#earthrunes

She plunks the hanky from her pocket with her tail and offers it - not giving up the hug!

And Vali takes it.

meanwhile, LITTLE Poppi Is like a TICK on Emma

"Oh! ENRI!"

"What if you have forgotten how to be a childling? Who remembers how to catch a cootie?"

Enri says "Hey, she's back to normal!" A grin

"Poppy, are you... this is good, oui?" Hopeful whiskers.

Poppy says "Well, I do miss the bad leg, and not being able to climb stairs." Then she gasps "My eyes! Mon Deux!"

"There's three of them?"

"Non. I cannot tell the rouge from the brown! I am blind, the color..."increasingly dramatic

Enri nods "Don't it make my brown eyes BLUUUU" And he howls

She boops Poppy's nose.

Poppy is booped "Oh. Praise St. marie, I am cured!"

Then she laughs at Enris

A smile for Vali. "Mercy Buckets."

"Je vous en prie" he bows "Well, it had to go to someone. Why not someone who is wonderful and obviously loved?"

Oswald says "We'll repay you, Sir"

"That's the wonderful thing, Thane. You already have. Today ? I get paid in smiles and joy"

"Today... oh! Words are stupid!" Stamp.

"Tres stupid, that is why I need not go aschooling" Poppy says nodding firmly

"Ohhh... are we so sure about that?"

"Oui" She says wag

"Who will keep an eye on Enri and Isis?"

"Dogmar!" Enri says in answer!

"See, Dogmar , whoeverone knows" Poppy says.

"Mmm..."

Oswald says "She should get an education"

"It would be ironic if I sent you to the Farm, afterall."

Poppy cluthes her little chest.. and fakes a faint

"She was a dramatic little thing, wasn't she?" observes Oswald

"OH! Fainting contest!"

"Aaaccckkkkkkkkkk!" Emma kicks up a leg, spins on her heel and swooooons.

"ded!" she croaks.

Enri looks at the two dead people. THen to Oswald "I'm sorry? Do I need to clean up my mess?"

Oswald grins "Enri, you've got nothing to be sorry about. Go tell your sister we have a new puppy pooka. "

"Ooo" Enri wags "She'll LOVE that"

"DEAD!"

Oswald picks up both emma and Poppy "Maybe you two need a wake... or... "A pause "Ice cream?"

Perk. "Ice cream?"

"Any flavor you two want, as long as it's Moose tracks, Vaniilla, or Strawberry blitz"

Poppy wags furiously "We should have a wake. Dead makes me hungry!"

"We could wake up with ice cream!"

"Mmm" He carries them towards the dining area... "I think I have a plan" And he plops them down, "Hold on, " And goes into the kitchen. Leaving Emma and POppy

Poppy whispers "Emma, are you okay with me losing my AARP discount?" A bit worried. Wants to know it's okay with her Emma

"Well, I've never taken care of you before..."

"I can rub my OWN butt on the grass now, cher" Sniff then giggles

"Oooo, grass? Oui. Carpet?"

And then Oswald enters with THREE bowls "Moose tracks," Clink it sets down near them " Vaniilla," Clink the same "and Strawberry blitz" each with a fresh spoon

"First come, first woke'

"MooooOOOoose."