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PAWs Home Tales of Onyx the Cruising KittyI. Onyx the Cruising Kitty Finds Her Sealegs
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Episode II. Onyx Chases Flutterbies
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Then, suddenly two more flew in, and then five, and ten more. They were sitting on the sails and on the rails. They were flying in droves now and coloring the boat with their beautiful wings. They were everywhere, clouds of them, masses of flutterbys filling the air. I started jumping up at them to play with them and one landed on my nose. My eyes crossed looking at her but she just sat there. I didn’t know what to do so we just sat there staring at each other for a while.
She-ple and he-ple were giggling in joy and taking pictures of the flutterbys all over the boat. Then she-ple sat very still and they sat all over her. They were especially pretty on her hair like ornaments she could wear. They rode along for awhile and when we got closer to shore, they all took off together and flew away, joining the thousands of others who had not taken a break with us.
She-ple told me she had heard about this “Monarch butterfly migration” but never thought she’s get to see it. Seems that every year, these little flutterbys fly all the way from
"Thank you for visiting, flutterbys. I'll come see you in Mexico one day. And please do come visit us again," I cried after them as they flew away. "That left me completely exhausted. I think I'll just lie down," I thought.
I’m Onyx Blackwell, the black sea cat, The Cruising Kitty. I’m going to see the world. But first I need to take a nap.
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