Sam's paradise
My life

Theres a long story behind that pretty fur of mine...

I was born into this strange world on November 9, 2001. I was born to the two most awesome parents in the world, my mommy, Scooter, and my Daddy, Cookie. Even though my daddy was separated from my mommy so he wouldn't eat us, I still loved him. I had two other siblings, one of which died a day after he was born. I dont know why, but I was real sad. Now I only had my one brother, RooRoo. Boy is RooRoo a nut-ball. He is so funny. He loves people to pick him up and play with him. Me, on the other hand, would much rater take a nice nap. That is why I will run away from your hand when you try to pick me up. I dont really like being held. Thats just the way I am. My mommy kept me and my brother real warm in the nice nest she made for us. She kept us warm all day except when she had to eat or drink. She was a really good mommy! Until we were about a couple weeks old, we were helpless little pink jellybeans. After about a week or so, I started turning black, since that was the color of my fur. Many people say that I look excatly like my mommy, I even have the little bit of white under my chin and on my paws just like she does. The only difference is that she is way bigger than me. Tisk Tisk mommy, you better stop eating all those sunflower seeds!! :) When we were about 4 weeks of age, we started opening our eyes. I couldnt beleive it. There were so many new things around me that I could explore. About a day after we opened our eyes we were looking around and trying out some of that food stuff my mommy eats. It was pretty good, but it was kinda hard to chew! About two weeks later, this stranger came over and looked at me for a long while and played with me for a little. She was really nice, but I was kinda nervous. Then she put me in this scary thing that they call a shoe box, and I had a really bumpy ride all the way up the street. It was scary!! Then finally it stopped. My new mommy opened up the cover. Gosh was I terrified. All these new people staring at me, and all the new sights, smells, and sounds. But I liked to explore, so it was kinda cool being in a new place. Then my mommy got a fish tank and put me in there with food and water. I was real scared. I missed my mommy's warm body and I missed playing with my brother. But then my owner gave me lots of toys and cuddled me. That made me feel a lot better. One of the first things that was brought to my attention in this new environment was these little creatures they call 'birds' that make a terribly annoying noise. I could hear them cherping all the way from the living room. They make a lot of noise and it really buggs me when Im trying to take a nice nap.
 
Now I live in an awesome new plastic cage with tubes and wheels and stuff and it's real fun. Since I am the only gerbil, I get lots of attention from my mommy :o) She loves me lots and takes me out every day. I especially like it when she gives me those YUMMY things called sunflower seeds to me when I am being a good girl. Some of my favorite things to do are: Escape from my owner and play hide-and-go seek under the couch, Run in this cool pink ball my mom got me, run in my wheel, chew on wood, sleep, wash myself, and of course, eating! :) One of my worst fears: baths. I hate baths. They scare me. I hate being wet! When I hear 'bath' from someone's mouth, I run for my life!!!! :o)
Now you know what its like to be me!!! :)

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