THE PEPPERMAN AND HAMMER THE KITTY
I OPENED A DOOR IN THE UNIVERSE
AND WAS GREETED BY A SPEAKING
CAT.
HE INTRODUCED HIMSELF AS
HAMMER THE KITTY.
ABOUT 2 FEET LONG AND SOLID
BLACK APPROXIMATELY 12 POUNDS.
HIS GREEN EYES SEEM TO BOTH
SPARKLE AND GLOW AT THE VERY
SAME TIME.
HIS TAIL WAS EXTRAORDINARILY
LONG , ROUGHLY THREE FEET.
HE SPOKE WITH CURIOSITY AS IF
TO QUESTION MY BEING AND
PURPOSE
HIS PERSONALITY WAS ATTRACTIVE,
ONE MIGHT SAY CHARMING.
AFTER OUR INTRODUCTIONS
HAMMER THE KITTY OFFERED ME A
TOUR OF HIS SURROUNDINGS.
AS HE ROSE TO HE FEET IN THE TALL
COOL GREEN GRASS HE TURNED IN
THE DIRECTION OF WHAT APPEARS
TO BE THE RISING SUN.
THE ATMOSPHERE SEEMED FIT FOR
THE PRINCE OF CATS.
JUST BEYOUND THE FIELD OF TALL.
GREEN GRASS WAS A LUSH.TROPICAL
ENVIRONMENT.
JUST AS WE REACHED THE CANOPY ,
THE SOUND OF THUNDER AND A BOLT
OF LIGHTING FILLED THE SKIES
ABOVE WITH EXCITEMENT.
THE MAGICAL AND MUSICAL SOUND
OF RAIN DROPS BEGAN TO DANCE
ON THE TROPICAL FORREST CANOPY ABOVE.
INCREASING WITH INTENSITY AS
IF IMAGINATION WERE RUNNING
WILD IN EVERY DIRECTION.
AS WE WERE WALKING THROUGH
THIS TROPICAL RAIN FORREST ,
HAMMER THE KITTY STOPPED IN
FRONT OF A PLANT BEARING A
TROPICAL LOOKING FRUIT.
HE LOOKED TO ME AND SAID WITH
A SMILE " INCREDIBLY DELICIOUS "
HE BIT INTO ONE AND DISPLAYED A
LOOK OF DELICIOUSNESS.
HE TURNED TO ME AND SAID
" YOU MUST TRY AT LEAST ONCE "
I PLUCKED ONE AND BIT INTO WHAT
I CAN ONLY DESCRIBE AS HEAVENLY.
SOFT , SWEET , JUICY AND YES ,
INCREDIBLY DELICIOUS.
THE SYNPHONY OF RAIN DROPS
BEGAN TO TAPER AND THE SOUND
OF CHEERING BIRDS EXPLODED.
THE BIRDS ARE REJOICING AND
HEADED TO THE POOL , HAMMER THE
KITTY SAID WITH A SMILE.
JUST BEYOUND THE NEARBY TREES
THERE WAS AN OPENING.
THROUGH THE OPENING APPEARD
A SPARKLING POOL OF WATER.
HAMMER THE KITTY STOPPED AND
LOOKED AT ME WITH PLEASING
SMILE. " EMERALD POOL "
I CAN EASILY SEE WHY IT'S CALLED
EMERALD POOL. THE REFLECTION
OF GREEN VEGETATION COVERED
THE SURFACE GIVING IT THE
APPEARANCE OF A GREEN EMERALD.
I CAN ONLY DESCRIBE AS ,
FASCINATINGLY BEAUTIFUL.
THOUSANDS OF TROPICAL BIRDS
FILLED THE SKY. EVERY COLOR
YOU CAN IMAGINE AND THAN
SOME SO INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL
IT WAS HARD TO BELIEVE THEY WERE
REAL.
AS WE APPROACHED THE RIM OF
THE POOL I COULD SEE WE WERE AT
THE BASE OF A FOOTHILL. A SMALL
WATERFALL WAS FILLING THE POOL
ON THE OTHER SIDE.
HAMMER THE KITTY TURNED AND
SAID " WATER IS THE HEAVENLY GIFT
OF LIFE " HE STEPPED TO THE EDGE
AND BEGAN TO INDULGE.
HE TOOK A MOMENT, TURNED TO ME
AND SAID " REVITALIZE YOUR BODY ,
MIND AND SOUL MY FRIEND , WITH
THE GIFT OF LIFE . I KNELT DOWN.
CUPPED MY HANDS WITH WATER
AND DRANK FROM THE EMERALD
POOL.
I WAS IN AMAZEMENT HOW COOL
REFRESHING AND REVITALIZING IT
TRULY AND ACTUALLY WAS.
WE SAT AT THE EDGE OF THE POOL
OF WATER LISTENING TO THE
SOUNDS OF BLISS , PERFORMED BY A
UNWORLDLY SYNPHONY OF TALENT.
IT REMINDED ME OF PLAYFUL
LAUGHTER.
AS WE WERE RELAXING , ENJOYING
THE PARADISE LIKE SURROUNDINGS
I JUST HAD TO ASK THE QUESTION,
WHY DO THEY CALL YOU
HAMMER THE KITTY. ?
WITH A WIDE SMILED HE REPLIED
" I AM A LEMUR " , A NOCTUNAL
CREATURE , I HUNT AT NIGHT WITH
MY GIFTED VISION , THE ABILITY
TO SEE THROUGH THE THICKEST OF
DARKNESS.
ONCE ... WHEN I WAS YOUNGER...
I MISTAKENLY... TOOK ON A MID-
SIZE MONKEY... A REAL KITTY MOVE...
NOT SUPRISINGLY ... HE ESCAPED...
AND LIVE TO TELL HIS TALE...
RUMOR HAS IT , WHEN ASKED WHAT
HAPPENED , HE REPLIED , I WAS
HAMMERED IN THE THICK OF DARK-
NESS.
EVER SINCE , I AM KNOWN AMONG
THE LEMUR COMMUNITY AS
" HAMMER " ... " THE KITTY "
Michael E Harris
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Michael E. Harris
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