Shorty huwwies into da kitchun at da cafe. "Doodness, so much to do so widdle time!" Dis furst meeting she wants effuryting purrfekts.
"Dood mowrning," she meows to MaxieRose who ish busiwy fwipping fwapjacks at da gwill. "Wuuks wike a dood cwoud dish mowrning."
"Yesh,"Maxie wepwies,"we bin busy sinse we opuned da door dis morning." Shorty wafes to Nermal an Tares in da dinning wuum. Den she gets to wurk.
She pwulls awt fwesh bwead an goes to da fwidge fur da samwich makings. Tuna an cwab salads pwepared da nite befur an ham an cheese. She kwikly puts da samwiches to geffur, den twims da cwust an cuts dem into dainty twianguls, pwaces dem on a warge serfing pwatter an cuffurs dem wit damp napkins..den she gets awt da warge pot uf seafood gumbo she stwarted da nite befur an puts it on da bak uf da stofe wit a low heat. Soom da awoma uf ham an sausage an tomatos fwills da wuum...nuffing to do heer but add da shellfish at da wast minit.
"Tares," she kawlls as da yung kit cums in wit a pawload uf dishes to be washed,"wen bweakfast ish offur, wood yu go upstwairs an dust an stwaiten da meeting wuum fur me?"
An now fur da 'pees day wesistanse'. Shorty stwarts mixing up a cake. Twee layers, chocowate, wite, an golden. When dey awr in da offun she stwarts da fwosting, wich buttercweam. She divides it into twee parts an tints two uff dem wit food colowing. Not weally da calico cowors but da idea ish der. Wen da cake ish cooled she spweads da lay bottom wayers wit catnip jam, puts dem togeffur an decowates da whole ting wit swirls uf da multi-cowort fwosting...der she tinks to hurownself, done. She wuks at da cwock..doodness i jus haff time to wun home an change..
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