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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Everybody – Nick Here!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>All this time I thought my Mom loved me but now I am not so sure. Today Mom put this thing around my neck and hooked another matching thing to it … it felt like a 109977287 pound rope. She said we were going for a walk around the driveway and I was going to get my first lesson in lead breaking. WOW … I think she meant NECK breaking because that is what it felt like. Every time I wanted to go a different way than Mom or when I wanted to sniff the driveway, she tried to break my neck. REALLY!!!! When I went the way Mom went and looked at her, she would give me treats … now I liked that part.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Then Mom tried to teach me something called “stacking”. I thought at first she was going to put all the big dogs on top of me and I got scared. But it wasn’t that at all … she just wanted me to stand really still … with my back legs all stretched out! Sounds easy but it isn’t. I can only stay still about 2.5 nano-seconds. Mom says I have the attention span of a small gnat. I told her that it isn’t nice to make fun of small puppies! Granny Pat had my cousin Daisy try to show me how to “stack”. I think it is easier for girls!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We worked for a loooooonnnngggg time … about 143 hours I think. Finally, Mom said I deserved a nap so we came inside. I hope there is no more “breaking” of any kind in store for me … I don’t want to be broken!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Slurps,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Nick<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>