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<DIV>Dis Brudder Elwood. My hebbins it be cold at me home. Da wind bee a blown
me earflaps, it bee real hard to lift me leg an not git da odder one wet cause
da wind kinnder make fings wander, iffin you catch me drift dat is. So I git me
bowl, Momma a getting ready to go fur da hound supportin job, and I git in me
crate. Oh, it nice an warm an I all cozy, ready fur me mornin snooze. I dreamin
bout me dinner bowl, an all ob a sudden me cage be a rattlin. I open me
eyeballz.</DIV>
<DIV>Now whut dat??</DIV>
<DIV>I fink I habbin a nitemare. It got gloovez, a hat on da headbone, summfin
on da face, boots on da toez, an lookie dat coat, an it a seyin Brudder Elwood,
it bee Momma, come on git up, go out a lift youze legbone agin.</DIV>
<DIV>Did we moobe?? Dooze we lib in da Laska now?? Why she gotz nuff stuff on
dat she nebber be cold, but she a moanin bout workin outside. She teke off all
da stuffz and she seyz why Elwood, I froze my butt off out dere for youze
houndies at me job todey.</DIV>
<DIV>Now I fink bout dis one. I gib her da eyeballz, and seyz No Momma, you
still gots da butt, but it moobe on round to youze belly. Lookie ober youze
pants, dere it be. It not froze, it not lost, it a jigglin all ober. It be
whut dey call reelocatin.</DIV>
<DIV>Brudder Elwood berry proud to help him Momma find dem missin parts.</DIV>
<DIV>Brudder Elwood git nudder ideeer, I seyz he Momma, kin youze sey
HO-HO-HO??? We git you new job, why you be perfect. Youze belly like a bowl full
ob jellie. Dat rite in da Chrismus storie, Brudder Elwood seyz dis be whut dey
call seesonal, so affer dat youze hab to go HOE-HOE-HOE likez Ebil Annie to keep
da Brudderz in style.</DIV>
<DIV>Ahhhhmmmm. Brudder Elwood goin to lock down now-but Merry Christmas to all,
and to all a good night. Dat in da book too.</DIV>
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