Clarified

Earl likes butter.  Yesterday I came in the kitchen and found a plate on the floor.  Just one in a series of Earl eating things off of the kitchen counter.  At first I thought Earl had eaten a candle.  But the candle was still there.  Then I went to get the butter I had set out and realized that Earl had eaten the half a stick of butter that was on the plate.  Today I found the butter wrapper on the floor.  Earl had eaten what was left of the butter after I made my bread.  I'm not sure what this might do to his insides, but then I remembered that this is the same dog that ate a half of a chocolate cake and was a trooper.  Maybe he'll just get high cholesterol.