I don't really have heroes, but I appreciate veterinarians because they are always finding ways to help your pets, and they make people happy.  If we didn't have them, some people wouldn't have dogs, and some people would have jobs.  They are always trying to help so you can trust them.  Like a vet I most want to bring people happiness and being able to help them and their pets.  One day I want to be a vet.  Aunt Amanda is going to help me.

Write a list of things you could do to help your family.

1) Clean up the yard.
2) Clean out the pool more often.
3) Wash the dogs more often.
4) Help clean up the kitchen and the school room.
5) And being nice to my brother and sisters.

Write a letter to your parents to try to convince them to let you do something.

Dear Momma and Daddy,

I was wondering if maybe, since I'm almost done with my math book, and if I do really good with the rest of my school for the year, if I can then get ducks again.  I know I can only have 4 at a time, and I would have to work with Ember and Scout a little.  I think Scout remembers the ducks but I'm not for sure.  And Scout could have fun learning how to herd them.  I would help pay for them, by doing more chores, and helping out around the house some more.  And I would get my school work done faster, but working harder and not getting distracted as much, because I would want to go out and play with them  And since we can only have 4 at a time, we would have to buy feed as much, and we already have a container for it to go in.  And we already have special stuff to put in their water when they are little.  And since we are close to that lake, when we are not going fishing (since we can only go fishing with Daddy) then we could take the ducks down their to swim.  Or we could let them swim in the pool sometimes, we'll work really hard to clean it up with you.

Love,
Baby Ruth
(like the Candy Bar)

J.R.R. Tolkien wrote the below quote in the Lord of the Rings.  Many people have used it to talk about the situation we are facing today with the Corona Virus.  What does the quote mean to you?


I'm not sure what to write about this topic.  I don't particularly want to live through Coronavirus, but it's not that bad either.  We just all have to stay at home.  We have had to do that before hurricanes and tornadoes.  Everyone has to live through hard times, this is just one of them.  Other people have always had hard times mixed with good times.  And there are some things we can only do now, because of the Coronavirus.  We might not get to spend as much time with people, but we get lots of extra time to finish crafts.  So with the time that is given to me, I am not sure what I should do with it, but I'm not going to worry.

How has the Corona Virus affected your life?

1) It's boring and there is nothing to do.  I can't play with anyone.  And I have nothing to do.
2) It is good that Julia can come over, and maybe she can be homeschooled with us forever.
3) I had my first phone doctor's appointment.  I didn't like it or dislike it.  But, Momma didn't mind not having to drive to it.
4) I get to stay home with my brothers and sisters more while Momma is running short errands.  I like that a lot, but I want to be in charge instead of Britt.
5) We have to do Church online now, and every now and then Daddy gets to go.  I wish I got to go though.  I hope we can go back soon.  I'm going to see everybody, sing, eat together, and do handshake finally.

I can't remember what time this story took place, but it was out west in the desert of Texas.  Our star is Jessie Jane in a small town called Tumbleweed.

I went to town for buckets and potatoes, when I bumped into this cowboy.  His name was Woody Williams, and he seemed to be lost.  He asked me where was the Yeehaw Ranch.  So I told Woody to take two rights then a left, and then go straight from then on.  So I get back to the farm, and for some reason, Woody wasn't at Yeehaw Ranch, but at my farm.  So I decided to jump behind the bushes and not let him see me.  He asked my Momma, "Where is Jessie?"

She told Woody that I was in town looking for potatoes and buckets to milk the cows.  That I wore my hair red with a yellow bow in it.  He then knew who I was and ran back to town.  While he was gone I gave her the potatoes and buckets for milk.  When I was about to go Woody came back.  This time there was no point in hiding because he had already seen me.  I wondered what he wanted.  "Jessie we need you down in the South part of Texas.  Will you come with me?"  He asked.

"Maybe"

He told me to decide by morning, because they were moving out by then.  By the next morning I had decided to go with Woody.  We got on horses and set out at 6:30, and grabbed some breakfast on the way.  It felt like we rode for miles, and miles.  You could see houses and buildings in the distance, but it didn't seem to matter how long we rode, they never got any closer.  After hours it was finally lunchtime.  Luckily there was an oasis so we took a break.  We jumped in the water, and picked some berries to eat.  After we got more water, our horses and us were nice and refreshed, then we climbed back on their back and set off again.

The sun was setting, and it felt like we had been traveling for days even though we hadn't.  Finally the houses got really close, and I knew we were there.  Woody and I made our horses run as fast as they could into town.  He showed me where the stables where so I tied up the horses.  So me and Woody slept in his house.

