When the one woman zoo keeper came back in to feed us next time, I tried to get her attention by waving a paw at her. She chuckled in amusement at my antics. "Want some attention, do you?" I nodded vigorously. "Well, I'm just here to feed you two, and then I've got to go." I shook my head and whined. She laughed. "I almost think you understood me." I nodded again so hard it felt my head would fall off.
A little uncertainty came into her eyes. "This has to be a coincidence." I shook my head. "Well... if you do understand me, roll over." I immediately rolled over onto my back. "Beg." I rolled back on my front and tried to look pitiful. "Uh... shake." I sat and offered my paw. "Well, at least someone trained you well!" I snarled and shook my head. "Well, count to three!"
She blinked when I patted the ground with a paw three times. "Uh, what's five plus two?" I patted the ground seven times. "This is weird..." I moved forward and stuck a paw out through the bars of the cage and pointed at the stone.
The woman looked uneasily in the direction I was pointing. "You want the chair?" I shook my head. "The light switch?" I shook my head and felt my tail lash in frustration. I waved my paw lower. "There's nothing else there but... where did this stone come from?" The woman flinched as both Karyn and I yowled at almost the same time. "You... you want this?" I nodded hard!
Looking spooked, the woman walked over and picked up the wishing stone and turned it over in her hands. "This is a strange one," she muttered. She walked closer and bent down by the cage. I could finally see her name tag enough to read it -- Anne. "So you want this rock?" I started to nod, then hesistated. I shook my head. "You don't want this rock?" I started to shake my head, then growled a little in frustation. I awkwardly tried to wave a paw at Anne, trying to indicate her. I wanted her to have the rock, so she could make a wish for us!
Anne looked confused. "I don't get it." She looked down at the stone in her hand, and then at the two leopards who were looking anxiously at her. "This rock is important?" Both Karyn and I nodded vigorously and Karyn yowled faintly. "Geeze. This is so weird. I feel like I'm in an episode of the X-Files! I wish ...
