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<p class=MsoNormal>It’s me again – Norm!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>It has been B-U-T-ful weather here is SE Michigan and I love
to be outside. Opie and I have so much fun. We wrestle, play
alligator mouth, chase squirrels, sniff everything, lay in the sun, debark the
trees, play with the rocks (Mom hates that), play tag and find treasures. Just
yesterday, I found this BIG old petrified mushroom growing on a tree and I
pulled it off. Opie and I had a great game of “keep-away”
going until mom spoiled it and took my ‘shroom away from me. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>But that isn’t what I wanted to tell you about.
Opie and I play all the time. Lately our favorite games are Alligator
Mouth and Wrestle Mania. Although these are different games, Alligator
Mouth usually leads into Wrestle Mania. That’s what happened
yesterday. Opie and I were playing Alligator Mouth in the back
yard. It was pretty much a tie game. You can tell it’s a tie
by how slimy we are. We both had slimy all over our heads and backs and
both of our tongues were hangin’ out to the ground, since we had been
playing so hard. I went over to lay in the shady grass to rest.
Opie went to inspect Uncle Morie’s rock garden – or so I
thought. Just as I was dozin’ off for a little nap, WHOMP!
Opie jumped on me! I didn’t know what hit me and I sure didn’t
know that we were going to play Wrestle Mania. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>After a 309234 nickzillion seconds, I got me head goin’
in the right direction, and our game of Wrestle Mania was underway. We
jumped on each other, be pulled each other’s legs out from under each
other, we rolled in the grass, we rolled on the patio, we made “play
fight” noises, we pulled on ears, we grabbed scruffs – it was
great! Wrestling is SOOOO much fun! Then it happened – Opie pinned
me to the ground! Now, ‘member, Opie is only 5 months old and I am
11 months old; Opie is skinny and I am not; Opie is 10 pounds lighter than I am
– BUT Opie is one LOOONNNNGGGG doggie. Opie rolled me over, then he
layed his LOOONNNGGG body over me like a snake – in a big long snake “S”.
As hard as I tried, I couldn’t get up! Then to make matters worse,
Mom saw all this and started counting – 1 …. 2…. (I wiggled
to the left) 3…..4….. (I wiggled to the right) 5….6….
(I pulled on Opie’s ears) 7…..8….. (I growled and
barked) 9….10! OH NO! He had me
down for the count! How embarrassing! I got beat by my baby brother
– Opie! AND – Mom was laughing at me! How humiliating!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Gotta go eat some Wheaties!
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<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 – The Wrestling
Champion<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Sandi Wittenberg – Mom to the Red Bay Basset Boys<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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