The next morning I found out why I was needed.  Woody was the sheriff and that was really surprising.  They needed someone to herd cattle and keep the wolves away, because they kept attacking the town.  I knew all about cows and how to keep wolves away.  So, I took the job.  That night I had to stay up late, because we heard the wolves.  I put torches everywhere I could by the cattle pens, and by the houses.  I told everyone to put candles in the windows.  Finally, that night the wolves came into the town, but they were searching, not for cows and meat this time, but for something else.  Because I hid to see what they would do.  They didn't mess with the meat shops, and passed by the cows.  So I followed them to see what they would do.  I followed them all the way to the edge of town, where the horses were.  "So they must be after the horses," I thought.

So I grabbed two of the torches.  I threw one in front of them and when they tried to turn back I through the second one behind them.  Once I got them surrounded by flames, I called Woody, "Yoodle-a-ee-who!"

So Woody came in his pajamas with a sleeping hat on.  I was surprised, he told me he would wait up all night for my call.  So guess what he did then?  As the fires burned out, Woody signaled something to the roof tops, and nets fell on top of the wolves.  The next day, we took the wolves really far away to the oasis we had seen.  Then we raced back to the town as fast as we could, making sure they didn't follow us.  Instead of going back to Woody's house though, we went back to my house.  I told Momma all about the wolves, the long journey and the oasis.  Momma secretly took a picture of me and Woody.  I just found this out, and here is the picture.

Yesterday evening we attended an event that we heard about through our local library, about the book "A Land Remembered."  Memaw came too, and got her book signed, but our book is still with a friend, we have loaned it out so many times, that I almost another copy.  Britt and Ruth came too.  The show had tons of video clips by the author Patrick Smith who passed away 6 years ago, and was given by his son, Rick Smith (Patrick Jr.).  I have read the book aloud many times for Gary, especially on road trips, and the kids have heard bits and pieces of it over the years.  We would highly recommend it.  Afterward, there were refreshments downstairs in the art gallery and we enjoyed looking at the Florida themed art as well.  Ruth and I found a picture that we decided Gary could get for us, for only $1700.  Needless to say, I don't expect to ever own any real art.  For this week's blog post I wanted to get the two of them together to share their thoughts about the show.


Momma:  What was your favorite part of the show yesterday?
Britt:  The video of the alligator eating a water buffalo.  It was about a part of the book where they lose a bunch of cows to gators.
Ruth:  I think some of my favorite part, was his (Rick's) imagination, with the tour bus, plane, and semis to take this show on the road.  He said, the semi's are parked outside with my tour bus, and I whispered to Britt, in his imagination.

Momma:  Share one thing you learned about Florida history yesterday.
Ruth:   I learned that in Mississippi there were lakes and stuff for you to swim in, but in Florida you couldn't swim in lakes because alligators might eat you.  Patrick at 13 for the first time in Florida he saw an actual swimming pool made of concrete in 1940.
Britt:  People from Florida were originally called Florida crackers from the sound of a cattle whip.  It is not an insult here.  The man teaching yesterday, was no good with a whip, we saw a video that was funny.

Momma:  Do you think you would have liked coming to the Florida wilderness during the Civil War and starting a life just using the tools you brought?
Britt:  Yes.  It would be a fun adventure and I like the woods.  It would have been worth the hardships, a near starvation for two years.  Beside I could always eat Ruth. hahahahahaha
Ruth:  I like living out in the country, wilderness with the animals.  But it is also really hard, there is not much food, and it would be a long journey, but if it was actually peaceful it would be fun.  Not like during the Civil War.

Momma:  What would life be like if you had never meet another kid and rarely saw another adult until you were 18 years old, because you lived in such an isolated place?
Ruth:  It would be hard and lonely, but you could also see things differently than other people.
Britt:  Easy and fun, because I wouldn't have to worry about anyone messing up my cabin while hunting and other things.

Momma:  What did you think about the part of the book, where he said, that this is God's land, and we are just tenets for a little while, and that he must surely be angry with what we have done in developing Miami?
Britt:  The woods were gone forever, and that makes me sad.  But I am happy because I like restaurants, and baseball fields, and being able to run to Walmart.
Ruth:  It makes me feel sad in ways, because all the animals are gone.  There is no wildlife or forest to explore.  Or take a vacation out in the country like what we read about in Rascal.  But, it makes me happy that we have Walmart and roads, and towns to live in.  I like having friends nearby, but I like living in the country and the olden days sounds kinda fun.  Where it was free almost and no one was there.  Life is easier by far, but sometimes it's a little too easy.

