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Her dad made a show of thanking her profusely and Sugar's bottom wriggled. "Say you!" she said again, getting the pronunciation a little better this time. Although her black eyes could oft times seem a little creepy, they now crinkled at the corners, making her look more of an adorable stuffed animal than anything.

Her attention soon turned back to her dig site. Perhaps there were more of those wriggly roots or other interesting things to find. She thrust her tiny pink snoot into the shallow hole she'd dug, then began to paw at the soil once more. This time, she found a small, flat stone buried underneath. That was interesting but what was more interesting was what was beneath it once she turned it over: half a dozen pill bugs went scurrying hither and thither.

At the sight of them, Sugar gave an excited squeak. "Buzz!" she exclaimed, shooting Elwood a quick glance before giggling and trying her best to catch and eat all the poor roly polys.