{"id":2234,"date":"2010-02-04T01:40:26","date_gmt":"2010-02-04T06:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=2234"},"modified":"2010-02-04T01:40:41","modified_gmt":"2010-02-04T06:40:41","slug":"goodbye-butterstick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=2234","title":{"rendered":"goodbye, butterstick!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/447110652\/\" title=\"Yum! by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/179\/447110652_aceb6f379d.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Yum!\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Tai Shan, better and more affectionately known to D.C. locals as &#8220;Butterstick,&#8221; is leaving town tomorrow to head back to China.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/images\/panda\/butterstick.jpg\" alt=\"Butterstick's First Day in Public\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll miss you, Butterstick. We enjoyed watching you grow up and know you&#8217;ll make the District proud as you make a new life in your parents&#8217; native land.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rudiriet\/73084667\/\" title=\"An apprehensive Butterstick by randomduck, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/20\/73084667_6ba91708d7_d.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"An apprehensive Butterstick\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Good luck!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tai Shan, better and more affectionately known to D.C. locals as &#8220;Butterstick,&#8221; is leaving town tomorrow to head back to China. We&#8217;ll miss you, Butterstick. We enjoyed watching you grow up and know you&#8217;ll make the District proud as you make a new life in your parents&#8217; native land. 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