The tree tops glistened with fresh rain from the sky. Coyote sprinted down the slick sidewalk, his old sneakers barely holding on to his little toes. No socks.
After a morning spent on the rooftop, watching the hurried adults below, Jellyfly decided it was time to go to the park. She was getting tired of stopping Coyote from spitting down at them, anyway.
The two of them dove and scurried betweens the legs of the passerbyers on the street, calling out to each other as they raced across town. At the lights, while waiting to cross, Jellyfly would hold her arms out and spin around in the falling rain. Coyote would follow suite and howl up at the darkened skies.
Adults nearby would turn and glare for a moment at them, thinking where are their parents?, before bending their heads down again against the wind and rain.
Jelly couldn't remember the last time she saw her parents, but who cares when there's a strange animal with orange stripes just ahead of you.
"It's a liger!" Coyote screamed out, hopping off a rock and stumbling towards the animal, Jellyfly right on his toes.
"Nu-uh, it's obviously a tigon!" Jelly replied, smacking her lips together with a pop.
The sound of strange strings being plucked in the distance drew them from their pending argument.
"What's that Jelly?"
"Sounds like some kind of harp or something. Let's go investigate before the free kitchen opens, today's Sunday, Coyote.
Objects: Overalls, a Bird Cage, and a PacMan Machine
ReplyDeleteSayings: "The only thing you have to fear is fear itself" and "Don't find fault. Find a remedy"
Animals: Coyote, Yak, and Termite
People: A shy performer, and unfunny comedian, and a zoologist scared of animals.