Da stories go on

Hiya. Dis iz Vito heer. Missin' my brudder ARf vewy much. But he gived me a messij to post. He weft a bunch o' bwoggies dat nebber gotted posted. He made me pwomis I wud share dem wif hiz fans fer a wile. Mama cant kwite type dem yet, but I wiww puww owt da files an' make shur she puts dem on heer. I wiww awlso share sum ov my own, tho I no dat hiz is whut peepulls want.

Da nite he weft fer da Bwidje, he givved me dis to teww.

"Vito, I am leevin' yu dis nite. I hav got awl da smewws an' pets an' luv rapped up in my spirit to keep wif me. I wiww miss yu an' speshully Mama an' Papa, but it iz time fer me to go cuz I am old an' sick. I am leevin' Mama wif a speshull gift dat only I can giv her. I am goin' by myself. After I am gon, it wiww be da furst time dat Mama will no dat I am reely gon and dat she duz not need to be afwaid ov my deff. I saw she cud not handle wen Bwossom, hu yu nebber met, an Hugo weft on dis jerney. She cud not bare to see or be neer dem. But dis time, she wiww no dat it is awlrite, dat I am not heer and dat da Arfur she luvs iz not in dis body. Dis iz my gift to her along wif awl my luv.
Dont cwy too much cuz dat wiww make her sadder. Take care ov her an' Papa an' dont be meen to da Pippicat. Yu wuz a gud brudder. But eben today yu cud not beet me in resslin or be top dog. Tomorro yu wiww be."

Wen he weft, I ran upstares to Mama an' Papa and spended da nite wif dem. I did not teww dem Arfur wuz gon. He had woofed wun last gudbye, den flew away. I wiww awlways miss him. He tawt me so menny fings. Now Mama takes me evryware cuz I hab nebber bin alone, ebber.

So wen fings settle down, I wiww start sharin' hiz files wif yu. Fank yu so much fer da menny menny messajes an' pwayers. Got to go cuz da puter iz gettin' wet...
Vito

Yankin' Mama's Chane

We bin havin' winter an' sno an' cold fer soooo long. Ize reely dun wif awl of it. So today is warmer, no sno, no rane, gwass is startin' to come bak an' I dont wanna be in da howse. So I am stayin' in da yard an' luvvin' whut luks wike spwing. Now Mama bin huvverin' ober me watewy. She haz com owt a few times an' Papa too afore he went in da twuk. She iz gettin' awl weepy an' werried, siwwy womin. Duzn't she no dat I wanna see dis nise wevver? Da sun iz comin' up now an' eben if I can't heer da birdies singin', I see dem flyin' arownd. After habin' meet lofe an' pork role last nite an' yummy ise cweem, I am ok not eetin' rite now. She made me take my piwws dis mornin' an' I am gonna get her bak. I am gonna stay heer an' enjoy dis spwing day. She can keep makin' tishoos nice n snotty fer Vito to steel. Mebbe Papa wiww take us fer a twuk ride wen he gets home. I hope so. I wuv my noo twuk.
Later,
Arfur

Fun wif Dad

Dad gots a noo twuk a wile bak an' he putted a speshul seet in da bak fer me n Vito. We got rides wunce in a wile, but lately dey gots much bedder! He has taked us to Burger King fer chikky nuggets, cheezy burgers an' ice kweem. He has taked  us to da After fer ice kweem. Awl dat wuz gud. Wunce he taked me to da vetman - not so gud, but den he gotted me ice kweem. Doncha fink it cud not be bedder dan dat? It IS bedder. Now I gots my own windo dat iz jus' fer me so I kin sniffs ware we iz goin'. Vito wikes to ride watchin Papa. Me? I wuv wookin' owta da windo!

Me an' Vito get ice kweem in da twuk

 I am luvvin' watchin' da gwass com bak an' da birdies. I am drinkin' wots of wadder an' takin' my piwws wike a gud boy. I nap a lot too. Da bestest fing? Vito don't steel my fuds wen I eet reelly slo (witch I nebber did!) Now I gotta go giv Mama dat sad doggy wook dat gets me reelly gud stuffs wike meetlofe, chikky, hammy burgers, hot doggies, an' sumtimes mor dan wun at a time! I eben gotted wivverwerst! I gots to teww Millie how to pway Unka Doug bedder for reelly gud foods! Mebbe Papa wiww take us in da big twuk agan tonite! I kin smeww Burger King frum heer!
Later,
Arfur

