yep, i wuz right - that monster never showed. i knew it - big whoosie all along. can't beleeve i wasted all thoze yeers avoydeeng it! aneeway, i theenk i got to vizit mom breefly in a dreem, but it's hard to say for sure. i do know that dat little old ladee had a short vizit and she reely cawt my mom off guard! she (the little old ladee) also sed my mom had a look sort of like she had wif me that time she wuz theenkeeng uv fetcheeng me up and runneeng away wif me. i gess she must miss us both a lot :( well, it's time for my late afternoon nap, so until next time...'paz