A few days ago, we decided to get another dog, and we found the perfect one.  She is 10 months old and this is how we got her.  The day we went to get her, we drove down to this dog park that had a small agility course.  That was really cool because our dog park doesn't.  And a few minutes after we got there, another person got there with Ember.  He name was Salsa, but I am changing it to Ember.  She is super fun to play with, and her bark is a little more high pitched that Scout's.  Scout came with us, and what he does with every new dog is jump on top of them and then roll over.  So she jumped back on top of him.  He didn't like that as much and was confused.  They got along great though.  We tried to make her go up the agility ramp, and she didn't want to, but Scout did except he was really slow.  Neither one of them would go through the tunnel hoop thing.  Even though at Memaw's house, he would run right through it to find me.  After a while of watching them, Momma said yes, and I got to bring her home.  She sat in the back seat with me and Kate.  Kate likes her but she keeps calling her Scout.  When we finally got home, they drank some water, and after she sniffed around alot they played. Together they are even more crazier in the yard.  She played even more the second day.  She prances over to things and every now and then chases Scout or us with a toy.  She doesn't fetch yet.  She runs really fast!  She's a natural at agility weaving between little spaces, and Scout couldn't keep up with her.  When she was running fast, Rebecca started running, and she ran and caught up on her, and jumped on her.  Rebecca said, wow, she is fast.  We jumped out of the way when she raced across the concrete, because we didn't want to get hit on that.  Scout was growling, grumbling under his breath as Ember said, "You can try and try but you can't catch me."  Her two favorite toys, is the small rope with the purple treat thingy on it, and Scout's pig.  She likes her pig but not as much.  Scout's doesn't have a squeaker anymore.  She liked getting a bath, but likes to sit up on the edge of the tub.  Ember's fur looks super pretty, and now that I notice it kinda looks like Salsa!

Scout and Ember are finally tired out after a very exciting day.

Since President's Day was last week, tell me three things you think a President should be.

The first thing a President should be is loyal to his country and his people.  If he isn't loyal to his country, he might ask Congress to use our tax money for a statue of himself or for something else, instead of using it for the good of his people.  The second thing a President should be is honest.  He does this by not lying and admitting when he makes mistakes.  If he doesn't admit, people might think they should do that.  He should tell the truth even if the truth is something disturbing that the people don't want to hear.  The third thing a President should be kind to all people no matter what.  But sometimes Presidents have to make hard decisions, and not everyone likes them.  He might have to declare war.

I don't think it would be easy to be the President.  At one time I thought it might be kinda fun to rule, help people, and see everybody.  But it's really hard, and no girl has ever been a President before.  There are other businesses where you can help people.  Like a dog business, that helps people who are going to be gone awhile, especially when your dog doesn't do good in a hotel.  Or even if you were just running late for work, someone could walk your dog and feed it.  There are lots and lots of ways to help people, so I don't think I want to be President anymore.  Though it would be cool to be the first girl President.

What's your favorite part of Valentine's Day?

My two very favorite things about Valentine's Day are family and chocolate.  I love being with my family, because it is fun.  It is an extra time to be extra loving.  It's fun to celebrate it, even if I don't know why we celebrate it.  And at Church we get to make food for our older members, like Momma and Daddy and our grandparents at Church.  I like to show people I love them by showing them, by things I do for them.  We are making peanut butter pies to carry too, with Grandmother's recipe that she gave Momma.  Now on to chocolate!  I like for Valentine's Day how people give people these heart things with all kinds of chocolate in them.  I've never got one, but I hope I get one this year.  I would buy one myself, but I'm saving up for Vacation in a few months.  You never know what kind of chocolate there is inside.  I like the kind that has salt on it with caramel drizzled over the top of it. I also like making Valentine's Day cards, but it's not my favorite part.

What was the best part of this past year?

For a few years, we were thinking about getting another dog, and Britt wanted a brother.    So, we were looking for a boy dog.  We kept looking at Huskies and Australian Shepherds.   Momma decided on an Aussie.  We found a breeder with puppies for sale.  Britt decided on a black tri, but he was still deciding on a name.  The names he was down to were Scout and Bandit.  So, we went there and we got Scout.  He was just a little smaller when we got him, but way heavier than Neela.  When we held him he would nibble and lick our ears.  He had a white spot where his collar would be shaped like a bandana.  When we went to bed, Scout was noisy, very noisy.  He wasn't use to being by himself, he had 10 brothers and sisters.  So next morning, we got Scout out and after about an hour, Britt decided he should be Scout because he sniffed around and scouted out the place.

