Okay... I have to share what silly little Joe's been up to this morning. For this tale to make sense you must understand that Joe has issues with stuffed toys and draperies. Everyone know that stuffed toys and hair scrunchies live under the draperies. Of course. Where else would they live? And ever patient Joe very methodically puts them all back when Someone moves them for cleaning/vacuuming purposes. (When Someone really wants to mess with Joe, she throws them all back to the center of the room and laughs as he hurries to put them back. In their particular order of importance! This, of course, is accompanied with heavy, dramatic sighs. Why would Someone want to mess with the Order of the Universe anyway? Joe wonders. Silly humans...) At any rate, Joe has some serious drapery issues. Santa sent us an early gift this year in the form of a Weasel Ball ( you know, the ball with an off balance motor inside and a stuffed weasel tail dangling from one side. It will very merrily roll itself around the house humming quietly.) It took Joe a while to get the hang of the Weasel Ball. He tried chasing it for a while, but that was terribly tiring and Joe is a big, fat fuzzie. He finally learned to just sit on the tail part and the ball would be anchored if not still. Today Joe made the connection that the tail is a Stuffed Toy. And we all know that Stuffed-Toys-Live-Under-the-Draperies. So off it went, into the stash. Except Egads! the darn thing rolled right back out again! Ever patient Joe put it back where all good toys belong, into the draperies. No sooner than his back was turned did the sneaky little thing escape again! What's a weasel to do? The "sit and pin" method and another attempt at stash. Except this time poor Joe had grabbed the point between the tail and ball. Not only is the ball heavy, but it's moving. Poor little Joe was walking in circles trying to control his wayward and enthusiastic toy. After a futile attempt to take it up the stairs to the bedroom curtains, poor Joe finally gave up. Some toys just never understand the Importance of Order, I guess. Have a great Christmas Y'all! Anne Miesa, Joe and Bear [Posted in FML issue 3277]