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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mr. Strassburger, Paddi B Basset would like you to
know that True Bassets Do Not Swim. Nor do they wade. Nor are they content to be
-- horrors! -- bathed. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ms. Basset is appalled at the very
idea.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Her partner, Vernon Q, will hurry through tide
pools and such. He will even almost wade, if there is something really
interesting to smell along the edge. (We live near a beach.) And Paddi will now,
at nearly five years old, consent to hasten, shuddering, through puddles
on forest trails rather than pushing herself into the bushes at one side or the
other with the inevitable entanglement of shrubbery, basset, leash and person.
But seek the water, for pleasure? No, that she will not do.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Your mileage may vary, as they say, but I would not
count on synchronized swimming with the Colonel! </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mary</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>for Paddi B Basset</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(and Vernon Q Basset)</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>