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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>It’s me again –
Norm!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>We have 9 nickzillion inches
of snow today. Dad has been outside plowing and snow blowing. That makes Mom
happy. Mom has been cooking and baking. That makes us happy. I wrote a poem
about the snow. Here it is:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>When I was asleep<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>The snow got deep<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>During the night<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>It got cold and white<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>You can’t just creep<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>You have to leap<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>You have to run<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>It’s lots of fun!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>We race around<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>We jump and bound<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Through the cold white
fluffies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>So we don’t freeze our
stuffies!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Drools to ya!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Norm (and the rest of the Red
Bay Gang)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Grady, Hoagie, Johnny &
Opie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Sandi Wittenberg - Mom to the
Red Bay Basset Boys<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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