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Tic-Toc AWOL

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   (For those of you who don't know, AWOL stands for Absent WithOut Leave) When I first woke up yesterday morning the first thing I heard was my father and two brothers talking outside my window. Their words started me out of bed. "He's gone. Go inform the seminary guard."  .....this could mean several things. One of my brothers had run away.   ...no Our night guard was missing.   ...it's morning; he's our night guard. He's usually gone by now. Something had happened I wasn't informed of.   .....VERY possible..... OR our crocodile had escaped.   ...bingo   Yes, we have a crocodile. His name is Tic-Toc, he is approximately 4 feet long, and weighs about 16 pounds. We were crocy-sitting him for another missionary family who were on furlough in the US. He loves fish and shrimp (but if it is raw fish, will turn up his nose) and eats three times a week while other captive crocs are feed once or twice.   I stumbled out ...