Where's Tippy?

            “Stop the boat!”  yowled Paws.  “Stop the boat.”

            “We gotta keep going!”  yowled Cory.

            “Stop the meowing boat,” yowled Paws again, “or I’ll start clawing all of your eyes.”

            The boat came to a screeching halt.  There was something about the tone of Paws’s voice that has kind of impact on other cats.

            There was grumbling, rumbling and then more screaming.  “Tippy!  Where you at dude?  Tippy!!!!!”

            But the ocean was so-so quiet…