Cat Got Your Tongue?
About two weeks ago, Nine’s voice started to change. “Whheahhh?” she would ask, instead of her usual, “Waoww?” At first, we thought she was just feeling kittenish, and we’d say to her, “Where’s that kitten I keep hearing? Did you invite a kitten to stay with us?” and she’d glare at us contemptuously.
A few days later, just as her voice disappeared completely, I started to have symptoms of a head cold, complete with a sore throat and raspy voice. “Do I soun’ lide a kidden?” I’d ask Nine. “Wh...,” she’d reply piteously.
Lots of my classmates became ill at about the same time, but about five days after I first felt sick I was mostly better, and today only have a snotty nose. Nine has also returned to Wellville, giving voice to euphonious and full-throated complaint at the arrival of our parents, Taffy, and Erin this weekend.
Aimee, however, has been struck down, along with an alarming number of the cast of Into the Woods. If they’re all as hardy as I was, they should be mostly well by opening night this Friday. If not, it may sound like a big old chorus of kittens up there on the stage of Vermillion High School.