Good afternoon those of you how have been following my mother's blog. It is with a sad heart that I let you all know that my mom has passed away. The Jake and Midge stories will not longer be updated. Thank you all for showing your love and support to her with all her stories she has shared with all of you.
Barbara's daughter.
Midge sat on the front porch looking at the rain falling all around. Booker-T ran through the rain and jumped onto the porch with Midge.
“What are you doing?” asked Booker-T.
“Sitting here watching the rain,” said Midge. “Do you like to play in the rain?”
“Sometimes,” said Booker-T. “Maybe it will stop raining later.”
“Maybe,” said Midge. “Have you heard the rain song?”
“What rain song?” asked Booker-T.
The four friends strolled along the sidewalk to the petting zoo area of the big transfer building. They ran around the building and found many little humans visiting all the baby animals.
“Wow, look at all the animals in there,” said Booker-T.
“Do you see the little pig,” said Midge.
“Hi,” said a little pig that walked up to Midge. “Are you looking for me?”
“I don't know,” said Midge. “What is your name?”
“I'm Curly,” said the little pig.
“That is a cute name,” smiled Lucy.
Midge and Booker-T sat on Midge's porch waiting for Jake and Lucy to come. Gabby flew down from the trees and landed on the porch rail.
“Hi Gabby,” greeted Midge. “What are you doing?”
“Just flying around the city and checking things out,” said Gabby.
“You always find fun things to do,” said Midge. “What is happening in the city today?”
“There is a ball game starting in the park,” said Gabby. “Do you want to go watch the game?”
“Is that the ball game with the little humans?” asked Midge.
Midge walked to Booker-T's house next door and as she entered the gate into the yard, she saw Booker-T coming around the house from the back yard.
“Hi Booker-T,” greeted Midge. “Are you ready to go to Jake's house?”
“Lets go Midge,” smiled Booker-T.
They strolled along the sidewalk on their way to Jake's house. Suddenly Midge saw something in the sky that glistened. She stopped and stared at the sky.
“What is wrong, Midge?” asked Booker-T.
Midge and Booker-T strolled along the sidewalk on their way to Jake's house. They entered the yard through the gate and found Jake napping on the porch swing.
“Hey Jake!” called Midge as she tapped him on the head with her paw. “Wake up Jake!”
“Wakey wakey!” laughed Booker-T.
Jake sat up and blinked his eyes at them. “I'm awake!” said Jake.
“You were sleeping,” said Midge.
“Maybe a little,” said Jake. “Maybe I was just resting my eyes.”
Midge hurried around to the front yard and out the gate on her way to Booker-T's house next door. She ran around to his back door and crawled through the doogie door into the kitchen.
“Hey, Booker-T!” called Midge. “Where are you? Wake up!”
Booker-T entered the kitchen.
“Hi Midge,” said Booker-T. “What are you doing this morning?”
“Come on,” said Midge. “Come to my house. I have something to show you.”
“What happened?” asked Booker-T.
Midge sat on the front porch waiting for Booker-T to walk over and then they are going to walk to Jake's house. As she sat there looking around, she saw something lurking in the bushes outside the fence. Midge stared in the direction of the bushes and when Booker-T came and walked into the yard through the gate, something followed him into the yard.
“Hi Midge,” greeted Booker-T.
“Who is your friend?” asked Midge.
“What friend?” asked Booker-T looking confused. “I don't have anyone with me.”
“Look behind you,” said Midge.
Booker-T turned to look and there sat a small animal standing there staring at them.
“Who are you?” asked Midge standing up and walking toward Booker-T.
Midge was sitting on the front porch staring at the bush near the house with pretty red flowers on it. Booker-T came through the gate and sat beside her on the porch.
“What are you doing?” asked Booker-T.
“I'm watching this tiny bird,” said Midge. “See it on the flowers?”
Booker-T started at the bush and didn't see the tiny bird. “What bird?” asked Booker-T.
“That little one over there,” said Midge pointing to the bird with the very fast wings. “See it?”
Booker-T stepped closer to look and something flew over his head. “I don't see it.”
“It just flew over your head,” said Midge. “I think you scared it.”
Jake and Lucy strolled along the sidewalk on their way to to Midge's house. As they started to pass the hot dog stand, Lucy pressed her nose against the window and saw no one inside.
“What are you doing?” asked Jake.
“Don't you want something to eat?” asked Lucy. “Don't you smell the food?”
“Yes,” said Jake. “Can you see anyone in there?”
“No,” sighed Lucy. “I think they are hiding from us.”
