I am Doodlebug, King of the Olde English Bulldogges.
Sweetie: There is this cool table outside, Lady Human!
Me: I know it well.
Sweetie: Have you stood on it?
Me: Not a pastime of mine.
Doodlebug: I don’t stand on things. I’m tall enough as is.
Sweetie: I looked down at the ground so far below me and it was calling me to jump.
Me: No, it wasn’t.
Sweetie: And I started to put my foot right over the edge, just to do it, to dive into the air…
Me: Listen to me! Stay away from the edge! Resist the temptation.
Sweetie: Then why have the temptation?
Me: So you can learn to resist it.
Sweetie: I still think it would be a hoot.
Me: Until you smashed your chins and your shins on the beckoning ground.
MoonCat: I have four paws worth of sharp claw edge-grabber-temptation-resisters. They never fail me.
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