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The Finster Log

I Don't Want To Go To Bed!

Posted on: 02/20/03, 11:48:44
Peanut's house This is a top-view plan of Peanut's house.
A The door
B Snacking perch
C Hanging out perch
D Sleepy perch

While Peanut uses the three perches for many activities, they are labelled above with their main use. I feed Peanut breakfast and dinner on perch B, he spends most of his day on perch C, and he sleeps on perch D. Now, during the (usually) several hours of Warm Toasties that Peanut gets each night, I often need to take a break. All groggy from sleeping in my hand, he grumbles a bit, but he's learned that if I try to deposit him on perch C, he knows it isn't bedtime, that I'll come back, and he'll get more glorious Warm Toasties. All is right with the world, and he steps off willingly. And over the years, he's also learned that he's pretty darned spoiled with all those Warm Toasties, and when I try to deposit him on perch D, he realizes it must be bed time, so he steps off pretty willingly, too.

Except for the past few nights, when he's tried to leap from my hand onto perch C, in hopes that he'll be able to avoid that sleepy perch for just a few more Warm Toasties.

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