Scout is super cuddly and big and super, super fluffy.  He is silly and flops on his back when he wants you to scratch his belly.  When he meets a dog he says hello by jumping on their heads, then he runs and runs and runs with them and rolling over.  He loves to run after balls.  One time, he ran to the ball and ran back, but he forgot to grab it.  Sometimes he grabs the ball but forgets to bring it back.  Sometimes he grabs the ball and then drops it before he gets back.  He's not really good at fetching yet.  Getting Scout was the best part of last year.

It's the coldest Christmas Eve in history and a poor family is out of coal for their furnace.  The only child in the family has 24 hours to get on the naughty list.

It is the coldest Christmas ever and we are out of coal.  Do you know how bad that is?  So that means, since I'm the only child in the house, I have to find a way to get from the top of the nice list (which is where I am) all the way down to the naughty list.  I only have 24 hours!  But I don't want to be bad.

So first, I guess I'll draw on the walls.  But I'll only do it with pencil, because I can erase it after all of this is over.  Then, I will have to throw a snowball at my mom and dad.  They will really hate it, and since we are really poor we don't have thick clothes like other people.  So they will be cold, not think it's fun.  I don't want to do it, but without that coal we will die it's so cold.  The freeze might last until summer.  So I went outside, and the kids with plenty of coal where having fun building snowmen.  So, sadly I walked over and kicked the snowman to knock it over.  It accidentally fell on them.  They got super mad, and I felt bad, but how else was I suppose to get coal, it's not like they were going to give me theirs?  Then I dumped snow all in Momma and Daddy's bed.  When they sat down to go to sleep it was part snow and part water.  It made them miserable, I was so sad.

Finally, finally, Santa dropped off a list that sad you are now on the naughty list.  I was so happy, I decided to go to bed early.  So I decided to go to bed early, because if I did anything else to help my parents I might get back on the nice list.  So I went to bed so I didn't do anything else good or bad.  That night I got woke up, as there was a big hole in my ceiling.  A big clump of snow feel on me.  So I woke up and snuck into the living room.  I hid so Santa wouldn't know I was here.  I watched as he put a whole bunch of coal in my stocking.  (The stocking that was actually just one of my socks.)  I was so happy, but I didn't make a sound.  Then something strange happened, he put presents under my tree.  Then my curiosity just got the best of me.  I walked out from behind the door, and asked Santa, "Why did you put presents under the tree.  I thought I got on the naughty list?"

Santa said, "You wanted to be on the naughty list, so you and your family wouldn't freeze.  You didn't want to do any of the things you did.  The people on the naughty list go on there because they meant to be naughty or because they were whiny and complainy not thinking of others."  Then he told me bye.  Touched his nose, and flew up the chimney.  I heard him walk across the ceiling, heard the reindeer prancing, and saw him fly away.  I woke up my cold and shivering parents to show them all the coal and they were happy too.  We made a big roaring fire, and slept next to it all night.

Describe the perfect apple (the taste, texture, color, and what you would do with it).

The perfect apple tastes sweet.  It has super sweetness, but not so sweet that it makes your teeth feel grimmy.  The color of it is a beautiful golden yellow apple.  The texture is smooth and shiney on the outside.  On the inside it is hard, but not hard to bite into.  It's soft, but not so soft that it is mushy.

I would make a beautiful pie with the apple.  Cut it up with a little bit of pumpkin spice on it since it is close to Thanksgiving. I would make the perfect vanilla ice cream to go with my pie.  My pie would have a pastry crust made of dough shaped like leaves.  Then when it was finished, I would use that edible paint on it.  Then I would take it to the Thanksgiving diner, and everyone would love it, even Britt and he doesn't like apples.  He would like it so much, he'd even eat two pieces.

What's your favorite thing about fall?

I love jumping in leaves, and helping make Turkey.  I love how it's super cool and the different color leaves.  Sometimes I see snow flurries.  I love everything about fall except getting my lips chapped.  The second problem with fall is that I can't wear sandals like I can in Florida all the time.  But if I had to pick one activity as my favorite part, my favorite, favorite part is raking a big, big, BIG pile of leaves with Grumps and all of us jumping in.  Then when Grumps buries us and we pretend to swim in it.  One year we played Dead Man, Dead Man, like on the trampoline, but in the leaves and staggered around trying to tag them with our eyes closed.  I kept falling in the leaves.  One time we pulled Grumps into the leaves, but it was super hard.  Then he laughed and pulled us in the leaves and buried us with more leaves.  When we finally got out of all the leaves, he was already raking up another pile.

