Editor’s note: Amos is a church mouse, unable to use the keyboard shift keys and unschooled in the art of punctuation.   bertie s graduation daze   boss i saw bertie woeworm the other day and he was more miserable than i ve ever seen him - and that s saying a lot   you remember bertie woeworm boss he s the sort of fellow who when he walks into a room you feel like somebody just turned out the lights   bertie was crying it s so sad he said my life is worse than really bad   why what s the matter says i nothing can be that bad there s no need to cry   yes there is bertie whimpered with a sigh saturday is graduation day so saturday is the day i die   how can that be says me graduation is a joyous time a celebration of life — not death — of achievements — not failure — how can you be depressed about any of that   graduation signals a big change in my life says he tearfully it means a change in my lifestyle a change in my routine a change in my clothes and a change in how i do things   i don t know if you know this or not since i keep my emotions pretty much to myself but i don t handle change very well   i tell ya amos on saturday i plan to faint and die   change is good says me to him where would we be without changes in our life and history — we d still be little cave mouses and little cave caterpillars today instead of the sophisticated globe-traveling worldly wise creatures we are now   of course boss i had to keep my little tongue firmly lodged against my cheek to keep from biting on it in unbridled mirth   i guess you re right amos says he to me but don t you see that graduation is the end of my sanity it s the end of life for me the end of calm and tranquility the death of peaceful serenity   i ll lose my structure my routine and all my friends life will be empty dismal and at its frazzled end   i tell ya amos on saturday i plan to fade into the wind   no no no you don t understand my little wiggly depressed friend graduation is not an end it s the beginning again the freeing of the soul to ascend struggle achieve and win in a new career a new life s end   it s the joy of living life brand-new of overcoming strife and its blues of reaping rewards for work done faithfully and true   graduation is the hallelu for all the golden work you do                                     amos