“Bring her in close.” Wildcat directed Possum at the helm. “I’ll be joining the boarding party and I don’t plan on getting my paws wet.”
Raid
Author: Uncle Artie
You've heard of the Old Man and the Sea? Or maybe the Chicken of the Sea? The Old Chicken? Forget that, I'm the other Old Man, the Old Man of the Tech. A Technology Fabulist, a known teller of tales, the Homer of the Post Atomic Age; that would be the Information Age. Is anyone keeping up with this?
Gifting
“I need a cardigan for my Willow Ptarmigan,” Mourning Dove sang. “I love buying presents!”
December Finals
“Um, yeah, sure ok,” Reindeer passed on the hot potato to the next player. “I mean, you know, not the kind of games I’m used to but, this is okay.”
Options May Vary
“The way I see it,” Gray Dwarf Mouse started, “is it’s either the life of the poor and oppressed or the life of the also oppressed but with greater social mobility. And more rice.”
Bridging the Gap
Nancy Ma’s Night Monkey started his nightly sleepwalk down to the river in his silk pajamas, all the while, mumbling, “Be happy in your work.”
Holiday Getaway
Maya Mouse looked out the window at the sun and surf and sand and scowled. “I wanted to go to Vail. Vail, where the snow is and I’m already dressed for it.”
Smoke and …
Natterjack Toad put the weights back on the rack with a grunt. “Let’s see, been at it for about an hour. Ought to be in shape now. Where’s that mirror?”
Ponyard Kipling's Amazing Animal Annals of the Atomic Age 