Tatlow The Sailor - Part Seventeen by J.M.Okano

     New Orleans came next in Saskia and Tatlow's journey, a city where they met up with a saxophone player named Kazuhiro.  His loud practicing nearly drove Tatlow up the wall.  He raised the roof nearly telling him not to play.  Saskia had to be the peacemaker and tell Kazuhiro how wonderful he sounded, and ask him to play only when Tatlow wasn't around.  Kazuhiro complied and peace reigned once again.
      We haven't said much about Sponsible the cow for a while.  She was very popular with some of the children of New Orleans for giving them rides on her back.

     Kazuhiro had a hopping contest in the hotel room, on one leg, while singing a Japanese song about badgers.  The neighbour called and said,

     "Could you please hop on two legs as I can't go to sleep if you're just hopping on one leg."

     "Certainly," said Kazuhiro.

     So as not to make too much noise, he left his late-night-snack dishes in the sink to be washed in the morning.  The neighbour called again.

     "When are you going to wash those dishes?"  he asked.  "I can't go to sleep until you've done them."

     "Well, I'm too tired to wash them now, but I'll wash them in the morning," replied Kazuhiro.

    "Fine," said the neighbour and went back to bed.

     Musicians and other entertainers  who've been out late at night doing a show usually sleep in the next morning to catch up, which is what Saskia, Tatlow and Kazuhiro did.

     The neighbour called.

     "Are you alright?  I thought you were in bed too long!"  he said.

     Saskia, Tatlow and Kazuhiro had a good laugh and arose for the day.

  TO BE CONTINUED