A Cat Tail Thanksgiving
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Buttons the Cat never paid a bit of
attention to holidays. She
spent her younger days with the Little
Girl. When holidays
came Buttons found a quite place to
nap. People would come
and go and there was lots of good
food to eat. That, in a nut
shell, is all Buttons knew about Thanksgiving.
The owners of
the Antique store are always so busy.
The holidays seem to
come and go and it's just not the
same as it was when Buttons
was young. The Little Girl is gone,
so Thanksgiving is now
just a memory. Buttons decided to
find out what Thanksgiving
was all about.
What better place to start this adventure than the river.
The weather is getting cool and the
river looks so
cold. Buttons was not sure she would
find anyone on the
river bank.
She was very surprised to find two
children near the bank.
"What are you two doing", said Buttons.
We are trying to
figure out this map. We want
to go to our Grandmothers
home for Thanksgiving.
"You see, its getting late", said another
little girl.
We must hurry. So Buttons and the
children began
their walk to find Grandmother's house.
Before long, they met a girl with
two geese.
My, what fine geese. "What are doing on the trail", asked Buttons
" I am trying to get them to follow
me to my Grandmothers
house", said the little girl. " Well
if you would stop giving them
so many crumbs, and walk fast, they
will follow, said Bottoms.
That's just what they did.
Soon the group came upon a boy in a
tall tree. "What are
you going up there", asked Buttons.
"I am waiting for my ride",
said the little boy. "Nothing can
go through these woods",
said Buttons.
"Yes it can, and here she comes now."
The children were amazed. It was the
biggest elephant
any of them had ever seen. "Climb
on and she will get
us to the other side of the forest",
said the little boy.
The forest was indeed very thick and
all of
the children were very grateful for
the ride.
In no time at all the group were at
the forest edge. Thank you
Effie. Effie was the elephants name.
Effie promised to meet the
group at sun down and return them
safely home. Effie then
headed back into the forest as she
had lots more people to deliver
home for Thanksgiving. Finally the
group made their way to the little
boys Grandmother's house.
Aunt Isabel was waiting for the children.
I am so happy to see all of you. Do
come in.
I am glad to see you have brought
friends.
This way to the sitting room, if you please.
Do sit down and make yourselves comfortable.
If you will excuse me, I must help
set the table. The girl went off
to the kitchen. All of the children
had offered to help, as all good
children should do, but the girl declined
the offer. "I am sure you
are all very tired from your trip",
said the girl. We will eat soon.
We could see the table. It was set with the most wonderful dishes.
Once they were in place, we all knew
dinner would soon be served.
Dinner was indeed wonderful. There
was fresh roasted turkey, dressing,
garden peas, mashed potatoes, gravy,
salad and pumpkin pie. I loved
this visit. The Antique Store Owners
were not having a Thanksgiving
dinner this year. I am so happy I
took this trip. I have met so many new friends. We were all to full to
soon. The sun was now beginning to
slowly drop in the fall sky. We must
be going home.
Aunt Claire thanked all of us for coming.
Thanksgiving is a time to
share. All are welcome. Next year,
if you have no place to celebrate
Thanksgiving, please come back. "Thank
You" said Buttons and the
children. This will be a thanksgiving
we will always remember.
The children went outside and gathered
the geese and began to try
and figure out which way they needed
to go to get back home.
Suddenly a little girl walked up to
the children and Buttons and said
"My name is Jumeau. Effie is just
inside the bush and is ready to take
you back. I am going with you as I
have also been at my Grandmothers home. Every year sweet Efffie takes me
there and back . "
So Jumeau put on her bonnet,
and in no time we were back home.
I will leave you here and continue
on to my home. I am so glad we
were able to meet. Buttons, you are
the sweetest cat I have ever met. I hope we can meet again. "Thank you"
said Buttons." I enjoyed my trip to Grandmothers also. Perhaps we can go
again next year. You remind me of
a little girl I knew so long ago."
Buttons said good bye to the children and their geese and thanked Effie
and everyone went their separate ways. Buttons was so full and tired. As
the sun set, it seemed to be just the right time to slip into the house
and go to sleep. She will dream of the new friends she made and the wonderful
trip. This will be remembered as one
of her best Thanksgivings. Only one
thing would have made it better. If
only the little girl, the little girl
of her past, could have gone with her.
As the children left, they began singing
Over the river and through the woods,
to Grandmothers
house we go. What a wonderful day
I had.
Love, Buttons 
Welcome to the Adventures
of Tate
Mark Your Calendar December
1, 2001. Tate will begin a new adventure. Young
and old will enjoy following Tate in her new adventure. Every day
will be a new
tale. Or is that tail? This site is on your list of recommended
reading for all
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This page was made in November, 1999
Updated July 9th, 2001