“Why?” asked Jake.
“So they don't see us begging for something to eat,” said Lucy.
Midge and Booker-T strolled along the sidewalk to Jake's house. They hurried through the gate and ran to the porch where they found Jake asleep on the porch swing. Lucy came through the gate and joined Midge and Booker-T at the porch.
“Hey Jake!” called Midge. “Time to wake up now.”
“sh sh sh!” said Booker-T. “Listen!”
“What is that?” asked Lucy.
“Jake is snoring,” laughed Midge.
“Hey Jake!” called Lucy. “Wake up? You are snoring.”
Midge was sitting on the front porch when Booker-T came through the gate.
“What's up Doc?” smiled Midge.
“Doc?” said Booker-T. “I'm not a doc, Midge. I'm just a little cat.”
“I know,” said Midge. “How about a carrot, Doc?”
“Hello Midge,” said Booker-T. “Are you in there?”
Midge and Booker-T ran through the gate into Jake's front yard and found Jake napping on the front porch swing.
“Hey Jake!” called Midge. “Jake! Wake up!”
Jake blinked his eyes and saw Midge and Booker-T standing at the porch.
“What are you guys doing?” asked Jake.
“We came to get you so we can go to the farm,” said Midge.
“Did you forget?” asked Booker-T.
“Forget what?” asked Jake.
Stormy walked to the platform that the owner built that would help young kids climb on top of the horses.
“Get on the platform, Midge,” said Stormy. “Then you can climb on my back.”
“You don't have a saddle on you,” said Midge. “Do I need the saddle?”
“No,” said Stormy. “Lot of people ride horses with no saddles.”
Midge climbed the few steps to the top of the platform and walked to the edge where Stormy stood waiting for Midge to climb on his back. She jumped on top of his back and sat down.
“How do I hold on?” asked Midge. “There isn't a strap or saddle to hold on to.”
The four friends ran across the front yard of the farm house on their way to the pasture where they saw the horses standing around in front of the new stables with stalls for each horse.
“Hi guys,” said Lucy as they arrived at the stalls.
“Hi little one,” smiled the big brown horse. “You were in the truck, weren't you?”
“Yes,” said Lucy. “These are my friends. They came to meet you.”
“I like horses,” smiled Booker-T.
“Thank you,” said the big brown horse.
Booker-T walked to Midge's house next door. He hurried through the gate and ran to the back yard of the house. In the back, he crawled through the doggie door into the kitchen.
“Hey Midge!” called Booker-T. “Where are you ?”
“Hi Booker-T,” said Snappy as he saw him enter the living room from the kitchen.
Booker-T ran and jumped into the chair next to the tank and climbed to the top of the tank and look inside.
“Hi Snappy,” greeted Booker-T.
“What are you doing?” asked Snappy.
Midge was sitting on the front porch when Booker-T walked over and sat down beside her.
“Hi Booker-T,” smiled Midge. “What are you doing?”
“I'm sitting here with you,” said Booker-T.
“I see that,” laughed Midge. “What else are you doing?”
“I don't know,” said Booker-T. “Just sitting here doing nothing with you.”
“What are we going to do today?” asked Midge.
“I don't know,” said Booker-T. “Don't you have an idea?”
Midge, Jake, Booker-T and Lucy walked walked along the sidewalk, on their way to the zoo building to visit the petting zoo that is set up behind the building. Suddenly from above, they heard a swirling noise and looked up. Something shiny was flying above them.
“Jake,” whispered Midge. “What is that?”
“I don't know,” said Jake staring at the object above them. “Look at it. It has eyes.”
“Is it a space ship, Jake?” asked Lucy.
“I don't know,” said Jake. “Hello space guys. What do you want?”
Midge was prancing around on the front porch, back and forth. Got on two legs and was dancing around when Jake and Lucy walked through the front yard gate. Booker-T came in behind them and they stood there watching Midge as she danced around.
“What are you doing?” asked Jake.
“Hi there,” smiled Midge.
“What are you doing?” asked Booker-T. “You look like you are dancing?”
“I was,” said Midge. “I'm a dancing star.”
“A star of what?” asked Lucy.
Gabby flew down from the trees and landed on the porch railing at Midge's house where Midge was sitting on the porch swing in the sun.
“Hi Midge,” greeted Gabby. “What are you doing?”
“I'm just sitting here enjoying the early morning sun,” said Midge.
“Where are Jake, Booker-T and Lucy?” asked Gabby.
“They will be here soon,” said Midge. “We are excited to go see the bird in the cage. Is it outside this morning?”
