Animals

     We are like Noah’s Ark. We have at least two of way too many animals: 2 horses, 3 dogs, 2 cats, 2 rabbits, a few fish, almost a dozen ducks and dozens of chickens. Still my youngest daughter would like a hamster and insists that Santa bring her one next year. Hamsters are not my favourite animal. I once looked after my sister’s pets while she and her family were out of town. I was in charge of feeding the hamster and also the fish in the small aquarium. The hamster was usually busy sleeping when I filled his dish but on the one day that he wasn’t napping, he bit me! And it hurt! To make matters worse, I had to get a tetanus shot--- for a hamster bite. When she got home my sister made me feel better by giving me the address of a web site called “When Good Hamsters Go Bad” or something like that. To top it off, I also found out that the frog that I been so proud of feeding everyday and keeping alive was just plastic. I could not win. Last year Santa brought my younger daughter a stuffed hamster. Do you think he can get away with that again this year? I sure hope so.