I am Stella, Queen of the Olde English Bulldogges.
Tiger: Ruff!
Stella: What?
Tiger: Ruff! Ruff!
Stella: Stop it!
Tiger: Ruff! Ruff!
Stella: Stop it!
Tiger: No!
Stella: Stop it!
Tiger: No!
Stella: Stop it!
Tiger: No!
Me: Okay, now I am saying stop it to both of you. What’s going on?
Stella: Tiger is being annoying. She is barking for no reason.
Me: Is something wrong, Tiger?
Tiger: My rear end itches.
Me: Well, that’s a reason.
Stella: Nope! I speak fluent bulldoggese and that is not what she was saying!
Me: What was she saying then?
Stella: Ruff! Ruff! Ruff! That is not even a real word, Lady Human. She was repeating herself over and over and over and over…
Me: Sort of like what you are doing now?
Stella: …and over and over…
Me: Here, Tiger, let me scratch the itchy spot.
Stella: Oh, so she gets free scratching as a reward for being annoying and repeating herself over and over and over…
Me: Scratching is always free. I do not charge for it.
Stella: In that case, ruff! Ruff ruff! Ruff! Ruff! Ruff!
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