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Posey and the Gnome’s Satchel

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Posey loved to catch some Sunshines while stretched out on her very own bench! From her bench Posey could enjoy several of her favorite activities, such as napping, and watching the beautiful birdies and butterflies in the garden.


Posey also loved to snuggle with her favorite little mouse. She would sit with him and watch the birdies and butterflies. All of a sudden Mouse jumped down and ran to the window. He was staring at something intently, a dark figure in the bushes.

“Posey, come here and look. What – or who – is this?”

“It’s hard to tell what that is. Did it just move?”

“Yes. It’s moving slowly toward us and it’s making a very, very bad sound, a wheezing sound. What is it?”

It appeared that the garden Gnome had come to life, and he had a really bad cold!! The Gnome said “Posey, I need your help!”

Posey was always willing to lend a paw, so she asked, “What do you need me to do?”

The Gnome said. “Posey, I need for you to do a special favor for me as I am old and sick. Would you please help me to pass my special powers along to the next magical creature? Help me to select the best one to inherit all of my powers. I don’t have much time, so we must hurry! I have already gathered all of my special powers into this little satchel, ready to give to the next magical creature.

Posey thought and thought and thought.


She knew this was an important decision, for magical powers are not often found.

All of a sudden, Posey had an idea! Posey said to the Gnome, “There are so many kitties out there that need Forever Homes. Let’s find a special person who will let efurryone know about all of us who need Forever Homes. This person should love pets and have a big heart. This person should have a means to tell the world about all pets that need a Forever Home! This person should also be able to judge the character of the beans that are adopting the pets that need Forever Homes to make sure they are good beans and will love and take care of the animals.

The Gnome said to Posey, “That’s a wonderful idea but who should we give my powers to?”

Posey thought for a moment and said, “That’s a lot of responsibility for a mere human! Giving magical powers to humans is tricky. We should have some sort of contest to find the human with the warmest heart and best judgment. You know, like a sword in a stone or something!”

Meanwhile, little did Posey know that at that very moment there was a lady in the waiting room waiting to see Posey! She had seen her picture on the internet and wanted to meet her in purrson.

The door to the adoption room opened. The lady just couldn’t believe what a wonderful place it was. Her heart began to beat quickly. “This could be it! Posey could be my one and only kitty!” thought the lady.

Posey didn’t know what to think. She found herself running over to the lady and purring and didn’t know why!

The lady picked Posey up and said “YES.”

Posey was overcome with emotion. But she was worried. What about the Gnome and the magic powers? Who would they get passed to? There must be someone somewhere who could take these powers and use them to find homes for all the kitties who wanted them. Posey thought maybe her friend Mouse could have the special powers. He would be perfect! No one would expect a little mouse!

So Posey went to ask the Gnome what he thought. But the Gnome was gone, doing advertisements for Travelocity.

It didn’t matter though; Posey and her new human lady went happily along home. Home to a Forever Home, where she would receive many, many scritches and lots of love!

Late that night as the human lady snoozed in front of the TV, Posey was curled up at her feet and purring contentedly.

She was jarred awake when the magic Gnome appeared on TV and started talking about all the great deals on Travelocity. But to Posey’s surprise, Gnome broke from the script, looked at the camera and said, “Hey, Posey, I just wanted you to know I gave the powers to your friend, the Mouse. He wanted me to tell you that he would use these powers to help other fur friends find Forever Homes. There’s just one thing I forgot to tell Mouse. He must make sure to always say Thank You when he uses the power, for he is asking someone to do something they might not otherwise think to do and thanking them is only polite.

Posey stretched and sat up. She said, “Do not worry Mr. Gnome. My friend Mouse is always very polite. He has always been very considerate of others. He always says Please and Thank You. I think it’s wonderful that your Satchel of Special Powers has been entrusted to Mouse. He has always been a very good judge of character. He is also quite fond of all creatures. Mouse will see to it that the special powers are always used for the good of all furry creatures.”

The Gnome smiled.


Then in the blink of an eye the Gnome said, “Dear Bill, I’ve been cliff diving in Mexico…Aaaaaaah…” as Posey blissfully drifted off to sleep in her very own Forever Home.


THE END

Thank you to this week’s Contributing Authors!

