DVM stood for Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Charlie was proud of his mom for that It took a lot of work and dedication to become a veterinarian The top half of the sign always stayed the same It was one of Charlie’s jobs to change the letters on the bottom half once per week With a new animal pun His mom liked puns Charlie not so much What he saw now was this What do you call 100 rabbits walking backward A receding hare line For a few more moments Charlie pretended he was looking for something outside Was it a car or a cat I saw he finally said Probably both Amy answered from the counter There’s a cat in here 4
DEMBINSKI VETERINARY CLINIC DR SELENA DEMBINSKI DVM Open weekends What do you call 100 rabbits walking backward A receding hare line
and this nice man must have driven here in a car Actually Charlie said feeling a rare moment of victory I just got you with a Yes a palindrome Amy said You already got me with it once You actually thought it would work again Charlie turned and shrugged It was worth a try I thought I’d catch you when you are only half awake Catch her the man with the cat said Palindrome Yes Charlie answered I always get up early Amy likes to sleep in Sometimes if she isn’t paying attention I manage to trick her with one The man looked puzzled as he scratched the cat’s head One what 6
A palindrome Charlie said Like my name Amy said Amy Ma No h in Ma Same as race car Reads the same forward and backward Amy flipped over her piece of paper on the counter She took a pen from her back pocket and quickly wrote on the back of the paper WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW WAS IT A CAR OR A CAT I SAW She held it in front of the man’s face He stared at the sentence Then he smiled This time it was a real smile Cool he said What do you think about my poster she asked She showed him the other side of the piece of paper For my new dog walking business Dr Dembinski said I could put this up in the clinic Should I have a drawing of a dog on this poster 7
