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“Hmm. You got me, Ruby. I’m totally baffled. Befuddled. Bewildered. What
kind of dog?”
“A watchdog!” Ruby exclaims. “Watchdog! Get it, Uncle Bob?”
“Not bad, Ruby. Not bad at all,” I say.
“Ivan says it’s going to rain buckets,” says Ruby. She dips her trunk in the
moat and blows bubbles.
“I think Ivan is onto something there.”
“Did he show you his new picture?” Ruby asks. She grabs a tuft of grass and
tosses it in the air. “I wish I could see it, but I can’t ’cause of that silly wall.
But he told me all about it.”