impressive

It was impressive, Saffy.  It was very impressive, for sure.

MOUSES!

Oh yeah, that was a REAL stinker.  Stinkier than I even thought you could stink!

MOUSES!

What?  What's that, Peepers?  What's that you're babblin' on about now?

NO, I am not talkin' about Saffy's bathroom habits.  Why on earth would you be thinkin' I was talkin' about that?  I don't go 'round sniffin' the air after cats and peeps use the facilities, you know.

Do YOU?

Valid question.

MOUSES!

What's that, Peepers?  You still babblin' on, over there?

Of course you are.  It's what peeps do.

MOUSES!

WELL IF YOU REALLY MUST KNOW, I was talkin' about the ol' stink eye Saffron gave you, yesterday afternoon.  Saffy and I were reminiscin' about how he really stunk up the veranda, yesterday, with that ol' stink eye of his.

I didn't know he had it in him, to be honest.

That good of a stink eye, I mean.

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What's that, Peepers?  You don't think reminisce is the right word for me to use?

Hmmm...

Well, I suppose when you're on the receivin' end of a stink eye, you wouldn't.  That's true.  But I wasn't on the receivin' end, you see.  I was just there enjoyin' the show.

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I see you openin' and closin' your mouth there, ol' peep of mine, but I don't actually hear any words.  Have you been rendered speechless, my peep?

My gosh, had I known how to do that before, I could have saved myself a whole lotta grief over the years.

And still no sound.

MOUSES!

Well the thing is, Peepers, you DID deserve that stink eye you were given, yesterday afternoon.  You definitely deserved it, for sure.  I would have given you one myself, had I not been enjoyin' myself so much, just watchin'.  'CAUSE LET ME TELL YOU somethin', ol' peep of mine: watchin' Saffron givin' you the stink eye IS VERY ENJOYABLE, for sure.

'CAUSE IT WAS RAININ', that's why.  THAT'S why you were so deservin' of the stink eye you were given.  And before you start talkin' about how mild the temperature was...  And before you start sayin' Saffron was under the veranda and not one single drop of rain got on his dark smokey grey with the platinum halo highlight furs...  And before you mention how you asked him if he'd like to come inside 'bout a million trillion times...  

Well before you start goin' on about any of that, there's somethin' you need to understand.  It was rainin', Peepers.  RAININ'.  And Saffron doesn't like the rain.  Plus, he kinda thinks you have the ability to turn off the rain as one turns off a tap and that you weren't doin' so just to be annoyin'.  SO OF COURSE he was mad at you 'bout it rainin' so hard.

What?  What's that, Peepers?  What's that you're babblin' on about NOW?

WHY does Saffron think you have the ability to turn off the rain like one turns off a tap?

Well if I were to hazard a guess...

It's probably 'cause I told him you did.

MOUSES!

Well look at that.  Peepers can give a pretty good ol' stink eye, too.

Who knew?

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.