Too much to say

But hey, heer goze! Arfur heer an' a hole lot haz bin happinin'. I started to coff a wile bak an' 2 times I gode to da vetman but it did not go away. Fird time dey taked me in a dark room an' taked pitchers ov me. Stwanje, dey did not want my hansum fase, jus' my body. Den da doc sed dat I habbed to com bak fer sum udder fing - a ugla sownd. Evry buddy wooked werried an' I wuz jus' such a gud boy an' happy an' hungwy.
 Meenwile, after da ugla sownd we habbed a holly day an' I am hungry but habbin' trubble eetin'. Mama an' Papa gets me burgers 'n' chikky nuggets cuz I do fine wif dem. Dat iz plus my kibbuls, witch now Mama wets an' adds yummies to.  I am shur dat Mama an' Papa ar werried abowt me. I am hangin' rownd dem mor and gettin' awl da pets I can. Fer Eester I gotted a new hedjie hog, but I gived it to Vito. He wanted it so much mor.
Mama finks da shadow dey seed behind my hart iz da medisin bag I eeted so many yeers ago an' nebber pooped owt. But da vetman sez sumfin' ewse. Enny ways, it iz snowin' agan after a sunny warm day an' awl da gwass iz gon agan. Hopin' it goze away an' we kin go to da park soon. But I be a widdle werried cuz I can feel it frum my mama. I fink she notissed dat I hab not butted her fer a few dayz now. I'll hav to give her a gud wun layter. I gots mor to teww, but maybe wayter. Off to beg fer sum mor tweets!

Hi five to Vito

Tired Vito (whut, yu fink I'd uze a bedder pikcher - no way!)

We habbed a LOT of snow com to owr howse and awso wind bwowing brwanches offa da treez. I am da snow pwow most ov da time cuz Vito habs a cwooked weg an' haz trubbul gettin' fru da snow. He awlways follos me fru da snow. Wast after noon, I wuz takin' my nappy an Vito reeelly reeelly habbed to go owt. It wuz snowin' wike crazy and wuz vewy deep. Mama watched him go outa da doggy dore an' push hiz way fru da vewy hevvy snow. It wuz hard for him an' he wuz stwugglin', so he started to jump wike a fishy to get to da tweez ware it wuzn't so deep. Comin' bak wuzn't so hard cuz he jus' fowwowed da paff dat he made goin' owt. Wen he got in, he wuz wimpin' an cold an' Mama wapped him in a blankie. I am so pwowd ov him cuz he NEBBER did diss befor. So Vito, heer iz a hi five fer yu, widdle brudder! Now I am goin' bak to sweep untiw snak time.
Pwowd brudder,
Arfur

Ware did spwing go?

Dis week haz bin reely nise an' sunny an' warm. We bin havin' a gwate time in da yard. I eben leff my hedjie hog owt der. Wud yu beleev I jus' went owt to pee an der iz snow up to my hooha. What da heck? Hu taked away my nise warm sun? An ware did my hedjie hog go?

So I desided to make art today. I gonna paynt da hole yard yewwow. An' Vito will add bwown poka dots. Got to hav fun sumhow cuz I am pwetty shur Mama wiww be dwaggin' owt dat nasty sukky monster. Maybe we cud charm a cuppla kukkies owta her. Or maybe she wiww bake sumfin. I don't smeww da kukkin' fingy yet but yu can shur bet my noze iz gonna be on awert fer it. Whelp, bak to my mornin' nappy. Vito stole da sofa so I gots my choyse ov beds. Hope dat snow don't get too deep. Mama iz not too kwik wif da shuvvel enny mor.
Keep 'em warm n dry.
Arfur

Fun at da Vetman's (da troof!)

 Weww, I tode yu abowt Vito an' da monster. Layter wen Papa came home we gode to da vetman's. Papa putted us in da big twuk an' dwove us dere. I went in wif Mama awl by myself. Papa stayed in da twuk wif Vito. Da only udder doggy der wuz a puggle (ugh). We wuz cawled in rite away an' da lady wayed me an' tawked to Mama, den left us to wate. Not shur wy, but I did not feel nerbus at awl dis time, so sted ov puwwin' Mama to da dore, I cwimed up on da tabul ware dey wayed me an' pwetended I wuz on a pwaygwownd. I gotted down, an' up, an' down, an' up a zillyun times! In between I wet Mama pet me an' skritch my eers an' stuff. Den awl ov a sudden I smewwed Papa an Vito! I went to da dore an' sniffed under it - an dere wuz Vito's noze on da udder side!! We pwayed snuffles fer a minnit till da vetman came in. He pikked me up an' I wuz not skared at awl! What a sprize! He gived me a ride on da taybul, den he hugged me an' put sumfin' on my side, den da udder side. Wooked in my eerz an den tawked to Mama. I ackshully wiked my vizit!  But da best pawt wuz after. Papa hewd us wile Mama gotted medisins fer me (coff piwws an' antywobotiks) an' tawked to da dr. an' da ladies. I wuz waytin to get owt dat dore an to da twuk cuz Papa AWLWAYZ takes us sumpwase gud! An' I wuz rite!! He taked us to get ice kweem! It wuz jus' a pawfect day!

Note from Mama: There was an emergency and it took quite a long time. It's good that Arfur can't hear, because there was the most depressing piano music I ever heard playing the entire time. I really nearly left the room it was so oppressive. What kept me sane was watching Arfur playing on the table over and over with such a big smile on his face. Made the time precious instead of difficult. He's my boy!