The Greys Chapter 10: Clones
#11 of The Greys
The Jeeves and the Pastry Truck convoyed back to town, passing by rows and rows of fields full of various different grains, fruits, and vegetables. Gideon had wished his cousin would have joined him in the truck. It would have given them a chance to talk and get to know one another on the half hour drive to town, but if they'd done that, Kody wouldn't have had any transportation.
Meeting his new cousin had been odd to say the least. Aunt Jo said that he looked like his daddy, but since Gideon had never had any reference point, it seemed more like Kody looked like Gideon himself or Gideon's father, Joshua. There was definitely a family resemblance between the three tods, though, Kody looked a bit different since he had no brown on him. The fox chuckled, "I bet half them'll think he's my long lost brother."
He was correct. The first person the two had met after Gideon and Kody had pulled into the driveway behind the bakery was Travis. The black-footed ferret did a double take the first time he saw the two foxes. "You get a clone or something," he asked as he looked them up and down, "cause having two of you would really help getting more pies made."
Gideon let out a boisterous laugh at his friend, slapping his knee as he held onto his belly, "Naw, Travis. This's mah cousin, Kody."
The ferret looked very confused, "Cousin? How come I've never seen or heard of you before? You a distant relative or something?"
Kody shook his head, "First cousins."
Gideon's laugh died down to a low chuckle, "It's a long story, Travis. I'm still wrappin' my noggin' round it m'self."
Travis looked Kody up and down, "Well, I can see the resemblance." The ferret stuck out his hand, "Travis."
The tod gave the other mammal a firm handshake, "Kody."
"Nice t'meet you. I'd chat longer, but Gideon and I have to get back to work," Travis replied with a smile. Unfortunately, Gideon had to disagree with his friend, "Hate t'tell ya this, Travis, but I'm takin' th'resta th'day off. Gotta show my cousin around town."
The ferret blinked a few times before letting out a sigh. He wasn't going to fight it, mostly because Gideon had made sure to leave a good number of pies ready for baking before he'd left earlier, so at least there would be some fresh ones for the evening rush. "All right," he said, "But it means you'll probably have to work tomorrow to stay ahead of the curve on Monday."
Gideon just chuckled, "Travis. I live here. Course I'll be able t'get 'headda curve. I'll see ya Mundy." Slowly, he made his way around the ferret, beckoning his cousin to follow him.