“I will go fly over there and see if he is outside and you wait for them,” said Gabby. “I will be right back.”
Midge ran over to Booker-T's house next door and together they walked to Jake's house and found him in his favorite spot on the porch swing.
“Hey Jake,” said Midge as they walked to the porch. “What are you doing?”
“I'm sitting here waiting for you and Booker-T,” said Jake.
“You were napping,” laughed Booker-T.
“I wasn't sleeping,” said Jake. “I was resting my eyes.”
Midge was sitting on the front porch watching the rain falling on the side walk in front of the porch. Booker-T came running through the gate and ran onto the porch and sat down.
“It's raining,” said Booker-T.
“I know it,” said Midge. “I'm sitting here watching the rain hit the sidewalk.”
“Are we going to walk in the rain and go to Jake's house?” asked Booker-T.
“I think he and Lucy are coming here,” said Midge as she looked up the street to see if they were coming. “I wish I was a human.”
Midge was sitting on the porch enjoying the warm weather. The flowers were blooming and air was filled with the sweet smell of the roses along the house. Booker-T entered the yard and sat down on the porch with Midge.
“What are you doing?” asked Booker-T.
“I'm just sitting here,” said Midge.
“Why?” asked Booker-T.
“I just love the warm weather,” said Midge. “Don't you like it when it is warm?”
“I do too,” agreed Booker-T. "I think it is better then the cold. My owner always wants me to wear socks on my feet to keep them warm. I don't like socks on my feet.”
“I like the socks okay,” said Midge. “But they make your feet feel colder when they get wet.”
“I guess they do,” said Booker-T. “My feet feel funny with them on.”
“Did you see the pretty flowers in the back yard?” asked Midge. “Come on and I will show you.”
Booker-T followed Midge to the back yard where they stood near the tree looking at all the new flowers her owner planted around the big shade tree.
“Hey you!” said a voice.
Midge stood there looking around the yard and didn't see anyone.
“Did you hear that?” asked Midge.
“I heard the voice,” said Booker-T. “But I don't see anyone, do you?”
“No,” said Midge, shaking her head. “Do you think there are ghosts in the back yard?”
“I don't know,” said Booker-T. "Maybe you do have a ghost in your back yard."
Booker-T walked next door to Midge's house and hurried around to the back of the house and crawled through the doggie door.
“Hey Midge!” called Booker-T as he entered the living room and leaped into the chair next to Snappy's tank. “Where are you? Hi Snappy.”
“Hey there Booker-T. “What are you doing?”
“I came to see Midge and you too,” smiled Booker-T. “What are you doing?”
“I was watching the sun come up and the pretty orange colors in the sky,” said Snappy.
“It was pretty,” said Booker-T.
“Did your owner have Easter with you and Midge last Sunday?” asked Booker-T.
“Do we have to take a present to the birthday party?” asked Midge.
“I don't think so,” said Jake. “We can't buy a present.”
“I guess we can't,” said Midge. “Do you think his owner will get him a present? My owner only gives me presents on Christmas.”
“Mine too,” said Lucy.
“I get some presents from my owner sometimes with no reason,” said Booker-T. “But I never had a birthday party.”
Midge and Booker-T walked along the sidewalk on their way to Jake's house. As they past his neighbor's house, they stopped to look at the decorations in the back yard.
“Lets go see,” suggested Midge.
They crossed the street and looked into the back yard.
“Wow,” said Booker-T. “Maybe its a birthday party for a little human.”
“Have you ever had a birthday party?” asked Midge.
“No,” said Booker-T. “Have you ever had one?”
Midge ran to the kitchen as her owner got her bowl and filled it with food and gave her fresh water in the other bowl before getting ready to go to work. Midge crawled through the doggie door into the back yard to take care of her doggie business and then hurried back inside to eat her breakfast. She was finishing up when Booker-T crawled through the door into the kitchen.
“Hi Midge,” greeted Booker-T. “What are you doing?”
“I just finished eating breakfast,” replied Midge. “Did you eat your breakfast already?”
“Yes,” smiled Booker-T. “Looks like your owner has been raking leaves out there in the yard.”
Lucy, with Jake, Midge and Booker-T, walked around the farm introducing Midnight to the other farm animals. She took him to meet the two horses, the bull and the rest of the cows at the barn yard. Near the house was a large pen with 20 chickens.
“You have a lot of friends here and they are all very big except for the chickens,” said Midnight. “I will have lot of fun here.”
