wanna pass me...

Hey Peepers!  Wanna pass me that ol' bottle of glue up there on that there shelf?

Why?

Uh...

No reason.

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Hey Peepers!  Wanna pass me that ol' broom over in that there corner?  The little one, please.  The one with the short handle is what I need.

Why?

'CAUSE THE BIG ONE IS WAY TOO BIG FOR ME TO USE.

What a silly peep.

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Oh.  I see.  So you uh...  So you weren't wonderin' why I wanted the little paw-sized broom rather than the big one with the long handle but rather, you were wonderin' why I was wantin' any kinda broom at all.

Well uh...

No reason.

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Hey Peepers!  Wanna pass me...

Well that's just rude, that is.  You didn't even let me finish my sentence.

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Okay.  Fine.  I'LL TELL YOU WHY I NEED...

On second thought, never mind.

'CAUSE IF I TELL YOU WHY, YOU'LL BE ASKIN' ALL SORTS OF AWKWARD QUESTIONS 'BOUT HOW THIS HAPPENED AND HOW THAT HAPPENED AND HOW...

'CAUSE I DON'T LIKE ANSWERIN' AWKWARD QUESTIONS, THAT'S WHY.

And truth be told, I'm not even sure how it happened in the first place.

What?  How what happened you say?

Well...

Well all I know is, there were some papers up on the table in your...  I mean our....   I MEAN MY office, the other day.  But this mornin', said papers were all on the floor.  I have absolutely no idea how they ended up on the floor.  Absolutely NO idea, at all.

I swear.

AND I ALSO HAVE NO IDEA how they ended up all shredded to bits.  Shredded like they went through a shredder or somethin' like that.  Like you know...  A shredder.

Shredder...  Cat's claws...  Whatever.

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WELL THAT'S WHY I WAS WANTIN' THE GLUE!

Well 'cause I...  'Cause I was gonna piece all those pieces of paper together and glue 'em all up, and...

'CAUSE WHEN I USE STICKY TAPE THE TAPE GETS ALL STUCK ON MY FURS!

Learned that lesson the hard way, for sure.

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But don't worry, Peepers.  Even though I have absolutely no idea how what happened, happened, I did check to make sure no one used the aforementioned shredded paper as uh...

Um...

Well as a bathroom, if you know what I mean.

'CAUSE I'M NOT SWEEPIN' UP SHREDDED PAPERS TO GLUE 'EM TOGETHER IF SAID PAPERS ARE COVERED IN PEE.

Or worse.

Nope, that's the kinda job one leaves for a peep.

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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.