Interview with Chuck
by Sara and Chuck Sara: Mews Chuck, fanks fur coming. Chuck: Fanjkth fur athking me, Thara. Sara: I gess mew are wonnering wat I wanted to mew about, huh? Wells, effurykitty mewing bout how mew is maked furriens wiff a chickie. Chuck: Well, it helpth dat I ken tawk chickie thpeak. (for more information, check the BFCC archives for the April Fool's and Easter events of 2011) Sara: Ok, dat's a gud start. How is mew learned chickie speak? Chuck: It a long thtory. Wen I wuth jutht a baby groundhog, I dethided I wanted to go thee da motht famouth groundhog in the world - Pukthatawny Phil. Tho, a few dayth before Groundhog Day, I runned away frum home an went to Penthylfania - but I never got dere. Sara: Where is mewr home, Chuck? Chuck: Thouthern Kanthath. Sara: Thouthern Kanthat? Is dat in da Mewnited States? Chuck: Of courth it ith. It in da thouthern part of Kanthath!! Sara: Oh, mew means KANSAS! Chuck: Dat wat I thaid!! Sara: Thorry - oops, I mean sorry. Tells da ress a mewr story purrlease. Chuck: Ok, tho, I wuth headed eatht, but I got lotht. I wud pop out of the tunnel here and dere, butt I never thaw any other groundhogth. Finally, I popped up at a farm and dere wuth a whole bunch a chickenth. I tried to athk them how to get to Penthylvania, butt dey didn't theak ground hog. They cud thee dat I wuth thtarving, tho dey gave me thum food . Dey were very nithe to me. I dethided to thtay dere with them fur a few dayth. Theems dat dayth turned into weekth and little by little, I learn dere language. They invited me to thtay til Thpring and I did. I wuth in no hurry to back in dat cold tunnel, and it wuth nithe and warm in dere houth. In da Thpring, dey helped me get back home. A few chickenth took me to da nexth chicken farm an den thum of thothe chickenth let me to another chicken farm until we were back in Kanthath! Sara: Wait a minit, Chuck. Is mew saying dat dere chickies in mewr tunnels? Chuck: Oh thure, dere lotth a chickenth in all da tunnelth. Dat how they helped me find my home and family again. Sara: I bet mewr furrmily was happy to see mew! How many brofurs an sisfurs is mew haff? Chuck: I have 24 sithterth and 43 brotherth. Dey were all eggthtatic! I thtayed home after dat an went to thkool and growed up dere in Southern Kanthath. All my broferth and sithters went off to college. but I wanted an adventure, tho my parrenth gave me dere blething, and off I went. I popped up in loth of platheth and thaw all kindth of lankmarkth. I even popped up at a cuppla chicken farmth and vithited thum old frienth and practithed my chicken theak with dem. Den I popped up in Arithona on Groundhogth Day in 2002 and thaw a lot of kittieth having fun. I athked where I wuth and dey tole me I wuth at the Back Fenth Cat Club..... tho, I athked dem if I cud thpend da nite dere an dey welcomed me with open pawth! The retht ith hithtory! Sara: Wows Chuck! Wat in infurresting story. Mew shud rites a book. Mew ken rites in groundhog speak fur mewr furrmily, in kitty speak fur da Club memfurs and in chickie speak fur mewr feafurred furriends! Chuck: Hmmm, maybe I will. ....................................... (You can also read more about Chuck's arrival in the BFCC archives. |
