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Tiny Chihuahua Cedric and his huge mail day
It's mail day and the sun is out. Cedric the tiny Chihuahua has a whole sidewalk of sights and smells to get through before he reaches the mailbox. more
There's a lot of mail waiting. Cedric trots home in a hurry, misses a step and takes a little tumble. He picks himself up and keeps going, but that one stumble worries more than a few of his fans.
At home, the tote bag is full and one package didn't even fit. His mom blames the Easter holidays and a backlog. The first envelope holds a drawing of Cedric with his tongue poking out, next to the little toy Lou gave him. It comes from Jocelyn in California, who writes that his singing is beautiful and his sneezes are cute.
Each time his mom finishes reading, Cedric says thank you the way he always does, with a paw on her hand. A card from Wisconsin, sent by a family with a few Chihuahuas of their own, wishes him a happy birthday a little late. "It's never too late to celebrate his birthday," his mom says, and the card goes up on the wall.
SaveAn Easter card follows, then a Saint Patrick's Day drawing from Dallas. By then Cedric is tired from his walk, so the rest of the mail waits for another day, when, his mom reports, he is "definitely more energetic." The second round brings more Easter wishes and one more drawing of him, from Danny. Somewhere in all this he keeps stepping right up to the camera for close-ups, which his fans love.
Andrea's package comes from a town called Washington in the United Kingdom. Something shaped like a sun unfolds into a tote bag with a cheeky seagull and his chips, and she guesses he will call them fries in Canada. "That's true, we call them fries here," his mom says. The poop bags in the box make her laugh, just as Andrea hoped they would.
Andrea also asks where his name came from. He was born with it, his mom explains, and it was already on his papers. They kept it because "he looked like a Cedric," and there was no way they were changing it. Then the tiny fork and spoon from Andrea turn up, looking more like a rake and a shovel.
Mary and Ian send a package from Surrey, British Columbia, with a portrait Mary painted herself. It's going on the living room wall with their framed art. The card with it reads, "You make happy days happen just by being you," and Mary writes that she took a watercolor class and tried to capture his sweet face. "Oh, it's perfect," his mom says.
SaveThe last box is the biggest, from Gabriella. Out come a police K-9 shirt, a shirt that says BOSS, overalls, the Canadian bacon treats he loves, a squeaky shrimp and a squeaky star. A gift for Lou stays wrapped. The present marked "open me last" is a bow tie set with diamonds, and Gabriella's note admits she wishes they were real.
"You're gonna wear that next time you see Lou," his mom tells him. "She's gonna be so impressed." By the end the new drawings are up on the wall and Cedric is worn out from all the fun. His mom thanks everyone, says goodbye and adds one last request: send more mail.












