worms

Worms.

"Worms?"

Worms.

"WORMS?"

That's what I said, Saffy.  The peep has worms.

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I know, I know...  I know what you're thinkin'.  You're thinkin' that's an awfully confusin' conversation I had with my brother, Saffron.

Guess you had to be there.

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But confusin' or not, that IS what was said.  Yup, word for word, in fact.  I'm afraid our Peepers has worms.

Least that's what I heard.

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So anyway...

So anyway, word on the street is that Peepers has worms.  And this has me worried, for sure.  As you know, Saffy and I get dabs on the back of the neck for stuff like that.

Now I should clarify that I say dab 'cause that's what it is - I suppose - although the tube thingy the stuff that gets dabbed on us is in, looks way bigger than what might hold just a little dab.  In fact, it's big enough to look kinda alarmin', for sure.

Probably why Peepers sneaks up on us from behind when she's doin' the dabbin'.

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But Saffy and me...

Well we're pretty small, you see.  Not small for kitties, or anythin' like that, but small compared to a peep.

And I'm thinkin'...

I'm thinkin' that if those dab-sized supposedly smallish kinda tubes are used for the dabbin' of kitties...

I'm thinkin' the tubes filled with the stuff to dab peeps...

WELL THOSE TUBES MUST BE ABSOLUTELY HUGE.

Like toothpaste tube kinda huge.

Or maybe...

Well you know those tubes they have at the hardware store filled with driveway filler?

THAT SIZE.  That's the size they must be.

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And just who, pray tell, is gonna sneak up on the peep to dab the back of her neck with somethin' like that?  It's not gonna be me, and that is for sure.  Why those driveway filler tubes might even be longer than me!

SAFFY, PUT YOUR PAW DOWN.  You're not gonna dab the back of the peep's neck, either, so don't you go volunteerin' yourself.

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But more to the point, if Peepers has worms - and like I said, EVERYONE is sayin' she does - what happens if she gives Saffy and me...

Perish the thought.

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What?  What's that, Peepers?  What's that your babblin' on about now?

Oh.

Okay, so apparently, everyone is NOT sayin' Peepers has worms.  By everyone I probably should have said me.

And accordin' to the peep - if you can believe her, that is - she doesn't have worms.  She has a bag of worm castings, you see.

For the garden.

Or so she says.

Although I'm still not entirely sure how one gets worm poopies without first havin' worms.

Silly peeps.

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And remember:

IF IN DOUBT,

DON'T. GO. OUT.

Continue to practice SOCIAL DISTANCIN' measures

AND KEEP WASHIN' YOUR PAWS.

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Remember to mask up, too.