shelf-like bit of the fridge that's not really a shelf while Peepers reached in for the bottle of lemon juice that had been behind the pitcher on the top shelf and then the next... That's all she wrote, folks. MOUSES!

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  2. Oh my, we all know humans don't like messes, especially the ones they make!

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  3. That's terrible with a capital tea. ;)

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  4. Aw, we kind of feel sorry for your peep, Sivvers. Please go easy on her, okay? XO

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  5. If this happened at my house, my human would be crying because of the mess, not the tea. Because she doesn't drink tea. She doesn't even like it. Now, if it were a bottle of good champagne, she'd definitely cry over that!

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  6. Aww, you could have given a head bunt or two, Seville!
    And sometimes, humans need to cry...and it may not have even been about the iced tea.

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  7. You know Seville, you could WALK through the ice tea and then JUMP onto furniture and get sticky foot prints everywhere. That is what Kozmo would do! Me? I, Marvelous would just watch and laugh at Mom!

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  8. I think she is crying for both reasons.

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