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<p class=MsoNormal>It’s me again – Norm!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Now that I am one year old, I know a lot of stuff about a
lot of stuff. One thing I thought I knew all about was snakes – but
I learned something new today. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>This is what I already knew – my dad has a big green
snake that he keeps in a box in the back yard. Mom gets this snake out
and squeezes its head to make water come out to give her flowers a drink.
Sometimes, if I look like I might be thinkin’ about eating a rock, Mom
squeezes the snake’s head really hard and squirts water at me.
Then, Dad puts this twirly thingy on the snake’s head and it squirts
water round and round in a big circle. Opie and I like to chase the water
sometimes – but we really like to grab the snake and move the twirly
thingy. Dad makes us stop ‘coz he says we will make the snake leak.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Dad also has a medium size brown snake that lives all curled
up on the side of the house by the driveway. Mom uses this snake to give
her other flowers a drink (she has 2435 nickzillion hanging baskets). But
this snake has a special job – it helps Dad wash the van and the truck.
Dad puts a funny hat on the snake and then pushes the snake all over the
van. The snake foams at the mouth and then the van gets clean. Dad
also uses this snake when we get a bath outside. I really like this snake
‘coz warm water comes out of its mouth.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Then today, I learned about another snake. This snake
was itty-bitty teeny-weeny and it lives under a big pine tree in my big back
yard. I was just mosey-ing around, sniffin’ and explorin’
this morning when I saw it. At first, I thought it was a stick – oh
boy – a new stick and Opie didn’t see it yet! When I went
over to it and tried to pick it up – it MOVED! WAIT – STICKS DON’T
WIGGLE AND MOVE! I stopped – I watched – I tried again!
It moved again! Then, Opie had to come over and put his fat nose into my
snake exploration – I yelled at him. That was a mistake ‘coz
it made Mom look out there to see what we were doing. Sure enough –
she came all the way out there in her bare feet and jammies – this was
not going well. Let me tell you, when she saw that snake – well, I
didn’t know she could move that fast. My tougher-than-nails Mom is
scared of itty-bitty teeny-weeny wiggly snakes!! <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Anyway, she made me and Opie go in the house and she made
Dad move the snake out of my yard. If the little snake is out there
tomorrow, I’m not going to yell at Opie, so Mom won’t find out.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Drools to ya!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Norm (and the rest of the Red Bay Gang)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Grady, Hoagie, Johnny & 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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