FURRYTALES

This is the tale of Eco Furry DD (Nickname Pavlos)

This is the tale of Eco Furry DD, who was born under a beautiful sleeping willow one bright and shiny moonlit night, in December 2009. His birthplace, a pretty but unassuming garden based in Challis Lane, resides quietly in the surrounding quaint and sleepy English countryside. Yet, it is no ordinary garden for it is home of the Eco Furries, a magical and mystical community intent on promoting a very important message. The message being, that we should one and all, do our very best we can, to look after our magnificent and wonderful world.

In agreement with his eco-furry kin DD decided he would flit and emigrate to the sunshine state in the USA. This way he and they both felt he could spread forth the Furry Tale message.
He arrived at Tampa on a Jumbo Jet and hitched a lift to New Port Richey, with his pals Yanka and Paul. They suggested that he should move in with their very good friends, Jodi And Bill and their 4 calico cats.They all received him with open arms and decided to nickname him Pavlos. They promised to take him on lots of trips across the beautiful and vast USA.

In February'10 he took a trip, in Bill and Jodi's Cherokee plane, to that magical place called Jekyll Island, in Georgia. Richard met them at the airport and Pavlos was pleased to be photographed with him. He insisted on taking him for a ride in his eco-friendly Red Bug Car, which Pavlos thought was fantastic. He also had dinner in Latitude with Cindy where he cracked jokes and shook hands with customers and staff. He particularly enjoyed the scrumptious house salad made of oranges, lemons and vinegar and chomped gaily on the tasty shrimp.

Later on he met Macajaih outside Vincent's Bar. He drank an orange juice and posed for more photos with Bill, Jodi and Stan. He listened intently as Stan reminisced and relayed funny and fascinating stories concerning various guests and events at the hotel. The next day he stopped for a coffee in café Solterre. A kind lady called Rashema let him sit on her shoulder as he posed for another photo. She also gave him a huge piece of deliciously dark, mouth watering, rich and cracking, Mississippi Mud Pie.

In the evening he sat on the hotel porch and had a little tête-à-tête with a bunch of squirrels. They were hopping and bopping about in the majestic 100 year old oak tree. When joined them in a cheery dance he felt his heart fill with joy. Later he gazed dreamily and happily as the divine sunset settled    
on Jekyll River. The colours cascaded from hot pink to scarlet red, blood orange and deep indigo.

Overwhelmed and breathless, he exclaimed to Bill and Jody "This is the most beautiful and brilliant
vision I have ever experienced in my life, I can't wait to tell my kin all about it. I feel they will be
inspired to write another song!". He was also conscious of a story his pal Yanka had told him about a
lady from Massachusetts who she'd met 2 years prior. The lady had said "When you see such beauty
you have to believe there is much more to this life, that there must be a God"

                                        Every day on Jekyll, the sun was shining big and strong and Pavlos felt blissful and brimming with
                                        life. On his last day he went on a bike ride with Bill and posed for a few last photos outside San Souci
                                        and Old Plantation House. He also visited the alligator pond, all the while smiling, chatting and flirting
                                        with folk, captivating one and all. Indeed, throughout his trip, no one could resist him and his merry
                                        ways, he was so charming, cute and entertaining. Most importantly, everyone who met him promised
                                        they would do all they could to keep our world a magnificent and wonderful place.

                                        Finally the time came for him to leave. Bill and Jodi had to go back to work and so he bid his friends
                                        a very fond farewell and what happened next is another story……

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