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Nepolitain and Cherry

"Aww. 'Tain my paws hurt, can't we go home yet." Nepolitain turn around to glare at Cherry. Her small habit of whining was starting to get to her. "No! We're not leaving until we find a Palmie and that's final." She groans "I wish one of the boys would have come with me instead of you." Cherry glares back "Well, if I had known that we were going to be walking for five million miles instead of just lounging on the beach getting sun like you made it seem I wouldn't have come." Nepolitain growls and then continues to yell "You are such a girly girl!" "Ya, well your a disgusting tomboy! That's why no one will date you." Nepolitain's jaw drops in hurt and anger. Cherry grins smugly knowing that she had won. Tears start to well up in Nepolitain's eyes "Fine then just go home." She storms off down the beach. Cherry starts to feel guilty after seeing her friend so upset. "Wait 'Tain. I'm sorry." Nepolitain sighs looking back for a moment "Hurrry up fuzz face or we'll never find one."

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Neopolitain and Cherry continue their walk through the beach Stopping every so often to search the jungle area for Palmies. While Neopolitain tromps through the jungle filled areas Cherry just sticks her head in for a quick look before leaving to lie on the beach. Cherry is starting to get comfortable a shadow crosses crosses her face. "Come on lazy bones, we'll never find a palmie at this rate." Cherry growls at Neopolitain "Pushy much." She gets up shakeing the sand off her fur.

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Neoploitain sighs "Why are you so lazy Cherry? Aren't you the least bit excited about finding a Palmie to bring home. Just think of the look on those boys faces when we bring home a palmie and they can't find a moonling." Cherry rolls her eyes "I, unlike you, enjoy having boys fawn over me." Cherry looks at Neopolitain critically "You know if you just had a makeover then you could be almost as pretty as me." "Thanks, but I'll pass on that." Neopolitain pretends to wretch. "Lets go." She begins to walk off, buy Cherry catches up to her "You know makeovers are not a bad thing. You could look so pretty if you just tried a little." "Tell you what Cherry if you find a Palmie before I do then you can give me a make over." Cherry grins evily "You've got yourself a deal." Neopolitain gulps wondering what she had gotten herself into.

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Cherry skips happily down the beach imagining all the ways to make Neopolitain pretty. Neopolitain searches in fury in the brush desperately not wanting to receive a makeover from Cherry. They both searched high and low in their respective areas, but to no avail. Cherry collapses on to the beach extremely worn out from the search. She had never worked tis hard at something before. Perhaps a nap in the sun would do her some good. She curls up into a small ball with her tail against her nose falling asleep. Neopolitain, however, continues her search with more vigor. She refused to loose, especially to Cherry. Neopolitain sits down to think.  I think that the best way to capture one is with some type of trap, and I think that seawater or some berries would make a good bait. So, all I have to do is build the trap. She decides to set up a snare in a less dense area of the brush. and heads towards the water to collect some sea water.

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Neoplolitain walks up to the shore letting the waves lick her feet. How on earth am I going to carry and hold this in the trap? She walks back into the brush stopping only to stop and snicker at Cherry's sleeping form. She eventually finds a stone which has a small indentation enough to hold a tiny sip of water. It would have to do. She brings the water to the clearing setting it down before looking for a vine or material like it to make a rope.

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After some searching she finds and old tree root and fig vines which she starts to weave together to make a strong rope. She smiles at her handiwork knowing that Cherry would never think of something this clever. She would have just seduced someone to think and carry out a plan for her. Neopolitain wonders how on earth Cherry is her best friend as she hoists up her rope over a high tree branch. As she is about to hide in the bushes she realizes that she has forgotten one critical factor, to tie a noose at the end. Neopolitain smacks her forehead in disbelief. She rushes over to fix it she does not see the thorn branch she had knocked down as she was setting up her trap. She steps on it with a loud crunch and a long thorn sinks into her front paw. She refrains from screaming as she hobbles over to where Cherry is napping so she could get out the thorn.

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"Cherry. Cherry wake up." She taps Cherry with her lame paw. "I need help." Cherry looks up at Neopolitain blearily. "Of course you do, you've always needed help." Tears begin to well up in Neopolitain's eyes as the pain of the torn begins to get to her. "Seriously Cherry. I have a thorn in my paw and you need to get it our for me." Cherry sits up to look at her. "Your not kidding are you? You Miss Outdoorsie is tearing up over a thorn in her paw." "Just get it out brat, this stings." Cherry smirks at Neopolitain "Well, 'Tain I don't think that I should if your going to talk to me like that." Neopolitain groans in frustration. "Alright fine I take it back, but please pull this thing out." Cherry rolls her eyes "Alright, sit down and give me your paw." She sits down where Cherry told her to and sinks herself into the sand wiggling her tail through it. "Hold still." Cherry takes her paw and quickly pulls out the rather large thorn. "Geez no wonder it hurt so much." She throws it into the ocean and stands up. "Well now. Should we go and see that trap you built?" Neopolitain's jaw drops "How did you know about that?" "Oh, I was awake the whole time, and just pretended to sleep so that you would build it." The obscenities that race through Neopolitain's head towards Cherry might have made a sailor faint.

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Cherry delicately picks her way through the brambles and brush until she reaches the clearing where the trap is set. "Wow 'Tain you did a very good job with this. Except for the part of how does the thing get caught?" One could almost see steam come out of Neopolitain's ears "That's because I stepped on that thorn before I could finish, so go sit in the bushes and shut up." Cherry makes a rude face at her and slips back into the brush. Neopolitain grumbles as she ties the finishing knots that made the loop. She places it on the ground around the rock filled with seawater and sneaks into the brush with Cherry. "Move over fuzz butt." "No way, you go and find your own spot." After many minutes of arguing Cherry scoots over and lets Neopolitain sit with her.

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After half an hour Cherry was asleep again and Neopolitain was very disappointed. No palmie had come to her trap and she was starting to feel very tired. She knew that the illusive palmie had fallen just out of their grasp and would not be caught today. She shakes Cherry awake "Come on lets go home." "Finally I thought we'd never leave." Neopolitain storms off towards the path that would lead them home and Cherry following behind.