Comments on: “A Puppy, Not a Guppy” Book Contest

By: Jena Isle

Jena Isle — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 08:56:51 +0000

Don’t give up k3Vz, eventually you’ll win too. Good luck!

By: k3Vz

k3Vz — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 05:51:15 +0000

Liz not lil. Sorry lol!^

By: k3Vz

k3Vz — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 05:49:14 +0000

How nice! Congratz Lil^_^ ! Hope to see you also joining other online events. Good luck!

By: Jena Isle

Jena Isle — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:29:39 +0000

Hi Liz,

Nice meeting you too, congrats again and good luck with your online ventures.

By: l_i_z

l_i_z — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:09:14 +0000

Yihee! Thanks to you… You’re the one who let me know about this contest! ^_^
Btw, nice meeting err knowing you. LOL!

By: Jena Isle

Jena Isle — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:57:23 +0000

Wow, that’s wonderful Liz. Congrats, congrats..I’m happy that you won. Yehey!

By: Jena Isle

Jena Isle — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:56:32 +0000

This is for real huh,Holly? he he he..kidding,,really, of all pets- a mouse! Yucky….he he he..I wouldn’t dare touch those little, creepy creatures….

That could be another story for a book Holly.

Mickey Mouse and the Fetching Guppies..lol…ummm, okay. I shall close my trap now.

By: l_i_z

l_i_z — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:04:47 +0000

Hi Jena! I am very thankful that you let me know about this contest! I won an Autographed Copy of A Puppy, Not a Guppy!

By: l_i_z

l_i_z — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:03:06 +0000

Haha. Your childhood story made my day. I am laughing for real. I haven’t imagine any mouse to be an ideal pet. Maybe the one at Ratatouille(did I spell it right), that mouse chef will do! I am lucky that my parents allow us to take care any domesticated animals of some sort. I have had a rabbit, parrot, cats, dogs, hamsters, and guinea pigs. When I was a kid, I remember taking care of little turtles! Oh well, I don’t want to be nostalgic but yeah, I miss being a kid. Haha. Right now, what I have are stuffed toys in the forms of teddy bear, bunny and turtle. I had fun reading your post. ^_^

By: Holly

Holly — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:08:37 +0000

Absolutely! I’m pretty sure I wanted a unicorn, and I’m pretty sure my parents said, “No!” Actually, I did get to have a cat and two dogs when I was a kid, and I had a Java dove when I was a teenager, but my parents weren’t especially EAGER to add these members of the household, as I recall. (We all grew to love them, of course.) But I can certainly relate and remember the emotions – working up the nerve to ask, the bitter disappointment of “No” – the willingness to compromise…

Actually, now that you remind me, there WAS an incident when I was a kid that sort of inspired this (and I’m sure my dad’s going to read this and raise an eyebrow, but he probably figured it out ages ago, and I’m 46 now so he can’t exactly turn me over his knee)… I wanted this little white mouse in the worst way. Bought it with my own money for maybe a couple of dollars. THEN thought to ask if it was okay. “No.” Whoops. Well, um, hm. I hid that mouse for days, and should’ve named him Houdini for all the times he escaped (turns out a dresser drawer isn’t the most secure rodent habitat) but always managed to catch him again. Carried him around in an otherwise empty purse. Finally put a friend of mine up to playing the role of Jimmy – gave him the mouse in a Play-Doh container and had him bring it by and ask if I could keep it, because he wasn’t allowed to. And at that point, my parents sort of reluctantly said, “Fine, okay.” Houdini finally escaped – for the last time – from a cage suspended from the basement ceiling. We figure he survived (and enjoyed what was left of his mousy little life), because we kept trapping all these speckled brown and white mice…