Something NEW

The other day, a box came into the house.  It had scratchy noises inside.  I was curious of course, but the box went into a room I couldn't enter.  I heard my mom talking in her high voice - not the one she uses when I'm doing something naughty.  Not like "NO, Hansel" - more like "oooo, you sweet little puff ball and stuff like that."  Later I discovered she really was talking to a puff ball.  She was holding it and carrying it around.  She showed me the puffy thing - I was a bit confused.  No noise came from the fluffy thing, but somehow I knew she was a new toy for me.  It walked and ran and hid.  I suppose it was a new game.  I played along.  Sometimes it would come over real close and I couldn't help but hiss and back off.  It was all so new and nothing I had experienced before.  That night, Mama, Marie, me, and my new toy slept in one room.  I hissed for a while, but by morning, I figured it all out.  My fluffy toy was a miniature ME.  I licked her ears, back, and tail.  I just had to lay my paw on her back and she was all mine.  She sometimes made a little squeal and started playing the hiding game again, but then she would come back.  I think she liked me.  It's been 3 days now and she has a name now.  She's Coco.  Mama says she's courageous like Coco Chanel and sweet as cocoa.  I like her so much and hope she keeps playing games.  I was getting a little tired of playing ball.  I have a playmate!!  So that's what's new - Coco, my girlfriend.