White And Red

Always Young As Adults, Never Grow Old

  Two strangers met in Heaven:  a white tricenarian classy cat and a red vicenarian bird.

White:  Where did you come from?
Red:  I am a Victorian.  I only died young because I was shot.

White:  Really???!!!  I am a Victorian too.  I was born in 1840.
Red:  I was born in 2003.

White:  The late Victorian era is only until 1901.  Were you a soldier, a factory worker or a prince?
Red:  I was an instrumentalist.  I lived in Victoria Court for twenty-two years and another five years in Victoria Street before I was shot while resting in the balcony.

White:  Meowww...
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