So last night about 3am I was awakened in a start.
I had been dreaming of the freakin’ Boohbah! I changed channels on the TV to 113 – nice boring history stuff. I gave Seachele a peck and nestled all snug.
BOOOOOOOBAAAAAAAAH!
What the heck? I wasn’t even asleep yet and already I’m letting this thing get to me. It was still going – the whole boobah song. I got up and looked around partly to make sure I was awake and partly to make sure boohbah hadn’t come back as an evil ghost boohbah (i’ve read about them but didn’t believe it) to suck my brain out while I slept.
nothing
I turned on every light in the house and looked in every closet. I checked the dogs’ water bowl to make sure it hadn’t sucked it dry.
nothing
I went back and got in bed after making sure Nathanga was breathing and all the dogs were ok. I hadn’t seen Maddy but sometimes she sleeps under the bed.
UNDER THE BED!
right about then the sound came back – the wiggly giggly song, the one he sings when you squeeze his foot – RIGHT UNDER THE BED!
I knew I heard it this time and jumped out of bed – there was Boohbah being chewed relentlessly by Maddy. She had hid him under the bed for a couple weeks and had been gnawing him to bits but he was still alive!
I put maddy in the cage and snuggled boohbah in bed with me. and slept.