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*Image of Danny folk's Boo by YC. A Black Cat Tale Souvenir One Saturday morning, fourteen-year-old Danny, my neighbor's kid who lives down the road, would come over to do the lawn and some simple house chores, for extra spending money. Sometimes, their American Long Haired black cat named, "Boo", would tag along. The lawn was okay just weeding, he swept, mopped, vacuumed, then brought in some wood from my wood cord outside, and filled the wood bin, then he swept out the fireplace. He then takes the flip-top dustpan outside, pour its contents into a plastic bag, tie it close and put it into one of two trash bins with plastic flip tops. Boo, sometimes lounges on my lanai (porch), or on one of those trash bins. That day, Danny decided to play. He tosses the bag up into the air, then have it drop right into the flipped-top trash bin. Albeit, the bag got snagged by the metal latch on the bins cover, it ripped open, causing black soot to shroud nearby Boo. While I was outside checking to see if Danny covered the wood cord, the event unfolded before me. Boo's reaction was as anticipated, there was black soot trailing a flying leap that scampered down my driveway and out onto the opened road, ... gone, gone, gone. Laughing in pursuit was Danny who tells me that he will be back for the money after he hoses down, "Blackie". Ha, ha, ha, goes Danny whose clueless as to the memory he had just made for his future. Leaving nature to clear the mess, closes I a cover, grinning in the silence. 2022 April 02 *1st Place* Black Cat ~~Robert James Liguori: Judged 2022 April 03
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