Kissi and Fumbles

Once upon a time...there was the cutest, chunkiest, blue-eyed little girl the whole world had ever seen.



She laughed all the time, stole kisses from everyone she met, and skipped about everywhere she went.


Kissi was not a girlie girl...she loved playing on her families dairy farm..she always had her long flowing dark brown hair hanging in her eyes and in pig-tails with a baseball cap on. Her knees were always filthy from her daily explorations, and she always had odd collections in her pockets.


One frosty, damp morning, a strange wimpering was coming from a hollow log. Immediately, Kissi's huge heart led her to the distressed creature.


"Hello in there," Kissi echoed. "UHH waaahhh UUHHH er-bert HUH HU HUH...er-bert..WAAAAAAAAH," returned the cry. "Ifn youd come on outta that lawg...I might be of some assis'tance!"


The cry was getting louder and Kissi was on her knees looking and poking the log. She heard the leaves bustle..."why...there you arre! Aintchu nist the cutest thang!...I'm gonna sitchu right here on my shoulder, Hang ON; Cause I caint wait to show you off!"


Kissi ran through the thistles and cat tails, past the hay barn, around the tractors.  She hopped the HUGE metal gate leading into the pasture. She stopped to take a quick break and to make sure her friend was still comfortable.


"How you doin back there?" Kissi asked motherly. She heard nothing. Kissi couldn't find the little fella anywhere! As she spun around looking down at the ground, she felt her pants leg moving...." There you are! Im gonna call you Fumbles...everytime you hop you hurt yourself!...You thank you can hold on this time?"  Fumbles knodded his head....and they were off.
Kissi was skipping, as she was dodging fresh and old cowpies. She told her new friend she was gonna introduce him to her very special mammy.  Fumbles smiled.  He was very excited!


As Kissi approached her house, she told Fumbles he had to remain quite.  She went up the walker-rocked pathway, on top of the mason bricks that were loose, and placing one foot in front of the other heel to toe...


Kissi slung open the creeky pine screen door that she ALWAYS got a splinter from....and tip-toed in the the house with her hands and Fumbles behind her back. 


Ms Mary was in the kitchen blanching snap beans....and cooking.  The air smelt of smoked ham and cumcumbers....the breeze was blowing from the east and it filled the house with all the aromas from the kitchen. 


"What you got therah Kiss?" Ms Mary asked Kissi as she steadily looked down in the sink working. "I have the BIGGEST proprise you EVERED seend Ms Mary!"  Ms Mary shook the water off of her hands, reached for the handtowel, and began turning towards Kissi.


She was rubbing her left eye when Kissi YELLS,  "PROPRISE MS MARY....." and nearly socks her in the nose! Fumbles was nose to nose with MS Mary...and Ms Mary screamed and jumped on the chair..."KISSI CHARLOTTE GRITAKER...You get that out of this house this instant!" Fumbles was so scared, he jumps out of Kissi's hands, off of Ms Mary's nose, into the ceiling fan, RIDING the fan blade, and falling into the sink full of snap beans!!


Ms Mary was FURIOUS!


Kissi ran past her to his rescue again.  She scoops him up, cradles him within her palms, and sings "Oh little playmate...wont you come play with me...and bring your tractors 3, climb up my apple tree...slide down my rain barrel andthru the cellar door...and we'll be jolly friends for ever more"


Dancing around like a cowgirl version of a ballarina, Kissi put another smile on her little friends face.  She put him on her bed and he fell fast asleep.