After meeting all the animals on the farm, they all started running around the farm and laughing and chasing each other. As they ran through the pasture, Midnight looked at Lucy and thanked her for being a good friend. Suddenly, Midnight did a flip and landed in the pond of water in the middle of the pasture.
Midge sat on the front porch waiting for Booker-T. She sat looking around the yard at the flower plants that her owner had planted. She got up and walked to the two rose bushes she had planted near the porch. She stood staring at the bush. Booker-T came through the front gate.
“What are you looking for, Midge?” asked Booker-T as he walked to the porch.
“I think spring is here now,” smiled Midge.
“How do you know?” asked Booker-T.
“I see some new leaves on my owner's rose bush,” said Midge. “Does that mean we will have warmer weather now?”
Jake, Lucy and Booker-T ran around to the back yard at Midge's house. One by one, they crawled through the doggie door and crossed the kitchen floor into the living room. They found Midge walking around the room looking at the floor and in her mouth was something that looked like a magnifying glass.
“Hey Midge!” said Jake. “What are you doing?”
“I'm looking for clues,” said Midge.
“Clues for what?” asked Booker-T. “Did you loose something?”
“I'm Midge, the super detective,” smiled Midge.
Midge crawled out the doggie door into the back yard. As she walked around the back corner of the house, she saw something green move a big leaf of the ivy that went up the side of the house. She walked close and stared at it. It moved a little and turned it's head to look at Midge.
“Hello,” said Midge. “Wow, I almost didn't see you up there.”
“Who are you?” asked the little green animal.
“I'm Midge,” said Midge. “I live here. Who are you?”
As Midge, Jake, Lucy and Booker-T started to walk out of the building after they took KoKo out of his cage for the trip to the big zoo across town, when Booker-T saw a tiny bird in a cage in the corner.
“Wow,” said Booker-T. “Look at that tiny bird in that cage.”
“Is it a baby bird?” asked Midge.
“Maybe,” said Lucy. “Lets go see the cute little bird.”
They walked to the cage where the little bird was walking around the bottom of the cage.
Midge and Booker-T were walking along the sidewalk on their way to Jake's house when Gabby flew down and landed on the sidewalk in front of them.
“Hey guy!” said Gabby. “What are you two doing?”
“Hi Gabby,” said Midge.
“We are on our way to Jake's house,” said Booker-T. “What are you doing?”
“I was just flying around and looking around,” said Gabby. “I went to the little zoo building to see what kind of animals are there today.”
“Do they have some neat animals there today?” asked Midge.
Midge was sitting on the porch looking at some kind of drawing he found in her back yard. Booker-T walked over and found her staring at the paper.
“Hi Midge,” said Booker-T. “What are you doing?”
“I found this in the back yard,” said Midge. “I think the wind blew it there. Do you know what it is?”
Booker-T stared at the paper. “It looks like a map of some kind,” suggested Booker-T. “It looks like some little humans drew it.”
“What kind of a map?” asked Midge.
Midge leaped into the chair next to Snappy's tank and stood on the back of the chair
and peaked over the edge of the tank.
“Good morning, Snappy,” said Midge. “What are you doing?”
“Hi Midge,” greeted Snappy as he crawled up onto the log and stood looking up at Midge. “What are you doing this morning?”
“Am going to Booker-T's house and we will walk over to Jake's house,” said Midge. “I like your pretty yellow flowers.”
“Our owner put them in here before she went to work,” said Snappy. “They smell so pretty too.”
“She likes pretty flowers,” said Midge. “She put some in a vase on the table by the sofa too.”
“They are pretty,” smiled Snappy.
“What are you guys going to do when you go to Jake's house?” asked Snappy.
“I don't know yet,” said Midge. “Maybe he has an idea or maybe Lucy has an idea.”
“Lucy is like you,” said Snappy.
“Why?” asked Midge.
“She likes to do human things like you do,” laughed Snappy.
“I know,” smiled Midge. “She is lot of fun.”
“Have fun today,” said Snappy.
“Have fun doing what?” asked Jake as he Lucy and Booker-T entered the room.
“Hey guys!” said Midge. “I was getting ready to walk to your house with Booker-T.”
“Lucy wanted to walk over here so she could say hi to Snappy,” said Jake.
“Hi Snappy,” smiled Lucy as she stood on her hind legs and put her paws on the side of the tank and pressed her nose to the glass of the tank.
“Hi there Lucy,” said Snappy.
“What kind of fun were you and Midge talking about?” asked Lucy. “Was it good?”
“She didn't know what you guy were going to do yet,” said Snappy. “Do you have something fun to do today?”
