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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Rolph does like to be the centre of everything.
When I am there, and he feels he doesn't have my 100 per cent attention, he
finds something naughty to do.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Last night I walked into my bedroom, after
having been in my girls' room (where the dogs are not allowed) for ten minutes.
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>And there, on the floor, in many pieces, was the
plastic folder which contained my mother's airplane ticket and passport, ready
for her trip to see my sister later this year.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I had left it on my bedside table, on top of a box
so I didn't lose/forget it. There was not food in or near it. How did he know it
was valuable?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>More to the point, how do I tell my
mother?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Sally, with Rolph and Clara,
UK</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>