Rose Scent Adventure
The three—Hoesaegi, Kkamnyangi, and Sapsaree—woke up and, as if they had made a promise, headed straight for the front glass window of the living room.
When it rained, they would watch the rain pouring down from the living room, and when the weather was nice, after the hyungs opened the windows, the three would go out together and patrol every corner of the yard to make sure everything was safe overnight.
The three loved walking around in the yard of Golmokjib. It wasn't that they disliked rainy days, though. Watching the rain fall heavily from the living room was fun. But waking up to go for a walk was better.
And today was nice, so the strong hyung opened the window.
“Hey, I'll make breakfast, so go play!”
The three wagged their tails and went out to the yard.
Sigh~
Sapsaree opened his mouth wide and took in the scent deeply.
Then, he started sniffing with his nose twitching.
Hoesaegi and Kkamnyangi next to him also twitched their small noses to smell the scent, and all three's eyes widened at the same time. [New scent!]
Kkik, Sapsaree's steps quickened as he followed the scent.
Then Kkamnyangi followed Hoesaegi. [Good scent.]
As they followed, Hoesaegi's mouth curved up.
This scent would make the park warm day or night.
So Hoesaegi liked this scent. [Warm scent!]
The three walked to the place where small flower buds were hanging all over.
[Here! Here on the sharp tree, the scent is coming!]
The sharp tree was the rose bush.
The three had named it that because of the thorns sticking out on the branches.
Sapsaree walked closer to the rose bush and took a deep breath.
[Good! It's good, too good!]
Hoesaegi and Sapsaree said it was good.
Kkamnyangi and Sapsaree memorized what Hoesaegi said. They wanted to remember because the hyung liked it.
Sapsaree took one more step closer to the sharp thorns.
Even though it was good, since the hyung said it was good, it felt closer.
Branches brushed against his long fur, but Sapsaree didn't notice.
However, Hoesaegi and Kkamnyangi did.
They were the ones responsible for dozens of cats.
When Sapsaree's fur touched the rose thorns, both their eyes flashed at the same time. [Good! But Sapsari, don't go too close! Thorns hurt!]
[Yes. Sapsari, be careful.]
Hoesaegi and Kkamnyangi, who had lived in the park for a long time, knew how dangerous rose thorns were.
Many subordinates had suffered pricks because they were captivated by the rose scent.
The cats sincerely warned Sapsari. [Understood! There it is!]
Sapsaree didn't go closer and sat there, sniffing the scent with his nose twitching.
A caring atmosphere.
The three enjoyed the new scent that came to Golmokjib in a warm atmosphere.
The three who felt good from the rose scent ate breakfast deliciously and went to the animal hospital.
When they arrived at the animal hospital, they acted as usual.
First, they went around the animal hospital once and visited the friends in the 2nd floor ward.
They sniffed, checked their health, reported to the hyung, and then it was snack time.
After eating the delicious snacks, they went to their preferred places to rest.
In the morning, they mostly rested on the 1st floor, and in the afternoon, they went to the 2nd floor playground to rest.
It was the same today.
Hoesaegi and Kkamnyangi went to the cat tower prepared on the 1st floor and lay down, and Sapsaree lay on the cushion below.
At first, the three just closed their eyes and perked their ears, but soon they fell asleep.
The three who were snoring gently and sleeping peacefully soon fell into a deep sleep like night sleep.
Hoesaegi and Kkamnyangi lying on their backs with their bellies to the sky.
Below them, Sapsaree lying sideways and sleeping comfortably.
Puhapuhapuh.
Khhuh~
Drurung drureung.
Among the three who had been in deep sleep for a while, Kkamnyangi's nose twitched.
Then Sapsaree's nose and Hoesaegi's nose also moved.
Kkik.
The three were still sleeping and sniffing the scent coming in with their noses.
It was the good sharp thorn scent from the morning. [Kkung, good!]
Sapsaree mumbled in his sleep.
Then the cats also grumbled. [Warm scent. Sleep well.] [Let's go find food.]
At the moment when Kkamnyangi's mouth said "go find food", all three opened their eyes at the same time. [Food!]
[Let's go!]
[Let's go find it!]
The three who opened their eyes looked around in confusion.
It wasn't a park, nor a lonely mountain where they lived alone.
It was right the place they liked most, or second most, the Meongmeong Animal Hospital.
The three soon had comfortable expressions and found where the scent was coming from.
The source of the scent was right outside the window. [Getting stronger and stronger!]
[Hyung's scent is also coming!]
[Kkongi is coming!]
After a while, when a bouncing object coming from far away entered the field of vision, Sapsaree smiled. [Kkongi! Ttangkhongi hyung is coming too!]
Kkongi was jumping with his short legs bouncing, and Ttangkhongi was being carried by his guardian.
After a while, the three greeted Ttangkhongi and Kkongi. [Hyung! Kkongi, welcome! Brothers, how have you been?]
Normally, the five would gather and ask about each other's well-being, but the three's interest was elsewhere.
Kkik.
The three put their noses on Ttangkhongi and Kkongi's bodies and sniffed. [Warm scent! Good scent! Good scent from hyung and Kkongi!]
The protectors laughed seeing the three sniffing Ttangkhongi and Kkongi's bodies at the same time.
“Oh, you, does our Ttangkhongi have a delicious scent?”
“Did you notice that Kkongi ate meat in the morning? Hoho.”
However, the five continued their conversation unrelated to the protectors' talk. [Hyungs, we went to the park yesterday and it was super fun! The scent was good too. We played a lot!]
