I'm going to set a rule for everyone to follow, unless the recipient is your own child. Do not give an animal as a gift. My friend was given a gimp guinea pig for her birthday. Although she hated her pet, she took care of it the best she could until the pet died.
On the other side of the world almost ten years later a little girl writes to her beloved Russian president for a guinea pig. The president's goons find her at her school and yell at her, then they yell at her parents.
The tragic story does have a happy ending. The little Russian girl got the rodent of her dreams plus another when parents told the media.
Maybe we should all watch the hamster dance (they are the smaller versions of guinea pigs, right?) and remember our freedoms, not the ability to simply buy stinky pets at the store, but the ability to turn this tragedy into a Lifetime movie.
The Russian girl may never get a movie.
3 comments:
Geez, if you didn't WANT an invisible unicorn for your birthday you could have just told me...
What is the point? It cannot plow!
I agree.
Chrissy, cousin Jamie here. Just thought I'd let you know that I think you are hilarious.
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