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"I'd like to," Jag said, a grin on his face as he sat up straight so he was taller. "If you'll allow, that is."

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Looking to, Rin with a nod before beginning, he looked all around and told the tale. "Once there was a cat who'd bet on anything and everything he could-- Most likely not for the reasons you'd think though. Yes, the cat was a rash ol' one you see. Got his eye clawed out because he'd lost one bet. Despite that though, he was honestly the luckiest tom I've ever known. Yes sirree', I'd reckon he'd bet you he could climb up a tree before you did, and if he won you'd have to pay him up a few mice for his troubles, or if he lost he'd have to sit at the bottom of a lake for one full heartbeat and come back up without drowning. Yup yup, he put a bet up for anything he saw that had the potential. So now, here ya' see, one day he'd caught a frog. He hadn't hunted it, really; It'd simply hopped over to him actually and began following him around, so he called it his pet. Him and his pet, ya' see, would always bet together, not just with the tom's decision but it was as well the frog's. No, the frog couldn't say a word of cat tongue, no sirree' but he sure did have that look in his eyes that just told you he was there on this very ground to win. Once, they'd bet a tiger he couldn't run as fast as the frog, and the tiger meant to prove him wrong, though when they'd gone up and done the race, the frog had leaped right past that tiger, yes sirree' what a fast fellow he was. The tiger owed him a deer for his troubles and a place to sleep, then he was on his way again, after a morning of bets of course. Oh, I forgot to mention, this tom was a rogue, always traveling around like the adventurer he was. In fact, his travels actually wound up turning his frog dead, no way no how did he see that very well, but he soon, yet again, found another pet. Now, this other pet was a stallion by the name of Riddly. Riddly let the tom travel more places, see more sites, and yes, they of course did it together, though Riddly was very stubborn and reluctant at times. Yes sirree', never seen a darned creature like 'em. The strongest monster I've ever seen, 'cuz wooo-hey, I swear he could crush everything his hoof touched! Riddly showed it, too, and when that was was when the tom betted a leader of a Clan, who knows which Clan, but a leader, who was the most feared creature in all the forests. Yes sirree', never seen anythin' like 'em. He bet his horse was stronger than the leader, so he arranged a wrestling match for the two, and boy was that tom right! Riddly broke the leader's arm, such a humorous sight to see, yes indeed, and Riddly never took the tom there again, and the tom never asked him to. In those travels, yet again, he found another pet, and boy he had quite the niche for taming animals, mhmm! He found a little bird that'd squawk as loud as thunder. Now I know some of you all might not find that very useful as a pet, but when you're a betting tom with a horse for your only friend you sort of get desperate-- or at least that's what I'd say, not sure what he'd really say, but I'm guessing. So he befriended the bird, called him Flappy. One day, it seemed he betted that Flappy could get to a tree and back faster-- The bird won. Tunnels and back faster. The bird won again. Through the trees and back faster, catch prey faster, nut crackin', turtle eatin'-- In all of them, the bird won, and he kept this streak. Till' one day, that was... In non-clan owned territory, there was a competition where other toms' pets had come together to see who could claim the most territory for themselves, you know, become loners. But they had to do it with pets or it wouldn't count, and the host would kick out all the cheaters and such. So, the bird and the tom rushed to claim territory, but suddenly the bird wouldn't fly as fast as usual, and it let out horribly loud squawks as it struggled to flap. As someone else rushed to claim the last open territory, the bird sped up, claimed it for the tom, but broke it's wing in the process. How this broke the tom's heart to see his little bird in so much pain, but he knew he had to put the darling out of it's misery. He had the horse kill the small dear with it's large hooves, a sad fate for the little critter. Dear had suffered for trying to help. But the tom was still a betting tom. So, now on his new land, he betted his neighbors, saying his horse could run faster than all of them combined, or else he'd give it to the fastest. Though, he thought his horse could actually win, he lost. So soon, there the tom was, no creature, spirit or soul to give him company or share the glory of his achievements. The tom, now so old, quit his betting, and retired to his home. A sad existence he realized he'd had, soon dying in his sleep and ungracefully eaten by scavengers." He ended, quite a sad story actually, but he liked the middle parts of it. To be honest he'd made stuff up as he'd gone along, and quite enjoyed it as well. Whether he won or not, enjoyed telling the tale and only hoped for comments he could appreciate and thoughtfully listen to.

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