Suspension I

ST MUCKYMUCK

Season 2

The sun shone spectacularly.  Not at all typical of the weather in early September on the west coast of Scotland.  All the more reason for someone to find two cats poised on a balcony, sunbathing.  They leaned against one another as the birds chirped and darted about overhead -- their eyes closed in utter contentment, purring.

"Good afternoon, mis amigos!"

The black and white cat opened his big green eyes lazily to see who was hailing him.  "Well, hello, Pele!"  He turned to the stocky orange tabby next to him.  "Look, Ginger, Pele has come to say hi."

"How goes it?" asked Pele as Ginger opened his eyes.

"Cracking" said Ginger.  "I can't remember when we've had so much sun in September."

"Yeah, it feels like I'm back home," said the other cat.

"Do you miss being in sunny California, Bandito?" asked Pele, a Latin accent coloring his speech.

"No, not really," said Bandit.  "Life is much better for me here."  He placed a velvety paw onto Ginger's.  They stared into each other's eyes briefly.

"Oooo...muy romantico!" said Pele, clapping.  "Like Romeo and Julio!"

"And what about yourself, Pele?" asked Ginger in his thick Glaswegian dialect.  "Are you longing for cooler climes down south?"

Pele roared with laughter.  "Not me, mi amigo.  I like it here where it is warm."  Floating on a green swimming pool inflatable mattress with his flippers behind his head, sipping a drink from a bamboo glass with a bright pink and white umbrella stuck in it, was Pele:  a medium-sized, Emperor penguin.  All three of them looked at each other for a moment...and burst into uncontrollable raucous laughter.

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