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470 - Usha, Hesitation
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2024-10-29 19:42:56The weather these past few days were perfect. It was neither too hot nor too cold. It was perfect for a mighty cat like Usha. So, Usha’s days were spent just as usual: daydreaming about the lovely Lady Bunny (he can’t really wait to meet her again soon!), visiting (read: annoying the hell out of) the nearby farmer, who humans knew as Mac, playing with Mac’s newest golden fur dog, Mr. Rubber, etc. The pretty ordinary but exciting stuff.
He couldn’t help but realize that he could remember Farmer Mac’s name, but he could not remember his dear companion’s name. What was his name? Female human used to call him with…
“Jai!” He exclaimed, which was not more than a simple meow. “Right. That one is Jai. The girl is Mewria, and the old man is umm…” He didn’t remember. That grandpa’s name started with bee sound.
“Hmm… I wonder where the old man is. I suddenly missed him.&rdqu
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