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Viewing Post from: Jacqui's Room

The blog and virtual classroom meeting rug of Jacqui Robbins, author, teacher, parent, and book-lover . Come on in. I'm glad you could join us.

1. The Taming of the Critter

By: Jacqui Robbins, on 8/22/2010
Blog: Jacqui's Room (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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Oh my. Tink and I had such big plans for Critter. Sunset walks on the beach, tickets to the symphony, late Sunday brunches with asparagus omelets...

But Critter? Critter was out of control. We tried to interest him in books, like some other bloggers did. We took him to our favorite places in Ann Arbor -- the downtown library...

... and Liberty Street Robot Supply & Repair.*

But Critter just kept trying to sneak into Pangea Piercing.

When they asked him for ID, he ran and hid behind one of Ann Arbor's many fairy doors.**

Eventually, the fairies delivered him back to my house with a note that said, "Never again." Tink and I felt bad for Critter. Maybe he just needed some coddling. We cooked him a healthy farmer's market dinner. He ignored it. He said he wasn't hungry. Then, later, we found this:

It was obvious to Tink and I: Critter needed finishing school. We got right to work. We set him up a strict behavior management system with Twizzler Bits as rewards.

We taught him to cook.