Turn the Air Conditioner Off – Conversations with the Pack

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I am Doodlebug, King of the Olde English Bulldogges. Lady Human, turn the cold box off.

Sweetie: Yeah, enough is enough already.

Me: A/C’s not on.

Sweetie: Where’s the cold coming from?

Me: The outside.

Doodlebug: Does the sky have a great big cold box in it? Why didn’t it turn on during the hot days?

Me: This is that seasonal change that happens at the same time every year. The air will be cooler now for awhile.

MoonCat:  I think it would be better if we had our own buttons to turn the cold off and on in the sky. What could possibly go wrong with that?

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FALL! – Conversations with the Pack

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I am Doodlebug, King of the Olde English Bulldogges.

Me: It’s Fall!

MoonCat: Fall? What fell? I didn’t do it.

Sweetie: Are you sure, Lady Human? I didn’t hear anything fall.

Me: No, this is Fall, the season. You know. Autumn!

Doodlebug: Please make up your mind, ma’am.

Sweetie: Yeah. What fell?

Me: Nothing yet, but by tomorrow, the temperature will. 95° high today, high of 84° tomorrow.

Sweetie: Said the human in her mysterious language.

Me: Cooler! Fall means cooler.

Doodlebug: Why call it “Fall” then? Why not just call it “Cooler” or “Not so Hot”?

Sweetie: Humans never think things through.

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