With much love to my beautiful grandson Atlas.

A car and train addict and whiz kid hailing from the northeast.

All drawings in this book were made by your dad when he was 8 to 10 years old. The text for the Tess, Snowboarding and the Cat and Mouse stories were written by your dad.

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A CAT AND MOUSE ADVENTURE

Once there was a cat and a mouse. They were in

a submarine. They were in danger.

Cat shot missile 1. He missed. He shot missile

2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8. He missed. The mouse shot missile 9 and 10. Mouse hit the attacker. They shouted "HELP!" But Cat and Mouse did not let them in their submarine.

The war wasn't over yet but Cat and Mouse were prepared and ready to fight in their submarine.

MARS ATTACK

On a peaceful night people were sleeping snug as a bug in a rug when all of a sudden a bright reddish light lit up half of the sky. People woke up and looked out their windows only to see a UFO searching and sweeping the ground.

What do the aliens want? Are they friendly?

Are they looking for animals to adopt as pets

or could it be they want humans as pets.

Alert! Come to the rescue Cat and Mouse.

Tess is a Corgie. She is less than a foot long. She has white and brown fur. Her collar is filled with pictures of flowers. She has a tiny tail that you don't see very often which all Corgis have.

Her favorite thing to do is to run around the house looking for someone to play with. She is fast. She likes to play with her brother Simon. She likes to tackle Simon down like a football player, for a toy or a bone. She usually wins and I feel good when she does.

I love her. She comes to me a lot and thinks I am one of her masters.

First time snowboarding. The bunny hill was hard to climb. My abdominals, my legs and arms were very sore from climbing.

The teacher and my mom encouraged me. My mom said she would give me five dollars if I get down from the top of the bunny slope to the bottom of the slope. The bunny slope is the smallest slope. The teacher said "Do it so you can get the five dollars."

I was happy I made it down without falling.

My mom finally gave me the five dollars but I had to pester her a bit. Next winter I'll do it again.