Read Across America Day

Once again, Stinky has e-mailed Periwinkle the coordinates to set on her teleportation tunnel. They will be meeting at the locale for their adventure.

Stinky arrives early to make certain he is there to greet his steady girl. This is a special day, so he has planed a special adventure. They will be touring the Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden in Springfield, Massachusetts, as this is Dr. Seuss’s birthday. Last year he had taken Periwinkle to Seuss Landing in Orlando, so he definitely wanted to do something different this year.

Periwinkle comes tumbling out of her teleportation tunnel and stifles a giggle when she sees Stinky. He pretends to pout, as she looks him over. “I didn’t know we’d be having a costume party,” says Periwinkle. That’s when Stinky whips out a costume for her from behind his back. As she dresses, Periwinkle asks Stinky where they are? He tells her they are in Springfield, Massachusetts, and shows her a sign. “Cool,” she replies and gives him a little whisker kiss.

Seuss Sculpture Garden and Trivia

Stinky tells Periwinkle they are going to tour the sculpture garden and asks her if she’d like to play a little Seuss trivia. “That sounds like fun,” says Periwinkle.

“Okay, here’s your first question: What is Dr. Seuss’s given name?”

Periwinkle answers immediately, “Theodor Seuss Geisel.” She continues, “That’s too easy Stinky. Ask me another.”

“Okay. How many Dr. Seuss books have been sold?”

“Wow, I have no idea. He was writing for a long time, and his books still are being sold. I think three bazillion.”

Stinky starts laughing and then snorting uncontrollably. Before he is able to answer, Stinky notices Periwinkle is pouting. She hits him on the head with her Cat in the Hat hat and tells him he isn’t being very nice.

With head bowed, Stinky tells Periwinkle how sorry he is, but her guess was a bit high.

“So how many is it, Mr. Smarty Pants?”

Stinky replies, “200 million.”

“Well, that’s still a lot,” says Periwinkle and then tells Stinky it is her turn to ask him a question. “What animals were convinced by Sam to try green eggs and ham?”

“I know that one,” says Stinky. “It’s a fox, goat and mouse.”

“That’s right,” says Periwinkle.

As they take a selfie with the Lorax statue, Periwinkle asks Stinky, “What is the Lorax about?”

Stinky tells her trees and explains how his brofur, Cooper Murphy, always dresses as the Lorax for Dr. Seuss’s birthday.

“I bet he looks really cute,” says Periwinkle.

“Let’s just do a few more questions, Periwinkle. We don’t want to bore our readers.”

“That’s a good idea, but I want to ask you another one.” Periwinkle asks as she climbs up on Horton’s head, “What was the name of the bird that convinced Horton to sit on the egg?”

“Wow, I have no idea, Periwinkle, what is it?”

Periwinkle giggles with delight as she tells him, “Mayzie.” While clapping and jumping up and down she continues, “I stumped you!”

Stinky giggles along with her, as he enjoys seeing Periwinkle happy. Stinky then asks, “Where did the fish end up after the cat in the hat fell?”

“I know that one,” squeals, Periwinkle, “the teapot. And I get to ask you the last question: What birds from the Sleep Book build their nests every night?”

“Wowzers, Periwinkle, I have absolutely no idea. I’ve not read that book”

Periwinkle starts giggling again. “They have the funniest name, Stinky. They’re called Biffer Baum Birds. Isn’t that silly?”

“Really weird name for sure, Periwinkle!”

“I sure wish we could show our friends all the statues and tell them everything about this cool place,” Periwinkle tells Stinky.

“How about we give them a link to the Sculpture Garden’s web-site so they can find out more if they’d like to?” Stinky asks Periwinkle.

“What a great idea, Stinky. They can click on this: Sculpture Garden.”

Blog Hop

“Periwinkle, why don’t you tell our readers about today’s special blog hop.”

“Sure, Stinky. Timmy, Ranger and Emmy are hosting this year’s event. The blog hop is at Comedy Plus. Anyone who wants to join can click on the badge.”

