What I Learned by Going to Work With Mom, by Clifford...

First of all, I have to say that it was a bum deal going to pet camp. I mean, would it have killed anyone to take me with them to Idaho? Idaho! I'm perfect for Idaho; I love potatoes! And I love everything that goes with them--mostly meat. Anyway, I digress. So Mom took me downtown, away from that awful pet camp place that serves really bad doggy beer and kosher hot dogs, and I had to get into that really tiny, dark pet carrier because--I'm not really sure why, but I did and it wasn't pleasant no matter which direction I turned in! So we went into this big, big building and got into this big metal box with doors that slid shut and it started dinging and we went up and up and up and up and FINally we got out and then we had to open this other door and it was dark and the noise went beep beep beep and Mom put me down on the desk in my carrier and LEFT ME THERE while she made more noise and then walked AWAY and turned on some lights and then she set up the kennel and then tossed me in. Okay, she didn't toss me in, but the rest of that is totally true! But I got her, I barked at EVERYONE who came within 3 feet of my kennel. Ha! Take that!! Anyway, we had lunch in the sunshine. That was new. The lunch outdoors, the sun actually does shine. And we went to the park with the smelly folk and some lady told me my Mom and I had the same hair, especially the way it blows in the wind, and then I felt proud, because that's just cool. And then we came back and Mom put a drape over my kennel and I couldn't see anything and I was real quiet and good unless a loud person went by. Then a dachshund happy person came by and wanted to play, so Mom let me out and everyone played with me and it was fun until Mom handed me to this woman who smelled like mean cat and that was so not cool. But everyone was nice and I attended an important meeting and then I helped Mom archive. This involved us sitting at a table looking at circus stuff and Mom getting a headache. So I helped and then I helped myself down and I helped photocopy and then we took a water break and I followed Mom to the giant cooler and back and then I did my trick for people and then I went around and played with people until I got trapped in some woman's office and I cried and cried and I could only get my nose free and no one cared and it was sad until Mom saved me and we went to go work at the computer and I answered e-mails and stuff and then Dad called and he came to get us and I just don't understand why I can't go EVERYDAY! It would be so cool eatting lunch with Mom in the smelly park, with the smelly people, and archiving. I can so be an archivist. It's totally cool. This was my second library visit and I have to say this library is way cooler than the last one. I really enjoyed checking out the books. At the previous library I got locked in an office and didn't get to explore the place at all. It was very disappointing and I went home and gnawed a book on mammals in my fustration. This time I went home and ate a Dingo bone. Happy me!
The End.