Molly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>I'm not officially on the list at the moment, but I wanted to share with you a
>story that might make you smile. My little Rubin decided tonight, when he was
>out running on my desk, that he would take a nibble at the plastic ink bottle on
>one of the shelves. I didn't realize that he had done this until I started
>noticing blue footprints everywhere. I captured Rubin and discovered that his
>feet, his chest, his mouth and chin and various other body parts were all blue
>(he's argente creme). The little stinker. I attempted to wash him off with a
>damp rag and mild soap, rinsing his feet in a shallow basin of water. I even
>called poison control to make sure he wasn't going to die from ink poisoning or
>something (the lady was nice. She humored me and got a little chuckle out of
>it). He seems fine- just a little bedraggled, and, well... BLUE. Leave it to a
>gerbil to always find new ways of getting into trouble!
You have a blue gerbil and I am still to see one! {sigh!}
(Next month I hope)
--
Julian
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