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<p class=MsoNormal>It’s me again – Norm!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I have been thinkin’ and I have decided that life is
so unfair. I was suppose to go to the dog show yesterday and today but I
am still in jail. Johnny got to go to the dog show instead. He got
a blue ribbon yesterday and a red ribbon today. AND I smelled liver on
his breath! What did I get – NOTHING! I didn’t get to
go bye-bye in the van, I didn’t get any cheese, I didn’t get any
liver and I didn’t get any ribbons! <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>To add insult to injury (yeah, I am still limping a little
bit), when Johnny went to the dog show yesterday, he invited everybody to come
here for lunch today. I knew something was up last night. Mom was in
the kitchen cookin’ up a storm! I smelled fajitas – yummy –
I think they were cooking in some beer stuff called Corona. Then I
smelled tacos cookin’. Then this morning, there was the unmistakable
smell of chicken. Yep, it was Mom’s secret recipe for chicken
enchiladas! So here I was all morning, smelling all these good smells and
sitting in my jail cell. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Then, I heard 3453 nickzillion vans pulling into my
driveway. I heard voices of people I didn’t know. I sniffed
the air and I smelled bassets I didn’t know. And all of these
people and bassets were in MY backyard. Do you think I got to go out and
visit with them? NO! Do you think I got to go out and try to snatch
some food? NO! Did I get to go out and play with the other
bassets? NO! OPIE got to go out and play with his
sister, Ouija. I could hear them playing! I was NOT happy!
Finally, Dad came and let Grady and me go out and visit with the people –
but I still couldn’t play! And, you know what the worst
part was??? Aunt Melissa, Gramma Jo and Aunt Bonnie from Michigan Basset
Rescue were all here and they didn’t RESCUE ME! <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Life is definitely UNFAIR!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Drools to ya!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Norm (and the rest of the Red Bay Gang)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Grady, Hoagie, Johnny and Opie<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Sandi Wittenberg – Mom to the Red Bay Basset Boys<o:p></o:p></p>
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