{"id":990,"date":"2012-03-05T23:58:15","date_gmt":"2012-03-06T05:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.catdoodles.com\/dailydoodle\/?p=990"},"modified":"2012-03-06T07:21:31","modified_gmt":"2012-03-06T13:21:31","slug":"the-rite-of-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.catdoodles.com\/dailydoodle\/2012\/03\/05\/the-rite-of-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rite of Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-991 alignright\" title=\"Charlotte Practicing Ballet\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catdoodles.com\/dailydoodle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/charl_dancepractice-400.jpg\" alt=\"Charlotte Practicing Ballet\" width=\"400\" height=\"688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.catdoodles.com\/dailydoodle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/charl_dancepractice-400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.catdoodles.com\/dailydoodle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/charl_dancepractice-400-174x300.jpg 174w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In the Spring a young cat\u2019s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of pink tutus. Or at least Miss Charlotte\u2019s have, ever since it was announced that open auditions would be held for a new local production of Stravinsky\u2019s ballet, The Rite of Spring.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Every night, long after the other cats and mice have gone to bed, Charlotte has been up practicing her arabesques and plies into the wee hours.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Today was her final tutu fitting with her personal costumer, Aaron, before tomorrow\u2019s auditions. In anticipation, she\u2019s been dieting\u2014forgoing whole milk in favor of 2%, and limiting her intake of Girl Scout Cookies to only 2 or 3 per sitting, instead of her customary 4. And her discipline shows: Her costume fits like a dream.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-992\" title=\"Charlotte Costume Fitting\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catdoodles.com\/dailydoodle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/charlotte_fitting_640.jpg\" alt=\"Charlotte Costume Fitting\" width=\"640\" height=\"753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.catdoodles.com\/dailydoodle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/charlotte_fitting_640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.catdoodles.com\/dailydoodle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/charlotte_fitting_640-254x300.jpg 254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-1002\" title=\"Blackie and Cupid\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catdoodles.com\/dailydoodle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/blackie_cupid_4002.jpg\" alt=\"Blackie and Cupid\" width=\"324\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.catdoodles.com\/dailydoodle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/blackie_cupid_4002.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.catdoodles.com\/dailydoodle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/blackie_cupid_4002-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.catdoodles.com\/dailydoodle\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/blackie_cupid_4002-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 324px) 100vw, 324px\" \/>Never mind that The Rite of Spring is not really a pink tutu kind of ballet. Charlotte will undoubtedly find that out soon enough. In the meantime, I hate to burst her bubble, and she does look so pretty in pink.<\/p>\n<p>Blackie definitely thinks so, too. In Spring, just as Charlotte\u2019s fancy turns to thoughts of tutus, Blackie\u2019s turns to thoughts of Charlotte, all the more.<\/p>\n<p>Happy Monday Night!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the Spring a young cat\u2019s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of pink tutus. 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