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Update: July
16, 2001 by Ike The Cat
5:23
PT MONDAY JULY 16, 2001 THE CABIN AT SHERIDAN LAKE "A Letter
from Ike"
yeAH,
thIS is IkE DoinÍ the Typing. Yeah, The Cat. WhATîS HIS name IS
ouT on THE LaKe In a COOL speedBOAT with the LATest Nice PEOple
to PUT us Up. WHATHISNAME left this ThinG ON So IÍM Going TO have
MY Say. SORRy AbOuT THE typING. You TRY it Doing it on ALL fours.
Jesus
chrIST, WhERE do I BEGin??!? IÍm so CAT-damNED Glad to BE out
OF that Stupid, SMELLY, RaTTle-TraP, DeATH-TraP oF a VAN. WeÍve
GONE almost FOUR-THOUSAND MilES since LEAVING ThaT PLAce with
aLL the EASY BIRds AND ThAT SNOOty ORANGE and white CAT in WASHingTON.
YEAH, that WAS WHatShis NAMEsÍ MOMÍs PLACE. She WAS NicE, MUCH
nicer THAN hER CAT. WeLL IN that FOUR THOUSAND miles WEÍve blown
PAST hour AFTER HoUr oF the HAPPiest HUNTing GrOunDS IÍvE EVER
Seen. MilE afte MILE of GrEEN GrAss and Bush, PLaCES so Thick
WITH mice and BIRds, I WAS spotting ThEm FroM WHERE I was SITTING,
oN the DASHboard DirEctlY IN FrONTof WHATÍsHISNAME. IvE Got KNOts
on MY head FrOM TRYinG To LEAP oUT oF The WindOW, ForGeTTing That
I Was a PriSONer of WhaTSHisnaME.
I
DO EvERYthinG I CAN to Get HIM to Stop: MEOW MySelF HOArse. Pee
on HIS Patagonia Jacket. LEAVE presents in HIS CooKing POT, AND
I Try to PuLL a StevE McQueen WheNeveR I CAN, BuT WhATShisNAME
IS JuST SMART EnouGH to KEEP me InsiDE. IÍVe DONE a BIT of RunnING
ArOund on THIS Trip, AND itÍs a WHOLe NEW World: BirdS oF EVERy
DeSCripTIon, SQUIRREls, PRAIrie DOGS, SkunKS, MICE OUT THE YING-YANG.
Ive HAD SoME HaPPY hunting, BUT IÍVE had a FEW CloSE calls MYSelf,
ńOH by GoLLy.î ThATÍs HOW SoME of THE CatS Talk in the PLAcES
WeÍVE BeeN. HeY, I THOUGHT ThERe WERE some HICKS in CrEScent CITY,
but that place is COSmoPoliTAN ComPaRED TO the THE PlaCES WEÍve
BEEN.
RURal???
IÍD Say RURal and THEN some. IÍVE Met CATS WhO ArE COMplete HICKS:
Who Only EAT mice and haVe NEVER eaten canned ShrimP OR Duck PaTE-THE
good StuFF They SELL Here IN CaNADia. IÍVE MeT THEsE WilD-EYEd
CaTs IN MonTana aND IdAho WHO are completely ArounD the BENd.
THEyÍve Gone native. THEYÍRE the WIldEST-ASS CaTS IÍVE ever Met.
TotALLy FeraL. LiVing WilD up IN the Trees, Real PARAnoid About
EVERYthing and ALWAys MeoWINg AbOUT BLAck VANs and FRIenDS disaPPEaring
in the MIDDLE of ThE NIGHT, NeVER to BE seen AgaIN. ITÍs SoMe
WILD Stuff, BUT IÍM enjoying THAt PaRT oF The TRIP. WHEn WhatsHISNaMe
DoES LeT ME OuT oF THE RaTTle-TrAp, I GET to Do Some SERIOUS poking
AROUNd. I DonÍt KnoW Where WE are OR What TheSE PLaCES are CALLED,
But We AinÍT in KanSaS anymore, ThaTÍs FOR Sure.
