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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>After Clara's recent attempts to join the OEBE, I
was surprised, while upstairs, to hear her crying in that pathetic "I want it
badly, but can't get it" way.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>The cause of her distress? I had moved all the chairs away
from the table and she couldn't get on it to check for possible
crumbs.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Rolph, however, believes actions speak louder than whines.
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<DIV><FONT size=2>In the past couple of days he has snaffled 1/2 a packet of
plain chocolate digestives (following the ensuing tug of war, he managed to
swallow about half of those, I grabbed most of the others, and Clara whipped up
the resulting spillage). </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>He also made two effective grabs at duck carcasses kindly
taken to the kitchen by non basset-owning guests (another tussle, this time
resulting in my finger getting between Rolph's teeth and the bird he was
desperately trying not to give up). And he has developed a passion for tea, so
whenever you sit down for a cuppa, you have to hang on to your mug, or he will
find a way to drain it for you.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>But then, what is tea without basset slobber and
hair?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Sally, with Rolph and Clara, UK</FONT></DIV>
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