Pets of four varieties

"What is that chirping noise?" Howard called from his office.

"That's Sweetie. We're babysitting him for the next week."

"What?"

"It's a parakeet honey. We have a bird in our house. He's trying to get someone to come talk to him."

"Oh. I thought someone was torturing a computer."

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Yesterday Bob and Joe the grasshoppers were freed from their glass holding tank. They were quite the adventurous creatures, having been born in Idaho and smuggled home to Utah in a small girl's suitcase. Gleek ...