MeeTIng
ALL ThEsE FeRAL, HiLL-Billy CaTS Has BEEn A LittLE TeMPTINg, Kind
of LIKE That Movie, THE LOST BOYS. At first I WAS AfRaid of Them
BECAUSE theyÍre so Wild ASS, but ThEy DidnÍt WaNT to BITE and
SCRATCH, they WANTED me to join: ńJOIN US, Ike of CALiForNIA!!î
THEY say, all SPOOKY-Like. ńJOIN US and Run Wild!!! Hunt FOR your
Dinner, NEVer GroW OLD! Never DIE!!! JOIN US IKE of calIforNIA.
Join US!!!!î
JOIN
them. TEMPting. I CANÍt count HOW many TIMES IÍve RUN AwAy and
Hid FroM WhaTshISname, LYING low WHIle He MADE more NOISE THAN
a Mob oF FERAL CaTS. ńIkE! IkE! COMe on, IKE. WHERE are YOU??!!
WeÍVE Gotta GOOOOOOO!î I DONÍT know How Many TIMES IÍve BEEN TempTEd
to Stay lost and LET him THINK I got NAIled by a COUGar or CoYoTE
or SOMEthing, BUT I AlWays END up FeelING Sorry for HIM and I
AlwaYs Come WAnDERING back, Although I TAKE my time, Because I
hate RidING ArOUND in That Van.
WeLL,
IÍm EquiVocATing a LITTLe bit here. The TRUTH IS, MaNy TIMES IÍve
BEEn bombing ArounD the HillS and VaLES and Prairies AND IÍll
SMEll SomeTHING ThaT is JUST: EVIL!!!! DonÍT KNOW what It is.
DonÍt WANT to KnOw WhAT it is. JuST A ThIck, Heavy Musty Smell,
KINd of Cat-like, Kind of DOG-like, USUally with Lots of Blood
MIXED in. HonesTly, it Scares the ShiT ouT of ME. NeVer SmeLLed
AnyThing LIKe it, Anywhere. DonÍt KnoW What ThAT Smell BelonGS
to, But I DonÍT WanT to be Around WheN it Shows Up. YOU Get Me?
I ainÍt AFRAId a nuthin (cÍept DOGS) but ThaT SmeLL MaKES my WHISKers
POKe out STRaiGHT.
I
CoulD Go ON and ON, BUT I just FelT the ViBRATions From ThAT Cool
SPEEDboat ChAnge About A mile up The Lake, And I THINK theyÍre
Coming BACK. WHATShisname LEFT ThE AOL Connection On and ItÍs
Going To TaKe a LITTLE bit of TWISTER to SENd This FiLe. I Will
SAY this. This PlaCE WE aRE StaYinG is PrettY SWEEEEET. AlreAdy
IÍve Had CannED shrimp, WAHoo, FREsh CreaM, BuffaLO JerKy and
SmokED Ham. SmorGASbord or WhaT? WhatshisName is Out ON the Boat
oR WorkINg A Lot, and ThereÍs a Room Full of SUCKERS who I HAVE
charmed INTO servitude. CANaDIan girls Are EASY.
Not
sure IF IÍLL Get The CHAnce to DO This AGAIN. WhatshisName SPEnds
SO much Time on This CompUTer, I Never Get A CHANCe to SAY anything.
IÍLL ProBably STAY with him A While LonGer. I DONÍT know. I Kind
of Miss SmiTh RiVER. KahU and I were GETTing AlOng PrEtty Well
at The END there, and I CoulD Deal With Little MISS Persian Bitch.
LauRA is A SWEETheart and even though GREG is Grumpy and SwoRE
and KICKED at ME a little while, he was A REAL man. WhatshisName
needs a LITTLE Work in ThAT Area, BUT Maybe I CAN Help.
HERE
he Comes. GoTTA go. NEED to SPELLchECk ThIS thing and SEND it.
Ike
(the CAT), OVER and out.
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