Wut ar yew posed ta dew, wen yew jus wanna spen sum tym by yurownself, ponduring da deep meening uv lyfe? Wen yew gotz sebenteen bruvvers an sisfurs dat wont leev yew alon fur tew sekunds? I fot I found a way. See, we gots dees treez in ar bakyard an we neffur go up dem. Oh, we tryd, but dares dis fence fingy inna way. But I knowed dat dere hadda be a way up, cuz I chased tree rats up dere befur. So, I lukked an lukked fur a way tew git up dere, an finallee found a way, but I'm not telling, cuz ifn I dew, sumwun will blab tew Meowmie and she'll blab to paw and he'll fix it sew I cant git up dere agin. Enneeway, I wuz up dare, enjoyin dis tym tew myownself, lukkin aroun at da wurld (I cud see fureffer) and lukkin fur a tree rat an mabee sum burdees, wen I heerd meowmie call. tym fur us kiddees tew go inna hows. She gotted effurybudee in but me an I sed "meowmie, Ize up heer, way hi inna tree". She lukked and lukked onna ground fur me, she lukked inna nayburs yard, an finally, she lukked up inna tree. "Hihihihihi!! meowmie," I sed. "I'm okay, I'm jus finkin bowt lyfe up heer." She skweeled wif delyte wen she seed how high up I wuz. Den I showed hur how I kud walk ofur tew da naybur's yard. Well, I wuz ofur da naybur's yard an it wuz a longlong way down. She kept sayin, benny, benny, yew little spit, come down, benny. Well, didunt she reeuhlyz dat a boy needs sum tym tew hisownself? So, tew mayk hur feel beddur, I told her tew bring up my dinnur, I wuz gitten furry hungry. She runned inna hows, and I wuz happee dat she wuz bringin me dinnur. But she didunt haf enny fud wen she caym bak. She sed "I just payjed yur paw wif da murgencee code, he'll be home soon an git yew down". Git me down? Meowmie, I lyk it up heer. Jus bring me my dinnur. Den paw drived up an caym inna bakyard, told meowmie tew go git a bag tew carry me in. Paw and meowmie eksamund da tree, an den Paw started climbin, tew. I wuz happee, cuz I wantud tew shar dis wunnurful plays wif him. He finally got as hi as me an he asked me tew pleez come ofur tew him. I did and he grabbed me!! an he holded me close to him an sed, "it's okay benny, we'll git yew down. You'll be okay." Hmmmph. I wuz alreddy okay. But it wuz furry nice being smurgled by paw so far up inna tree. Den he showed me da bag an I sed, I aint gitten in dat fing, Ize way tew big. And he greed and told meowmie dat he new I wuz tew big fur dat bag. Sew, dere we wur, me an Paw, sittin inna tree, lukkin at da wurld an ponderin da meenin uv lyfe. Paw sed, "Benny we gotta try tew git down, now. So, jus hold on tite, okay?" No. I tried tew go bak up an Paw sed "spit" meowmie sed "wut happened?" (it wuz gitten dark and meowmie duzunt see to gud inna dark wifout glasses). Paw sed, "he tryed tew git away". Den Paw got ahold uv me agin, and he went down da tree a little bit. Den we jus sat dere, me on his lap and him holdin tew da tree wif one paw and pettin me wif da uvver. it wuz so peecful, I didunt want it tew end. Den he put da bag down tew meowmie, furry careful cuz he didunt wanna end up onna ground so kwik. Den he asked meowmie "how high kin yew reech?" She sed "dis hi" an stretched. So, paw sed, "I'm gonna hand him down tew yew". Well, we jus sat dere an didunt dew much. Den Paw sed, go git da uvver bag. In to da hows runs meowmie, she came bak owt wif dis big grey bag an stretched an paw wuz jus abul to grab it. Den he sed "Benny, yew gotta git in dis bag" an I lukked in it an sed Okay. Luks lyk fun wut da hek. I didunt wanna put my paws in an he sed "benny yew gotta put yer paws in" an helped me da bes dat he cud. finally, I wuz all nice inna bag an he handed me down tew meowmie. She petted me den let me outta da bag and I runrunrunned to da hows fur dinnur, cuz I wuz furry hungree by now. Meowmie letted me in an I ated den I taked a longlong nap.

Paw fixed dat barrier sew I can't git bak inna tree. So, now, wut am I gonna dew wen I wanna be alone?

(Benny's kwest fur kwyet is continued on the next page)