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Desiree was glad to know that there were safety charms in place. Now she could let the cute little moke out of her tank without having to worry about her getting hurt if another teddy rat transformation happened. It couldn’t be much fun staying cooped up in that tank all the time! As she stuck her hand inside, the moke crawled up her arm, and she giggled as she perched on her shoulder. “There, that’s better, isn’t it…” Her voice trailed off as she realized she didn’t know Miss Moke’s real name. “Minnie...” she read the sticker. Minnie Moke… that sort of sounds like Minnie Mouse, she thought with another giggle to herself at what a fitting name that was. This Minnie was just as friendly as the Disney character!
Giving Minnie a little pat on the head, she turned her attention to Professor Paton. Ooh, they were going to create a habitat for the reptiles? That sounded fun… provided she stayed in her human form long enough to do the activity! Her mind was already buzzing with ideas for Minnie’s terrarium. She’d need food and water, of course, some rocks to sit on, a hammock to sleep in style, some plants to hide behind in case she wanted to be alone, and a heat lamp to keep her warm. Was the lamp enough, or would she need a heating pad too? She’d figure that out later.
First things first, that tank was waaaay too small to hold all of Desiree’s ideas! She fixed that with a quick charm. “There, now you’ll have lots of room,” she said, petting the little moke still perched on her shoulder. “Let’s get you some supplies. Want to come?” She stuck her arm in the tank, just in case Minnie wanted to crawl down, but she seemed content where she was. Looked like she was coming with Desiree to the front!
She returned to her seat a few minutes later with an armload of reptile supplies and set everything on the ground in front of her, taking care not to jostle Minnie from her perch. Now to get to work! She carefully packed some dirt on the bottom of the tank to make a nice soft surface. Then she placed a heat lamp in one corner of the tank, added a heating pad just in case, and stacked some rocks in front to make a space for Minnie to sit in the “sun”. In another corner, she arranged some tall, leafy plants for a nice, secluded place for Minnie to hide. Who knows, she might like to eat the leaves too. She’d read that some lizards ate leaves. Were mokes among them?
Speaking of food, that was the next thing on Desiree’s to-do list. She filled up a food dish with crickets and placed it in another area of the tank. A quick Aquamenti filled the water dish, and she put that in the tank beside the food dish. Now Minnie had an area for warmth, an area for hiding, and an area for food. Now she needed an area to sleep and an area to play, of course! Desiree attached a hammock to one side of the tank and scattered some rocks and sticks throughout for MInnie to climb or sit on. When she was done, she looked at the little moke on her shoulder and said, “What do you think?”
She lowered her arm for Minnie to climb down, watching with a smile as the moke immediately perched on the rocks by her new heat lamp.. Desiree would take that as a sign of approval!
__________________ Old voices I had thought long since dead whisper of another life I might have led
If I could take that second chance, If I could make my life anew, If only dreams came true... |