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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><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I thought for a while that yesterday was my birthday. Mom, Dad and Clark all got up early yesterday morning and started cleaning the house and talking about “the party”. Hmmmmm, I thought, it must be my birthday! Mom vacuumed up all the loose dog hair, she dusted the furniture, Dad mopped all the floors, and Clark even cleaned the upstairs and the bathrooms. There was a big ham baking in the oven. I was sure we were going to have a HUGE birthday party for me! I even called Gramma Sugar to invite her out for a ham dinner because she loves ham!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Then, you will never believe what happened! Mom fed us our dinner … just plain old dog food … no ham! Then she put us all in our crates in the van in the garage with a heater. She kissed us all on the nose and told us she was sorry to have to lock us up but there were going to be too many people in the house for us to join the party. I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Mom and Dad came out to the garage and checked on us a lot but they didn’t let us come in the house until everyone was gone. Our noses told us that there were fifty (yes 50!) new people in our house last night! Our noses told us that they ate OUR ham! Our noses told us they ate other good stuff too! Mom got this neat new stuffed snowman that she calls Snowden. We are going to EAT Snowden! That will serve her right for not <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>letting us come to the party!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Slurps,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Nick<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>