When we were little, I was the biggest and Lovey was the runt. Sometimes I would pick on her if I got a chance. I would sneak up on her and she would flop on her back and squeak. I liked to put my hand on her tummy and make this evil face and try to hyp-mo-tise her. (We live in the room with the TV and I saw Popeye or Bugs Bunny do it to an alligator once. Or maybe it was Steve Irwin.) But I always let her get right up, and then we would go play with Marrianne. Mom called me Nosfigratu, the Vampire fig. Dad just thought I was a bully. But when we grew up, it turned out that BiteyWhitey was really the bully, and Mom and Dad have to separate us sometimes. Plus, of course, BiteyWhitey bites which I would NEVER do!

You wouldn't believe what you can get in your pouch if you really try. When I do this, Mom says I look like the dangerous King Cobra Fig spreading her hood and getting ready to strike. Dad says I look like the drawing Wallace Tripp did called "exceptionally Greedy Hamster."