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These three lovely beasts are the wookies that live with us.
That's Chewy on the left in the space vest, followed by Christine, our new friend who Chewy first met at the local tanning salon, Body Le Bronze, in early 2005, and Chewy's brother, Lewy, on the right.
Wookies are by definition chipitarians, meaning they subsist on potato chips with the occasional fries or potato starch-based grape shake. They use their satchels as chip cases, as they must graze on chips all day.

Chewy first came to us many years ago as a gift from my brother. He is a happy guy who loves to dance (particularly the locomotion) and takes his role as community ponchip very seriously, a position to which he was elected by his peers. Whenever he is called upon to settle a dispute among the animals he is fair and just. He is good at math, hates spelling and has been known to get Ds in school.

Lewy meanwhile came to us from planet wookie direct and could speak very little English and even littler Animal when he got here. He will be repeating second grade this year, though he has made great progress and loves being reunited with his brother. Lewy is fairly reserved and often shy, but he loves playing games, teasing the vampires and hanging out with Buzz.

Christine is just about the happiest girl that I ever knew. She loves to wear her dayglow plush space vest and has acclimated well to her new life here at the parade since early spring when her mom won a fellowship to go back home and work on creating state-of-the-art fake tanning facilities for the government there. Christine loves to bake (potato starch only!) and is good friends with Paz.