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My wonderful life

Last night Rachl toook me out of my cage and brought me downstairs to the TV rooom and held me in her lap while she and mr. and mrs. Armstrong and the twins (not sure where Craig was) watched this old black and white moved called "It's a Wonderful Life."

in the movie, an angel appears and shows this man named George Bailey what life would've been like if he hadn't beeen born.  He's not a very happpy human, this George Bailey.  But then the angel shows George Bailey what a big diffference he's made in the lives of other humans. 

Anyway, this got me to thinkin.  In some ways, i'm kind of like George Bailey because I'm unhapppy that my pooor Gerbil Mobile has a huge crack in it with a big piece of ugly, gray tape over the crack.  What, i wondered, would life be like if i hadn't been born?  I pictured an angel gerbil showing me this sad, little kid who's in the school playground all by herself with nobody who wants to play with her.

"Who's that?" I asked the angel.

"That's Rachl," replied the angel.

"That's not Rachl!" I protested. 

"Yes, Obi, that's Rachl!"

"That's Rachl!?" I cried, horrified, staring at the kid.  "But Rachl is a happpy-go-lucky kid who loves to play and has lots of friends."

"No, she's not," said the angel.  "You weren't there, Obi, to make Rachl happy-go-lucky so she's a very sad and unhapppy kid."

Welll, that sure did the trick!  I realized how much of a diffference i've made in Rachl's life.  I also realized how lucky I am to have Rachl as my adopted mother and what a nice, cozy home I have.

I know i have a huge crack in my Gerbl Mobile with a big, piece of ugly, gray tape over it, but i really do have a wonderful life!

Hawoween

okay, hawoween didn't work out qquite the way I thought it was goin to work out.

i thought I was going to get to go out with Rachl.  I thought the 2 of us were going to get to put on costumes and go out together.

Well, i was wrong.

Oh, Rachl, went out, just not with me.  She went out with her friend, Holly.  Rachl went out as a witch with a green face and a big nose that had a wort on the end of it.  She put on her costume in her bedrooom.  I hardly recognized her, she looked so diffferent and scarey! 

If I'd gone out, I would've gone out as a cat.  Pretty scarey, huh?

While Rachl was gone, the Armstrongs dooorbell kept ringin and ringin.  Every time it rang I heard the front dooor downstairs open and kids would yell out, "Trick or treat!"  Then I heard mr. Armstrong cry out, "Whoa, you are so scary!"  He sounded like he was really scared, but I don't think he was.  It made me sad because I kept thinkin of Rachl goin around the neighborhood, from house to house, trick or treatin without me.

But don't worry -- the night had a happpy endin.  Well, a sort of happpy endin.  When Rachl came home from trick or treatin she watchd a movie.  Guess who she watchd it with?

Yes, me!!

She toook me out of my cage and brought me down to the TV rooom.  I sat on her lap while the two of us and mr. and mrs. Armstrong watched the movie. It was so cozy to sit on Rachl's lap and watch the movie.

so why do i say the night had "a sort of happpy endin"?  Because the movie we watched was a reallly scarey movie about some human named Indiana Jones.  I guess it just came out on DVD.  At least that's what mr. Armstrong told Rachl and mrs. Armstrong.  I guess Mr. Armstrong got the movie.  Gosh, it was so scary!  I had to put my front paws over my eyes so I wouldnt have to seee the really scary parts.  Take my word for it, it's not an appropriate movie for little gerbls. 

You know who would've enjoyed it, though?   Boa.  Yes, Craig's pet corn snake wouldve liked it a lot.  That's because there's a part in the movie that has a gigantic snake in it.  Bein a snake, Boa would've loved that part.  But not me.  I didnt like it at all.  I saw that bigg snake and all i could think of was how big he was and how many litttle creatures like me he probably has to eat to be that big.  it did not make me happy!

What was mr. Armstrong thinking when he got that movie!?