The story of the hamster.

Once upon a time, three boys talked their mother into buying each of them a hamster.  Their mother liked animals and thought that hamsters could teach the boys responsibility, so the three boys went to the pet store and each brought home a hamster.  Fluffy, Hammy and Spike.  Hammy got lost in the basement the next day.  It took them a week to find her.  But Mom did, in the laundry room. (Yes I screamed!!!) And they were glad to have her back.  But by that time dear Fluffy had a surprise.  Fluffy multiplied.  They welcomed seven new hamsters home, with a total of ten. So the hamsters were separated into individual cages.(Did you know that they can bread every 3 weeks?)  But these three boys had forgotten that they had a predator  in their home.  While the hamsters were sleeping in their individual cages, the dog Casper would find them and do what she does with all the rodents around, and the three boys had to bury Hammy and Spike in the back yard.  But at least there was Fluffy with her few extra babies.  So they tried again.  They picked out babies Snowflake and Fatty.  And their mother, who had learned a few things about hamsters, quickly gave the rest of them away.  And the boys tried to keep the lids on the hamster cages when their dog was around.  But soon it started again Fatty died of natural causes and Snowflake soon found herself faced with the predator and perished.  So there was a few more graves next to the garden.  And only Fluffy remained high on a shelf and only released when the dog was locked outside.  Six months later,with both the dog and the hamster surviving, two of the boys started asking again and the gullible mother said "okay, if you share one". So they picked out a brown one and named it JJ Buckie Ray.  So the next day while the boys were at school Mom went to walmart to pick out a new cage for JJ.  She brought it home and started putting it together, then it was time to go get the boys from school.  But when she left, Casper was left in the house.  And they returned to yet another tragedy.  They are now planing another funeral by the garden.  (GOOD DEAL ON BRAND NEW NEVER USED HAMSTER CAGE.)  But at least good old Fluffy remains, high up on her shelf where Casper can't reach her because, I'm afraid if Casper does find her, she will probably choke and that will be the end of them all.  Maybe then we will learn and get a fish.