Editor's note: Amos is a churchmouse, who types by hopping on the computer keyboards, but he can't operate the capital shift, and he shuns punctuation marks — except hyphens and dashes. amos gives thanks boss i don t know how life in downtown whoville might be around thanksgiving but life in bugtussle — the underground church pew community — sure ain t no picnic who tells the animal world down here that thanksgiving is here — now go out and maim your fellow animalkind question mark here boss yesterday i jumped in my little cheese-rolet for a nice evening drive around bugtussle full of joy and gratitude just for being alive at a beautiful time of the year while reflecting on the wonders of fall some loon-faced idiot comes swerving around pecos bill s bug emporium and dents my little blue 57 cheesy i was a little upset boss it really ruined my nice little fall reverie i was hopping up and down my tail was winding round and round and my whiskers were twitching up and down this bozo was about to get a piece of my mind and there was plenty to spare imagine my surprise boss when the loon-faced idiot turned out to be pastor leroy beetle i m so sorry said he i was in too much of a hurry i didn t see thee at all i turned about fifty shades of red right down to my little pink paw toenails boss oh it s okay pastor leroy says me i was driving way too slow for people on the go let me pay for any repairs says he it s the least i can do for thee and come and have thanksgiving dinner with me and the family say did you see the lovely fall colors on the trees and all the dancing leaves it s a grand time of the year don t you think boss i was so embarrassed but i did learn a lesson it s easy to be thankful when everything is going great but tough to do when it ain t still the lord can make life better — even amid the dents and bumps along the way the cloudy skies and dreary days through happy times and dismal weather bright smiles and sad letters — as well as those times when our faces get redder amos