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I got to thinking about Melonhead and his tricks and it just made me wild inside and I was thinking that I can teach Jake better tricks and then Jonique and I had a conference and I said, “We HAVE to get him out of the cage, otherwise we can't teach him.”
And she said, “Are you sure, Lucy Rose?”
And I said, “Sure, I'm sure.”
And she said, “Okay.”
So we got him out of that cage and we started by doing Melonhead's trick. Jake went right for it and you can't believe how funny it feels to have a guinea pig walking on your head.
And then Jonique said, “We should put him back, I think.”
But I said, “I think we should not.”
Jonique looked like she was not going to beagreeing with that but then she said, “All right, I guess.”
So I made a line of Cheerios on the floor and she carried Jake over by the coffee table and I said, “Eat!” and pointed to the Cheerios and Jake did but it wasn't really much of a trick so I put him on the coffee table which is glass and then I climbed under it and pretended I was tickling him on his stomach which made Jonique snort with laughing and then at that minute the worst thing happened. Gumbo came into the room and started barking like a maniac which must have made Jake feel skittery because he jumped off the table and onto the sofa and onto the floor and went tearing down the hall and Gumbo was running after him and I had to grab Gumbo by his legs and I yelled at Jonique to catch Jake and she went running after him and Gumbo started barking his poodle head off. Then Jonique was calling for me saying, “Jake is nowhere!”
Gumbo was wiggling like crazy, trying to run down the hall, so I yelled. “He has to be SOMEPLACE! Are you looking everywhere?”
And she hollered, “I can't tell if he went intoPop's office or the other way into the dining room or straight ahead into the back hall or maybe into the kitchen.”
Then I got nervous like anything and Jonique said, “We should get Pop.”
But I didn't want to on account of he had already given us the warning that this could happen so I said, “Come on, Jonique. Let's find him ourselves real fast.”
Just then Jonique yelled, “There he goes!” and Gumbo made a big break away from me and started jumping all over the hall making sniffing noises and Jonique and I went chasing into Pop's office but we were too late and Jake was gone again. I got scared right then.
Right at that second Madam came up from her picture frame room and Pop came downstairs from where he was lying on the chaise doing his best thing which is the
New York Times
crossword puzzle. And Madam said, “What's the matter, girls?”
Jonique said, “We are in a disaster.”
And I said about Jake getting out.
And Pop said, “Jake got out?”
And I said, “Yes.”
“By himself?” Pop asked me.“Not exactly,” I said. “We took him out.”“So he could do tricks,” Jonique told Pop.“Okay,” Pop said. “Don't panic.”
He didn't say one thing about what he already said not to do which I appreciated.
Madam just said, “Think, everyone. If you were a guinea pig where would you hide?”“I don't know,” I said and I started to cry.
And Pop said, “Lucy Rose, we are a family of problem solvers and this is just another problem we will solve.”
That helped me to stop crying but I told him, “I am really feeling stress.”
Jonique had the good idea to put Cheerios in the hall so we did. And then I called my mom who was at our house painting the laundry room and she came and even though she is against small mammals she made herself brave and helped us look. And look. And look. Me and Mom and Madam and Pop and Jonique. And we did not find him. The later it was getting the more nervous I was feeling. We were trying everything including we took off our shoes so our clomping wouldn't scarehim. When it got to be night Madam made chicken noodle soup for dinner but Jonique and I did not want to stop and eat, so Madam poured it into
And she said, “Are you sure, Lucy Rose?”
And I said, “Sure, I'm sure.”
And she said, “Okay.”
So we got him out of that cage and we started by doing Melonhead's trick. Jake went right for it and you can't believe how funny it feels to have a guinea pig walking on your head.
And then Jonique said, “We should put him back, I think.”
But I said, “I think we should not.”
Jonique looked like she was not going to beagreeing with that but then she said, “All right, I guess.”
So I made a line of Cheerios on the floor and she carried Jake over by the coffee table and I said, “Eat!” and pointed to the Cheerios and Jake did but it wasn't really much of a trick so I put him on the coffee table which is glass and then I climbed under it and pretended I was tickling him on his stomach which made Jonique snort with laughing and then at that minute the worst thing happened. Gumbo came into the room and started barking like a maniac which must have made Jake feel skittery because he jumped off the table and onto the sofa and onto the floor and went tearing down the hall and Gumbo was running after him and I had to grab Gumbo by his legs and I yelled at Jonique to catch Jake and she went running after him and Gumbo started barking his poodle head off. Then Jonique was calling for me saying, “Jake is nowhere!”
Gumbo was wiggling like crazy, trying to run down the hall, so I yelled. “He has to be SOMEPLACE! Are you looking everywhere?”
And she hollered, “I can't tell if he went intoPop's office or the other way into the dining room or straight ahead into the back hall or maybe into the kitchen.”
Then I got nervous like anything and Jonique said, “We should get Pop.”
But I didn't want to on account of he had already given us the warning that this could happen so I said, “Come on, Jonique. Let's find him ourselves real fast.”
Just then Jonique yelled, “There he goes!” and Gumbo made a big break away from me and started jumping all over the hall making sniffing noises and Jonique and I went chasing into Pop's office but we were too late and Jake was gone again. I got scared right then.
Right at that second Madam came up from her picture frame room and Pop came downstairs from where he was lying on the chaise doing his best thing which is the
New York Times
crossword puzzle. And Madam said, “What's the matter, girls?”
Jonique said, “We are in a disaster.”
And I said about Jake getting out.
And Pop said, “Jake got out?”
And I said, “Yes.”
“By himself?” Pop asked me.“Not exactly,” I said. “We took him out.”“So he could do tricks,” Jonique told Pop.“Okay,” Pop said. “Don't panic.”
He didn't say one thing about what he already said not to do which I appreciated.
Madam just said, “Think, everyone. If you were a guinea pig where would you hide?”“I don't know,” I said and I started to cry.
And Pop said, “Lucy Rose, we are a family of problem solvers and this is just another problem we will solve.”
That helped me to stop crying but I told him, “I am really feeling stress.”
Jonique had the good idea to put Cheerios in the hall so we did. And then I called my mom who was at our house painting the laundry room and she came and even though she is against small mammals she made herself brave and helped us look. And look. And look. Me and Mom and Madam and Pop and Jonique. And we did not find him. The later it was getting the more nervous I was feeling. We were trying everything including we took off our shoes so our clomping wouldn't scarehim. When it got to be night Madam made chicken noodle soup for dinner but Jonique and I did not want to stop and eat, so Madam poured it into
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