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Monday 23

Dear Dumb Diary,

So today, out of the blue, Isabella says to

me, “Hey, Jamie. If one day some ugly tree in your

backyard was covered with a whole bunch of ugly

snakes, and your mom and dad didn’t want them,

you’d give one to me, right?”

The correct answer to this question is, of

course, “Yes.” Unless it’s being asked by Isabella,

in which case, experience has taught me to run all

the way to the office and ask to phone home.