74 - Snuggle gnomes.
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When  I first  moved into  that motor-home  behind
Cliff and his grandma's house, I was always trying
to keep  the gnomes out. Always  keeping the doors
and windows shut, roof  vents, holes in the floor,
all  that. But  they're sneaky  and opportunistic,
and  sometimes even  clever, and  it was  always a
losing   battle.  Nowadays   I   don't  even   try
anymore. I just accept that they're going to be in
and around my place.  Even when I'm sleeping. When
I  wake up  there's usually  like five  or six  of
those little things  snuggled up next to  me or on
top of  me. Never  the same  bunch, they  come and
go. It'd probably look pretty adorable, if someone
took a picture. But I'm  always trying to clean up
their dirt and  mess the next day.  That's sort of
less adorable.