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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I am going to start posting Nick's Adventures - Book 2. I want to start by sharing the Dedication page for Book 2 ... and then, on with the stories. Nick truly developed his "voice" in book 2 which starts shortly after his 1st birthday.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>PLEASE REMEMBER THIS IS COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>********************<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Nick’s Adventures-Book 2 is dedicated to Nick’s uncle, Ch. Red Bay Court Jester (Jesse). Jesse was Nick’s role model and father figure during the first year and a half of Nick’s life. Jesse taught Nick how to have “bassetude” and the fine art of manipulating people. Jesse went to the Rainbow Bridge on June 23, 1998 after emergency surgery for a ruptured spleen.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Jesse was Nick’s mom’s first show dog and champion...he taught us how to be good slaves and trained us well for Nick’s arrival. His absence leaves us with an excruciating painful hole in our hearts and our lives. We miss him and mourn for him every day...yet he lives on in the faces and “bassetude” of his offspring.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sandi & the Red Bay Bassets<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sandy, Mary Jane, Savannah<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>