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Tell the story of Halloween from the perspective of a pumpkin.

One day a whole lot of people were in my pumpkin patch and almost every pumpkin in the patch was gone somebody cam super close and picked me up!  She put me in a car and drove away from my home.  Then she put me in a big white thing (called a refrigerator).  After a few days she took me out of the big white thing and put me on the counter.  She then grabbed some very, very sharp things.  She cut around my stem and then pulled it off like a hat.  She took all the pumpkin seeds, and my insides out.  It made me feel like I was a mummy.  She carved two eyes, a nose, and a very weird mouth.  I closed my eyes for most of it, but it still hurt a lot.  I did like how I looked afterwards, except for my new mouth.  After she finished carving everything, she put a little light in.  She then put me on the porch, along with five other pumpkins.  The names of the 5 pumpkins where Hewey, Dewey, Louis, Donald, and Daisy.  One night it was looking like a peaceful end to the day, when she lit our lights.  But when it was dark, mummies, ghosts, and all sorts of things began coming to the door and yelling "Trick or treat!"  I became frightened.  After that night, I feel asleep, but I couldn't wake back up.  Duh, Duh, Duh.  The End.

Imagine you have joined the circus.  What job would you have?

I would be an acrobat, because it sounds super fun to swing off of something high up in the air.  Even though I might be a little afraid it would still be awfully fun.  My costume would be a bright pink leotard with a skirt of feathers.  The other acrobats on the bars would be boys and they would wear orange pant suits.  I would be known as Ruth the Radiant.  We would start out in Florida but when we had enough money we would travel all over the place Alabama then Mississippi and then Tennessee, and then Texas, and way out in California.  I think it would be a fun job, but very hard.  Because one year we'd have to put on a show in PA in winter time, but my leotard was very very cold.

If you could meet any book character who would you want to meet and why?

There are a whole bunch of people I'd like to meet Susan and Reepicheep from Narnia, Tinkerbell, and Kaya from the American Girl books.  There are a whole bunch of people.  But if I could only pick one.  I would pick Reepicheep, because I could talk to fairies at home through my notebook, but I can't talk to Reepicheep.  I want to meet him because he is funny, cool, loyal and he is a mouse.  First I would sword fight with him because it would be fun to sword fight someone smaller than you.  And it would be a challenge because he is really good at moving through the grass and attacking opponents.  We would eat a snack and then he could take me on a tour around Narnia.  I would like to see Aslan and the ruins of the castle where High King Peter, King Edmund, Queens Susan and Lucy lived when they were still in Narnia.  I would like to see the water and tree nymphs.  I would like to hear Reepicheep tell all his stories by a campfire.  I would bring smores from my world to share, and I'd try some of the stuff that Reepicheep and his friends made.

Then if he wanted the next morning I would take him around my world and let him see what it is like I would show him the swing in the front yard and our car.  He thought that was really strange and funny.  After I was done showing him everything, we would say goodbye.  Reepicheep would go back to his own world and I would go back to mine. The End.

If you could be in the Heraea (the female version of the Olympics in Ancient Greece)
what event would you participate in?

One morning, my dog Neela was barking strangely at something by the front door.  I know it wasn't a chariot, because I hadn't heard any hooves.  So when I went there, she got quiet, and nothing was there.  But when I reached down to pet her there was a message in her mouth.  It said, "You have been invited to be one of people to compete in the Heraea.  Congratulations."   I was struck with excitement, I never thought I would ever be able to compete in the Heraea.  I had only watched in the past.  I told Neela good girl, and that I would sneak her into the room were all the competitor get ready.  I would be competing in the pole vaulting races in three more days.

The Heraea had a whole bunch of people there in a giant stadium.  With people from every corner, even though there were no corners.  So Neela gave me my pole, and gladly I am going last.  Person after person, tried to jump over the 6 ft whatever it's called.  Finally after every single competitor, it was may turn to try to vault over the 6 ft pole.  I was running as fast as I can. AHUHUHUHUHUHUH.  I finally used the stick and leapt over it.  My sandal on my left foot barely rubbed against it.  I got across and landed on my feet.  Most of the other contestants fell as they hit the bar, or landed on their head.  But I got across and ran for the finish line.  The crowd went wild.  I finished the race in first.  I got a little wreath crown, and I put it on right away.  Neela got a big, big bone.  She howled, howled, and howled with everyone clapping and yelling.

