I wuz starvin, alone, an real real cold, one Septemba day. An I happen ta seez me sum a da tastiest birdseed jes a layin theyah own da ground. So's I cyphered I'd git me sum. Jes then this squirrelly li'l ole yella Mex-Mix thang come a yappin down at me frum a winder above. I do declayah! I wuz only bout fo months old an dat wuz lifesavin birdseed ta a hungreh li'l young'un like me, so's I jes kept own a scrunchin! Sides, awl dat li'l squirt could do wuz steam up da glass. Den awl uv a sudden dis really ugleh lady come a squattin down an a pettin own his li'l yella hide an a lookin rite down at ME! Course I wuz a ugleh thang, too, wit skinny legs awl up undah a set uv mud soaked ribs wit no meat ovah ma bones. But, dis lady look me rite in da eye an she start a smilin, an you know whut, dat winder come a slidin open! An out they both come, dat li'l thang a yappin rite up in my face sumthin awful. Well, I jes curl up in a ball cuz I wuttin bout ta give up ma seeds! Mex-Mix musta like me faw not givin ground cuz he up an started waggin dat thang he cawl a tail (look mo like a rat's butt), an dat ugleh lady scoop me rite up an commenced ta feedin me sum ov da bess stuff I nevah knowed da good Lawd could make! She done gimme a li'l warm house ta sleep in an I even git ta waller dat li'l yella brotha uv mine in da mud fo evah my mama can catch me! I even gots me a li'l junk-in-ma-trunk now.. I haint no bony thang no mo! ....I guess I can handle how terrible ugleh she iz, love can blind ye sumtime fo da good!