Summary

Greg writes about how he and his family, including his mom's extended family, are having Easter at Gramma's house this year. The only thing that Gramma has for kids to play with is a stuffed elephant named Ellie, but its trunk, ears, and legs have been torn off by her dog Sweetie. Now it just looks like a bowling pin with eyes. There is a drawing of Greg, Rodrick, and Manny sitting at a table, looking bored and trying to figure out how to have fun with Ellie.

Greg does enjoy messing around with Sweetie, the very round dog that lives with Gramma. Though the kids can't play with Sweetie like they used to because Gramma has fed him so much food, Greg and Rodrick have found other ways to have fun with the dog. For example, making a raspberry sound from...