Paper Staring – Conversations with the Pack

I am Doodlebug, King of the Olde English Bulldogges.

Sweetie: Psst, Doodle. What is Lady Human staring at?

Doodlebug: Nothing interesting. Something in one of those books you bumped into.

Sweetie: It looks like those little marks she scratches onto the poor blank paper, only neater.

Doodlebug: Why do humans spend so much time staring at little marks on paper? There are so many other things to stare at.

Sweetie: Like food.

Doodlebug: And more food.

MoonCat: Priorities.

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