The otsumami that Tod brought back had lots of yummy peanuts, a few senbei and some reddish, teardrop shaped nuts that were really yukky. I tried one but had to spit it across the room in disgust. It was definitely not a peanut!

Kristen said it was a waste of a good almond and she picked the rest of them out of the mix and ate them herself. People are strange. I'm glad I'm a zou.

My friend MJ wants to make me a star! Before I travel to Belgium, we're going to do a photo shoot . She's calling it "Where's Zoupi?" and keeps mentioning a guy named Waldo. He must be her assistant or something.

Tod brought us otsumami and senbei from Fukuoka. I think maybe the otsumami came from the airplane but that's close enough. I hope Zoupi saves us some otsumami when he goes to Belgium, but I bet he'll eat the packets of peanuts all by himself.

Look, look! I'm bigger than Belgium. Where will I sleep?

I'm going to Belgium! I got an e-mail from a new friend, Niko Neefs at Leuven University. He's giving me a homestay. I'm going to meet his friend Tux and to eat Belgian peanuts, too.

Zoukun says Niko is going to be mean to me and kidnap me. But I don't believe Kun; I think he's just jealous because I'm going to Beligum and he's not.

Our new friend Karel, e-mailed us. He likes salty peanuts. I do, too, but only when I'm playing cards. Otherwise, I prefer the kind in the shell--they're crunchier. Karel should try those sometime.

My great-great-grandfather, Gochizousama, had bad problems with his teeth when he got old. So yesterday, I asked Kristen to help me with the electric toothbrush. It tickled when she brushed my tusks.

America is great because that's where peanuts come from. We would like to visit America and meet Jimmy Carter and his peanut farm.

Zousan, Zoupi and Zoukun have all been on trips--they even went to London with Tod. But I am too big to ride in the carry-on luggage and I'm afraid of the baggage compartment, so I can't fly unless I have my own seat. Tod says if I earn enough money, I can buy a ticket.

So we decided that any money we find around the house on the floor is ours to keep. So far we have 24,945 yen, 8.18 US$, 5.50 UK, 5.70 HK$, 4.02 SG$, 1 Pataca, and 50 ITL.

I am so excited that our website is so popular. People at kininaruWeb are writing about us--they say we're cute! Of course we are. Me, especially.

But I'm more than cute, I'm smart, too. Soon I'll be implementing a guest book where you can leave comments.

And Zoupi had better return my hat soon. My head is getting cold.

Please pardon the previous post; Zoupi was dancing on the keyboard. He insists that he can type by himself. Amazingly enough, he seems to have gotten a division sign in there. How did he do that?

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The top hat is a little bit too big (I can barely peek out the bottom to walk around) but it looks sooo elegant. Sama can keep the silly old aviator hat!

You can see us in our hats in the zou gallery .

Zousama stole my aviator helmet and he won't give it back. But that's OK, I'll just wear his top hat instead.

I want to post a complaint. I think our domain should be "thezous.com" but Zousan asked for zousan.com first and he always get's his way. It's not fair but I rampaged through the apartment and nothing changed, so I guess we're stuck with zousan.com.

We've never had a website before but we like Kristen's and we had her make one for us. We can't type so she promised to help with that.

The Zous