§ Monty visits
@ classroom

a I stared with mounting
horror at the fax trans-
mission from Tara G.
Harris I held in my
hands.

“Dear Ms Lancaster,” it
read. *... Lam a Grade 4 stu-
dent at Highlands School ...
my class and I have been
enjoying the stories about
Monty’s training adventures ..

I am writing to ask you if you

would consider ~ bringing

Monry into our class so that we

_ could’ meet him and see if he
_ really does sit on command ...

Click. The movie screen in
my head snapped on and start-
ed rolling:

The two-story clementary
school where I spent five of my
childhood years, quiet play-
ground, blue sky loaded with
fluffy clouds. Suddenly, the

- heavy wooden doors ‘smash
open and children pour from
the exit, a scuffle of ear-piere-

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Behind them bounds my
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Monty has become a bit of
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MONTY enjoys the limelight, and a good belly scratch from trainer Joan Klucha of Sierra P.A.C.K. Leaders,
while visiting Mrs. Schell's Grade four class at Highlands elementary school.

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