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     The alarm woke me up. My aunties were 

all dressed to start a new day. I needed my 

shower time. I will be with you in a little 

while. It takes a long time to wash all this 

fur. I hope there is some cereal and toast 

waiting for me. I am really hungry. Close 

the door now. I need my privacy.

     ‘Good morning sleepy head!’ my aunties 

screamed out. It is time to visit a very 

special place. Can you guess where we are 

going first Rufus?’ asked auntie Jan.   I was 

not sure but it did not matter because 

every place we visit will be special and 

exciting to me. 

      ‘Weeee!!! Let’s get going. I want to drive. 

All I need to do is hold this big wheel and 

you press on the gas. I was only playing 

because I am not big enough to drive a car 

all by myself. I can drive my bike though. 

Auntie Traci placed me in my seat belt once 

again and we drove off to that very special 

place planned for this morning.

     Yes! Hooray! We are at a beach. The 

first thing that I get to do is make my first 

sand castle. It is not very big but I can 

pretend that it is a castle for ants. The sun 

is so hot. Maybe I should move closer to 

the water. The breeze is much cooler 

there. My auntie Wendy has a secret idea. 

She will not tell me but I am sure it has 

something to do with sand.

     I never saw this coming. I must say that 

the sand below me is cooler. Do my aunties 

think this is really funny? I can see that 

they are laughing a lot. It would not be so 

bad if that bottle of water was just a bit 

closer. Oh well! I am ready to get out now. 

Is anyone going to help me?

     Look at that puppy. He looks like me. He 

is brown and very furry. I will call him over 

to help me get out of the sand. ‘Here puppy, 

puppy’ Come help me out. I got a treat for 

you’. I don’t think the dog is allowed to 

come over. He has a leash. He might think it 

is a bit crazy for a bear to be buried in the 

sand. Thank you anyway puppy.

     Auntie Jan helped me out of the sand. 

‘Let’s sit by the water for a little while’. We 

sat by the shore. The waves had a nice 

sound. The wind helped cool us down. It was 

really nice to spend some quiet time with 

my auntie Jan. She told me some stories 

about the boats that sail across the deep 

water to the other parts of the world. I 

loved listening to her.

     The next stop on our journey for today 

was a place filled with butterflies. They 

started as cocoons and then became bigger 

and more beautiful to look at. The building 

had lots of butterflies flying everywhere. 

Some landed on plates of fruit. Some 

landed on auntie’s shoulders. I tried to get 

a butterfly to land on my piece of orange. 

    It is so hard to believe that butterflies 

can be so awesome. I like the butterfly 

with the big eyes. It looks like he is staring 

right at me. I cannot touch them. They are 

protected behind the glass. What butterfly 

do you like?  

     Auntie Sharon was very excited when 

one butterfly landed on her back. She was 

not allowed to pat it but she tried to look 

around very hard to see how beautiful it 

was.

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