REMEMBERING PENELOPE BEFORE KISSMAS

 Gentle Readers . . . and Maxwell,

It's our first Christmas without Penelope. She was a funny girl with a lot of complaints, many of them about me. If I left the house I was gone for years. I shouldn't work at my stupid job. I thwarted her attempt to travel to France using the steps she found under the deck. 

Penelope was critical. She called Franklin the village idiot (to be fair, he intentionally misprounced her name as Penlapee, which drove her mad). Until she and Princess became best friends, Penelope didn't like the German girl who might have been adopted to replace her.

But Penelope loved Kissmas, so we'll look back at one of her pre-Kissmas posts.

Infinities of love,

Janie Junebug

It's me it's me it's me. It's Penelope. Wait till you see what I have!

Mom Mom told Santa Paws that it's cold and he brought me an early present. It's a new sweater!!!!!

It has the body of a penguin on my back and then my head sticks out of the opening so it looks like I'm a penguin. Mom Mom said I'm the most adorable penguin in the world. Human Brother called me Peneloguin. Then he said I'm CUTE! I wonder if being cute will make me fly like the reindeer on the TV.

I bet I'll fly the next time Human Brother says I'm cute. I almost flew in the backyard already because I ran fast fast fast in a big circle around the yard WHILE I WAS WEARING MY NEW SWEATER!

I'm a happy penguin. Happy happy happy.

Would you like to see a picture of me as a penguin? You know penguins are cute.

Wait a minute. You should see a penguin first because you might not have ever seen a penguin.

See? Penguins like art. I bet I'll get invited to an art museum now that I'm Peneloguin.

Okay. Here's a picture of me that Mom Mom took after I got tired and needed a rest from running in circles around the yard.

Wow. I am cute. I'm sure I'll fly soon.

I thought of something else. This isn't the way I write. I'd better write the way I usually write or you might think I'm Franklin.

Hello. It is I, Penelope. 

No, Peneloguin! I don't care about writing the way I usually do. Let's have fun and fly!

Bye! See you soon! I know Santa Paws will bring more presents for me on Kissmas and I hope every present will be new clothes for me to wear because I'm CUTE!