Knowing When to Pounce – Conversations with the Pack

I am Doodlebug, King of the Olde English Bulldogges.

Sweetie: There it is. Now wait for it. Pounce!

Doodlebug: Ugh! Missed it again. Where did it go?

Me: Y’all playing some kind of fun game?

Sweetie: We’re trying to catch a critter, but every time we pounce on it, it’s moved.

Me: Is this critter kind of gray and flat?

Sweetie: Yeah! Do you see it?

Me: It’s your shadow. That’s why it moves when you do.

Doodlebug: I still think we can get it if we perfect our pouncing technique.

MoonCat: I could share my pouncing secrets, but nah.

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