“Stinky this has been a first rate adventure. I have really had gobs of fun.”

“So have I, Periwinkle. I wish we didn’t have to say, ‘good-bye.'” Stinky takes Periwinkle in his arms and gives her oodles of hugs and whisker kisses. “I’ll be counting every second until we see each other again next week.”

“Me too, Stinky, and dreaming about you as well!”

With one last hug and tears in their eyes, the tabbies enter their individual tunnels and with loud whooshes are gone.

The End

Seuss Landing Adventure

Periwinkle was super excited that Stinky was returning to Florida for their next adventure, as she really didn’t want to go some place cold.

When Stinky emerged with that familiar wooosh from his teleportation tunnel, Periwinkle was ready with a huge paw hug and whisker kisses. Before Stinky could even catch his breath, she grabbed his paw, and they jumped back into the tunnel. She didn’t know where Stinky was taking her, but she couldn’t wait to start their adventure.

Moments later they arrived at their destination…Seuss Landing at Universal Orlando. Stinky selected this for their adventure to celebrate Dr. Seuss’ birthday, which was the previous day.

Periwinkle was delighted to see where they would be spending the day.

The first thing the tabbies did was find a shop to buy some headwear to get them in the mood…a Cat in the Hat hat for Stinky and the Lorax for Periwinkle.

“Wow, Periwinkle, you look pawsome,” said Stinky. “But then you always do,” he added.

Periwinkle just giggled when she looked at Stinky. Holding paws they scampered out of the store ready for the day’s adventure!

“Periwinkle, Seuss Landing has four rides and an interactive play area. Where do you want to start?”

Periwinkle pointed straight ahead and said, “Let’s ride the fishy one. Maybe they’ll serve us tuna.”

Stinky took her paw and chuckled at the thought of getting fed tuna on the One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish ride.

“That was super fun, Periwinkle, but I am a little dizzy. I had a seizure yesterday afternoon, and I don’t want another today. Let’s get a snack and rest a bit.”

“Let’s eat here, Stinky. They have fried chick-hen.”

“Sounds good to me, Periwinkle,” replied Stinky.

“That was really yummy, Stinky. I think you have a little chicky on your whiskers. Let me clean those for you,” said Periwinkle.

“Thanks, Periwinkle. Let’s check out the If I Ran the Zoo interactive play area.”

“That was fun meeting those characters, Stinky. What’s next?”

“Let’s ride The Caro-Seuss-el merry-go-round. The guidebook says the creatures can turn their heads, blink, and wiggle their ears!” Sawyer giggled as he answered thinking about how funny that would look.

“Wheee…Stinky this is so much fun. I hope you don’t get dizzy again.”

“I’m good. Want to go around again?” asked Stinky.

“Yes please,” replied Periwinkle.

After the ride the tabbies visited The Once-ler’s house from the Lorax book and had another memory photo taken.

“Periwinkle, I think we have time for one more ride before I need to get you home. Let’s ride the High in the Sky Seuss Trolley Train so we can see all of Seuss Landing,” suggested Stinky as he took Periwinkle’s paw.

“Stinky, I love seeing everything from up here. It is all so colorful,” said Periwinkle as they rode 20 feet above the park on the trolley. Of course, they held paws the entire time.

When the ride was finished, the two tabbies got catnip ice cream cones.

After they finished their cones, Stinky asked Periwinkle if she was ready to head home. Periwinkle said, “no,” but took Stinky’s paw and led him back to their tunnel.

It was a quick trip back to Periwinkle’s house. Stinky took a few minutes to say,”hi,” to Periwinkle’s mom and fursibs. He then gave Periwinkle several whisker kisses and a hug and wiped a tear from her eye. Entering his tunnel, Stinky waved good-bye and wiped a tear from his eye.

The End

Periwinkle and Stinky thank you for joining them on their adventures and want to remind you that you will be able to find them at Friends Furever next Tuesday where they will share their next adventure.