Stamme by Alma T. C. Boykin
Author:Alma T. C. Boykin [Boykin, Alma T. C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-12-08T22:00:00+00:00
The next day Rigi finished reading the document. She took Martinus onto the verandah and cleaned him from muzzle tip to tail-rod knob, and lightly washed his carnifex-leaper tail fur. As she worked, Paul played in a portable pen, taking advantage of the warmth and fresh air. Siare had set up the pen, carried Paul out with one forefoot under each chubby arm, and set him into the play area with an air of determination and mission. âYou stay, Taul. Do not climb out. Do not dig out. Stay.â She then marched back indoors. The window of the nursery opened full height and Rigi smelled heavy cleaning begin. A few minutes later Siare dragged a full basket of bedding and other things out onto the verandah, shook one forefoot claw at Paul, and marched back indoors. More heavy cleaning sounds and smells followed, and Rigi wondered just what her brother had managed to accomplish, and if she ought to ask. He seemed content to walk back and forth in the confines of the heavy-sided pen, looking out and occasionally tossing a toy at his sister. Rigi tossed them back in, trying not to hit him.
Thump! A small stuffed wombow hit her in the head as she was putting the cleaning brushes back into their case. âRight you,â she said under her breath. She picked up the wombow, knelt on the other side of the pen from her giggling brother, and lightly tossed it so the toy landed right at his feet.
âWhee!â Back flew the wombow. Rigi caught it and returned the serve. âHe! he he he wheeeee! âWomwo!â
Rigi caught the toy. âWombow, Paul. Wombow.â Toss.
âWomwo! Womwo womwo womwo!â Fling! The toy sailed over her head and slid to a stop against Martinus.
âWooeef?â
Paul called âWooeef! Wooeef!â
âOh no.â Rigi stood, retrieved the toy, and handed it to Paul. âWombow.â
âWomwo wooeef?â
Through the open window Rigi heard a snorting, whistling sound suspiciously like a Staré female laughing. She leaned to the side and caught a glimpse of Nahla helping Siare clean and rearrange the nursery. âWombow, Paul. Say âwom-bow.ââ
âWomwo.â He nodded once and folded his arms, the perfect picture of stubbornness.
âYou got that from Cyril.â
He smiled, frowned, grunted, and smiled again. âThat, however, is yours and yours alone young man.â Rigi straightened up and went to the window. âSiare, where are Paulâs nappies and changing mat?â
âAlready?â The upper-fourth Stamm Staré came out onto the verandah and lightly patted Paulâs rump. âAlready. Hopling, do you not let your food rest before emptying your stomach?â She picked Paul up and whisked him inside. Rigi returned several tossed toys to Paulâs play space, then took the cleaning kit and stowed it back in its cubby in the coat-and-shoe room. A sixth Stamm rough-carpenter had made a set of bench-cubbies that fit under the main sitting bench, and the household stored various cleaning supplies, tools, and mud-shoes there. Nahla marched onto the verandah from the kitchen, set a large bowl of slipper peas down on the Staré work-table near the kitchen door, went inside again and returned with a smaller bowl and a sigh.
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