[What does that mean?]
Sapsaree tilted his head, and Ttangkhongi explained. [Yesterday, I took Kkongi brother to play in the car, and there were many flowers there. We rolled in the flower field full of good scent flowers.]
Hearing that, Sapsaree asked in surprise. [Scent is good, can roll? Doesn't hurt?]
[No, none of it hurt!]
Hoesaegi showed interest. [Yes. It was fun. Kkongi brother rolled and played, and I took a nap. And ate delicious meat.]
[Yes, there were many new scents. It was very fun!]
[Yes. Really fun.]
The three's eyes sparkled at the words "nosework is very fun".
It was because the scent sniffing game they had learned from Benji and his friends a while ago vividly came to mind. [Me too! I want to go!]
[Me too!]
The two who learned how fun it was to find unknown scents rolled around, and Kkamnyangi added. [Me too!]
[Let's go!]
[Yes, let's go.]
[Good! Let's go!]
The three decided to go to the flower field where Ttangkhongi and Kkongi had played happily.
The three hurried to the entrance, but Hoesaegi stopped abruptly.
Then he turned to the two and said. [We have to tell the hyung.]
[Ah, right. Have to tell.]
[Yes. Let's tell Hyungnim and go.]
The three walked to Lee Jun.
Lee Jun was talking with Ttangkhongi and Kkongi's protectors. [Hyung! We want to go somewhere!]
[Yes, we're going for a scent play.]
[Like Benji hyung!]
Lee Jun, who had already heard the conversation of the five and guessed what the three wanted to do, said. [Really? Want to go flower play?]
[What is flower play? Different from scent play?]
[You liked the rose flowers blooming in the garden this morning. The one with sharp thorns.]
The three nodded.
[The scent from the sharp thorns is rose flower, right? Want to go to a place where many such flowers are blooming?]
[Want to! But thorns hurt!]
[Yes. Let's go for scent play!]
[Let's go! Hyung let's go!]
With their strong will, Lee Jun smiled and said. [Then let's do this. Today we have to take care of the sick friends, so let's go after six nights.]
[We have to take care of the sick friends! Understood! After six nights go!]
[Yes. After six nights go!]
[Let's go! Hehe let's go! We're going to do the scent play we did with Benji hyung!]
Kkongi's ears perked up and down. [Hyungs, can I go too? I want to play with hyungs!]
[Hmm, what if we all go together?]
Ttangkhongi, who knew from past picnics that playing together is more fun, looked at Lee Jun and suggested. [Yes, that would be good.]
That evening, a notice was posted in the Meongmeong Animal Hospital group chat.
It was a notice about the spring picnic.
It said that on Sunday, the spring picnic would be held to promote friendship and health of the animals at Meongmeong Animal Hospital in spring.
From that night, Hoesaegi, Kkamnyangi, and Sapsaree waited impatiently for the picnic day, tapping their toes.
It wasn't that the three were just waiting.
In the morning, they went out to the yard to check how much stronger the rose scent had become, and when they went to the Meongmeong Animal Hospital, they focused on the scent finding game. [Hyung's room, the scent from the 2nd floor is the same!]
[Same scent from that room!]
[Hyung, when that puppy Donggeuli burped, the scent came out.]
Their sense of smell, which had always helped in treatment, became even sharper.
As they practiced, the long-awaited picnic finally came.
Then, the animals sang happily.
Warm scent~ Hong! Sleeping anywhere~ Ong! On the tree~ Hong! Wall~ Hong! Eheheong!
Fragrant scent~ Yo! Happy us~ Yo! No fighting~ Yo!
Sapsaree walking at the back raised his voice while listening to Hoesaegi and Kkamnyangi's "Hong! Yo!" [Ehehe ehehe good!]
It just meant that this moment was good.
The ones around followed Sapsaree's excitement.
Ehehe joy! Good day! Good! Hihi good. Good!
Mongi, Kkongi, Ttangkhongi, Mongsil also had excitement bubbling out of their mouths.
Sapsaree and the Som-mungchi behind, and the little ones riding on the backs of the Rascal Trio.
Donggeuli riding on Kkotnimi's back sang loudly. [Oppa! Unnies! Too good! Ehehe!]
Kkotnimi mumbled to Donggeuli's song. [Donggeuli is pretty ehehe!]
Then Sapsaree received it. [Kkotnimi is also handsome! Ehehe!]
This time Jageun Hoesaegi received it. [Sapsari hyung is handsome! Ehehe!]
The excitement grew as the praise relay continued.
As the praise continued, finally they arrived at the destination, Flower Hill. [Ehehe scent good! Ehehe roll as much as you want! Ehehe I'll go first!]
Thud, Kkamnyangi lay down on the grassy field full of flowers. [Ehehe! Me too lie!]
Hoesaegi also rolled around lying down. [Ehehe hyung me too lie!]
Sapsaree lay down, and all the other dogs and cats lay down.
Yeolmu, who doesn't usually sit on soft cushions, blinked her eyes and looked at the friends lying on the grass floor.
Then she said quietly. [...
This cat also wants to lie.]
The entire Meongmeong Animal Hospital friends were lying on the hill.
Hoesaegi, lying down, turned his head to look around and smiled faintly. [Really good!]
Kkamnyangi also turned his head like Hoesaegi to look around. [This is the first time it's so comfortable. Yes! The soil is really soft! Yes.]
Hoesaegi and Kkamnyangi, for the first time after becoming leaders, rolled freely on the grass without any worries.