“I don't know yet,” said Lucy. “What do you want to do Midge?”
“Something fun,” smiled Midge. “Do you have an idea?”
“Booker-T and I are thinking,” said Jake. “But we don't have an idea yet.”
“You know what I want to do?” asked Lucy.
“What?” asked Jake.
“I want to try roller skating,” said Lucy. “They have the roller skates outside near the outside rink. We can try to do that today.”
“Are you going to try that again, Midge?” asked Booker-T.
“Sure,” said Midge. “Lets go and try. You and Jake can try it too.”
“Oh, no,” said Jake. “I think putting wheels on my feet would be hard to do.”
“You can do it,” snickered Lucy. “Lets go.”
“I think we are going to try roller skating,” said Midge as she climbed down from the chair. “See you later Snappy.”
“Have fun,” said Snappy.
The four crawled out the doggie door and hurried around the house to the front gate and strolled along the sidewalk to the roller skating rink near the skateboard ramp. In a rack next to the rink, they found the roller skates. Midge grabbed two skates and Lucy took two. Jake and Booker-T sat down near the rack.
“Do you want to try?” asked Midge.
“No,” said Jake. “You and Lucy try it.”
“Come on Booker-T,” said Lucy. “Come do it with us.”
“My feet don't like wheels,” said Booker-T.
“How do you know?” asked Lucy.
“All the way over here,” said Booker-T. “My feet kept saying “no wheels, Booker-T. No wheels.”
“Your feet talk to you?” asked Midge.
“Oh yes,” said Booker-T. “I have smart feet.”
“Oh very funny,” said Lucy.
“You two try it,” said Booker-T.
“If you can do it,” said Jake. “Booker-T and I will try.”
“Okay,” said Midge.
Midge and Lucy picked up the skates and walked onto the rink. Midge lifted one foot at a time and put it into a skate. Then the next one and when she put her fourth foot into a skate, the wheels started so roll.. Midge shuffled her feet trying to keep from falling. Faster her feet were sliding back and forth on the skates as she tried to keep from falling. She got them to slow down and then suddenly her feet rolled out from under her and she landed on her belly with all four feet going in a different direction.
“Ouch!” shouted Midge. “He guys, can you help me stand up!”
“You will just fall down again,” laughed Booker-T.
“Come on Booker-T,” said Jake. “Lets go help her up.
Lucy was standing very still breathing slow so her wheels would not move.
Jake and Booker-T helped Midge up to her feet and then in a few minutes her feet went out from under her again and she was back on the ground.
“Can you move, Lucy?” asked Jake.
“I don't think so,” said Lucy as she suddenly sneezed and her feet went out from under her and she was laying on the ground like Midge.
“I think wheels on our feet don't work too good,” laughed Lucy.
“Can you pull the skates off our feet?” asked Midge.
“You don't want to try again?” laughed Jake.
“No,” said Midge shaking her head. “I think Lucy is right. I can't stand with the wheels on my feet. I think roller skating is better for the humans to do.”
Jake and Booker-T pulled the skates off Lucy and Midge and they ran home to rest.
The four friends were sitting on the Midge's front porch trying to decide what they want to do for the day.
“What do you want to do, Midge?” asked Jake.
“I don't know,” said Midge. “What do you want to do?”
“We have done a lot of fun things,” said Jake. “Is there something new we can do?”
“Hey guys,” said Gabby as he flew down from the trees and landed on the porch railing. “What are you doing?”
Midge was sitting on the front porch watching the little humans on their way to school carrying their little lunch boxes. Booker-T ran along the sidewalk and came through the gate and sat down with Midge on the porch.
“Hi Booker-T,” greeted Midge. “What are you doing?”
“I walked over to see what you are doing,” said Booker-T looking at some more little humans walking along the sidewalk. “Who's that Midge.”
Midge looked up and saw a little human girl walking through the gate. “I don't know,” said Midge. “Does she look lost?”
“I don't know,” said Booker-T. “How do you know if someone is lost?”
Midge grabbed the lid off the trash can and strolled out the gate dragging it. She got to Booker-T's front gate and laid the can lid on the ground and ran to the back door. She crawled through the doggie door and entered the kitchen.
“Booker-T!” called Midge. “Where are you?”
“Hey Midge,” said Booker-T as he entered the kitchen. “What are you doing?”
“It's snowing out there and a lot of snow is on the ground,” smiled Midge. “I want to go ride the sled down the hill.”
“I thought the sled wasn't at your house now?” asked Booker-T.
