For her eleventh birthday Maryallie got a Guinea pig. He's black and white with cowlicks all over his little rodent body. He lives in a cage beneath the aquarium containing Shelly, the ornate box turtle that the kids found in the back yard a year ago.She had a hard time deciding what to name him and we were all asked for our opinions. Since I'm almost certain that Guinea pigs were originally bred to be eaten, I suggested "Snack." This idea was rejected, as was the suggestion that we put the turtle and the pig in the same cage and watch them fight. What could be better than Reptile vs Rodent cage fighting?
Instead she named him Pippin, after her favorite hobbit in the Lord of the Rings.
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