  1. Tracey and Huffle
  2. Goldie
  3. Parker
  4. Mama, MrSippi and Carolina
  5. Mickey
  6. Simba
  7. Socks, Scylla & Charybdis
  8. Abby
  9. Thomas, Phoebe and Trixie
  10. Samantha & Mr. Tigger
  11. Daisy
  12. Friends FurEver
  13. The Meezers
  14. Dawn @ Coming to a Nursery Near You
  15. The Island Cats
  16. Purs n’ Snorts
  17. Tesla
  18. Skittles, The Huntress
  19. Brownie
  20. Tenny
  21. Sweet Praline
  22. Cheysuli and Gemini
  23. Chairman Mao
  24. Shadow and Molly
  25. Gandalf and Grayson
  26. WillThink4Wine
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We sure hope you enjoyed The Story Game this week! And we sure do hope the real-life Posey finds her Forever Home soon!

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Written by Gandalf, Grayson and Whitey

Wednesday, September 3, 2008 at 11:00 pm

23 Responses

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  1. What a wonderful story! :)

    Dragonheart and Merlin

    Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 2:20 am

  2. This is the best one yet!

    Parker

    Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 5:05 am

  3. Another great story. The video made us laugh.
    We have given you an award. Come to our blog to collect it.

    Eric and Flynn

    Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 5:05 am

  4. Loved it!!!!

    We wish we lived closer and could meet sweet Posey in real life!

    Purrs Goldie and Shade

    goldenshade

    Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 6:22 am

  5. What a great story! Posey is beautiful, I hope she finds a forever home very soon.

    Whicky Wuudler

    Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 6:36 am

  6. We hope fiction becomes fact and Posey gets a forever home.

    This was cute, especially the video. ~S,S & C

    Alasandra

    Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 7:02 am

  7. that’s a great story!! WE love it!

    The Meezers

    Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 7:12 am

  8. I really enjoy these stories … I left you an award today (http://jaspermckittencat.blogspot.com/2008/09/thankful-thursday.html)
    –Jasper

    jenianddean

    Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 7:44 am

  9. This one is, by far, my favorite! I wish it would come true for Posey!

    Daisy

    Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 8:17 am

  10. That is a great story, buddies! I’m glad Garden Gnome thought to pass on his powers before he started his new career. I have an award for you buddies–I think you may have received it before, but I’m giving you another one!
    Your buddy, Jimmy Joe

    Jimmy Joe

    Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 9:04 am

  11. That was a wonderful story!

    Cheysuli and gemini

    Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 10:22 am

  12. This was the best one by far! It actually made mom LOL!!! And she needed a laugh!

    We all did good.

    Wally, Ernie & Zoey

    The Island Cats

    Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 11:21 am

  13. They just keep getting better and better and they are so much fun!

    Purrs
    Abby

    DEBRA

    Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 12:35 pm

  14. Oh well done every kitty!!! Another great story!

    PB 'n J

    Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 2:31 pm

  15. these stories are very neat!

    Veronica (& Fig)

    Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 3:52 pm

  16. Ha ha! The end made me laugh! I haven’t had much time to take part lately, but I’ll try on the next one :O)

    Babs (Beetle)

    Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 4:47 pm

  17. This was a great story!!! I’m glad somecat picked up on the Travelocity gnome ;) That really made it too funny!!!!!
    WE cats have great storytelling abilities :) !!!!!!!
    I hope Posey gets a good home too!
    Purrs Mickey

    Mickey

    Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 5:14 pm

  18. Yep, the Travelocity commershul reely throo a curve in da story. And da kitties made it work. How fun!

    Mr. Echo

    Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 5:24 pm

  19. hehe! We fink the Gnome is funny!

    Shadow / Molly

    Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 7:18 pm

  20. Meow

    This was our most favorite story so far!

    Mama, MrSippi and Carolina

    Thor and Marco Polo and 3 Kats

    Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 8:27 pm

  21. Once again, a very good story!

    Sweet Praline

    Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 10:13 pm

  22. I love this story. You did a great job everycat!

    Karen Jo

    Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 11:51 pm

  23. Very sweet story! I did not expect the Travelocity twist. A forever home for Posey in real life will be the happiest ending.

    GRRRETA

    Friday, September 5, 2008 at 7:18 pm


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