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<DIV><FONT color=#000080 size=2 face=Antiqua><FONT color=#000000 face=Antique>I
have to tell you my sweet little Nelly Belle was strutting her Elder side
yesterday.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Antique>I have rarely seen my girl lift a lipper
flap since she has been with me. She is the</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Antique>most mellow, sweet girl that puts up with
a LOT from the youngsters. Bazzle is of </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Antique>course the wild OEBE of the house and
celebrating the observance of all OEBE's</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Antique>in style but that is another
story.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Antique></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Antique>Bazzle has been particularly OEBE since
Friday! He has even decided to push his</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Antique>Big Boy I'm Da Man antics on the
girls. Even the Empress Ruby Doo had to put</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Antique>him in his place a few times. So
being "Da (<FONT size=1>neutered</FONT>) Man" he decided to try out
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Antique>his attitude </FONT><FONT color=#000000
face=Antique>on my little sweety. Yes he just had to go and try out
his (<FONT size=1>un)</FONT><FONT size=2>Studly attitude
</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Antique><FONT size=2>and hump her.
</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Antique><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Antique><FONT size=2>In the words of the
Brudder....</FONT></FONT><FONT color=#000000 face=Antique><FONT size=2>And then
it happened! </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Antique><FONT size=2>Those </FONT></FONT><FONT
color=#000000 face=Antique>lips raised up in a snarl, teeth fully
bared and then she ROARED!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Antique>I don't mean a little roar. This was
a magnitude 9.5 on the Richter Scale! I was so</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Antique>shocked that my popped out eyeballs were
transfixed in a stare and my mouth just hung</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Antique>open. Did that sound really come out
of my baby girl??? Why all I could think of was....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Antique>Is Elder Clara
here???? </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Antique></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Antique>Needless to say Bazzle jumped off her and
ran! I am sure that he never expected a </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Antique>reaction like that and I know
that was fear in his eyes. Why she stood up for herself
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Antique><FONT color=#000000 face=Antique>loud and
clear for quite possibly the very first time in her life. </FONT>I am so
proud of </FONT><FONT color=#000000 face=Antique>my
girl! </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Antique>She has found her voice. Who would
have </FONT><FONT color=#000000 face=Antique>ever thought my little gal who was
scared </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Antique>of her own shadow a year and a half ago
would </FONT><FONT color=#000000 face=Antique>have ever made such an earth
shaking </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Antique>sound? </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Antique></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Antique>Now the only questions
are: </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Antique>1. Does Elder Clara and Nelly Belle
have a </FONT><FONT color=#000000 face=Antique>psychic link, are they sending
secret emails, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Antique> burning up
the phone lines when I am </FONT><FONT color=#000000 face=Antique>otherwise
occupied or all of the above. (We </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Antique> all know
that Elder Clara is my girl's hero.)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Antique>2. Does this mean that I must call
my girl Elder Nelly Belle now? (Sniff Sniff she is only </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Antique> so young at
10-ish.) </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Antique></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Antique>Droolz,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Antique>Karen (the oh so proud
MommaSlave)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Antique> and The Dog House Gang</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Antique></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Antique>Me can roar!!! WooHooo! Dat
teach dat no-brain nitwit boy to mess wit me! </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Antique>Lub,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 face=Antique>Nelly Belle</FONT></DIV>
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