(Ruth is convinced that some races would have included pole vaulting, that at least some of the cool competitions would have existed back then, even if swimming didn't.)  The End.

(Ruth was undecided which of two story prompts to use today, so she combined too.  Pretend you are a cat or a dog.  Write about your family from their perspective.  One day you notice a new key on your keychain.)

One morning, I woke up and noticed Ruth in a rush.  It seemed like she was looking for something, but I don't really know.  She came outside, got in the car and started off.  But then she had to come back, go inside, and came back with a bag.  But before she came back, I snuck into the car, and hid under some bags.  I found some crumbs, and after eating them I began to look around.  When I saw a key, a big silver key.  So, a snuck into the front seat, by climbing under and around things.  It was very difficult, especially to keep Kate from seeing me.  When I got to the front, I picked up the key and tried to put it on the keychain with my teeth, but I wasn't successful, so I just dropped it in the bag.  When I went to jump out of the car, Momma closed all the doors and locked them.  When I couldn't get out of the car, I thought, "Everything is going to be fine, I'll just go on a trip."

But then, they put Scout in the car.  So I hid under the passenger seat.  After a bit the car suddenly stopped, and I wondered where we were.  I peaked out the door, and then decided to go and explore the place.  I think it was called Pet Co, but I'm not very good at reading.  But, I am very good at sneaking, so in I went.  But for some weird reason, the doors wouldn't budget.  Then a human walked up, and the doors opened so I followed them in.  When the doors closed, I looked around and there were dogs everywhere, surrounding me.  So I only had one thing to do... I ran as fast as I could underneath the biggest dog.  But my tail got soaked with slobber.  Yuck!  I dashed from aisle to aisle, trying to find a spot to hide.  When I finally found an opening, I slid underneath one of the shelves.  I saw through a door that all my human servants - Momma, Ruth, and the rest - were leaving.  I was stuck inside Pet Co.  I ran to the door in time to see them drive and park across the road in an apartment building parking lot.  I saw every single one of my slaves walk into the building.

For the next few hours, every time the door opened, I tried but I wasn't fast enough.  So I decided to just stay by the door, but then one of the Pet Co managers saw me and grabbed me and put me in the cage.  After three miserable days stuck in Pet Co with so many dogs barking.  Ruth came back and Momma said, "Hey Ruth, that cat looks like Flynn."

Ruth said, "Yeah it does.  I wonder where Flynn is,.  He's been missing for a few days."

So I tried to tell Ruth that it was me.  But she's pretty stubborn, and didn't understand a thing I was saying.  Doesn't she speak English!  But, luckily I was one of the cats on bottom, and one of the managers had dropped a silver key.  So I reached for it, but it was just out of reach.  Kate saw me and I thought I was done for, but she picked it up and gave it to me.  Then, as I took it, I dropped it.  Kate picked it up and put it into the keyhole. I tried and tried and tried to turn it, but it just wouldn't budge.  Eventually a dog came along, and tried to bite my paw, but it bumped the key just enough to turn it.  I hissed at the dog, and when he ran off, I quietly opened the door and snuck out.  I barely made it into the car, as the door slide shut, and Momma locked the doors again.

But then as I rode, I started thinking.  That silver key that Momma has looks alot like the key that the manager lady dropped.  I thought and thought, but couldn't quiet figure it out. Momma then looked for her phone, she found the silver key that I had placed inside her bag and hooked it onto her key chain.  When I looked more closely I saw a super small letter p engraved on the key.  So, I decided to make Momma and Ruth understand, but the car stopped again.  But I was afraid that we were in another place like PetCo, but we were home.  Momma went to grab her keys, while Ruth went to the back porch.  I hoped down and wrote what I thought was PetCo, with my claws in the sand on the driveway.  Ruth walked up and saw my attempts to spell PetCo, and I nudged the key.  So Ruth showed Momma the key and said, "Flynn drew something in the sand, but I don't think he knows how to spell.  Maybe it says popcorn."

But I heard all of this and I was mad.  After a bit they figured out it was Petco.  So all my human servants, got back in the car, and took it back to PetCo and told the manager sorry.  So they came home, and Ruth sat down on the back porch to hold and pet me.  This adventure wasn't much fun, I think I prefer staying home and eating squirrels.  It was a cat-astrophe.  The End.