Sweetie: Roll, roll, roll your boat, gently down the cardboard…
Me: Sweetie, that’s not exactly how the old song goes.
Sweetie: It’s not your old human song, ma’am. It’s my new bulldog song. Nothing like a vigorous roll on the cardboard box accompanied by a loud song.
Me: Well, it is fun to watch.
Sweetie: Humans should try it. It’s a lot less boring than watching the Picture Box.
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I am Doodlebug, King of the Olde English Bulldogges. Why is Sweetie so loud, Lady Human?
Me: She is wrestling the big cardboard box into submission.
Sweetie: Grrrrr! Arrgghh! You’re not the boss of me! Grrrrrrrr!
MoonCat: I’ve never seen such a fuss over a cardboard box.
Me: I’ve seen you love lots of boxes in your time.
MoonCat: Yes, but gently, like old friends. Places where I could retreat to solitude and be hidden away from loud, obnoxious bulldogs.
Sweetie: No box gets by with locking me out! Grrrr! Down with those cardboard walls! Arrgghh!
Doodlebug: Well, not a box anymore.
MoonCat: Nope. Just a flat cardboard mess.
Sweetie: All right, Lady Human. When does the next cardboard box delivery get here? I’m ready.
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I am Doodlebug, King of the Olde English Bulldogges. Lady Human! Sweetie is tearing up something! I don’t know why and I don’t know what.
Sweetie: Grrrrr! Move! Move! There! There!
Me: Oh, Sweetie. What are you doing in a cardboard box? I was going to put that out for the recycle people.
Sweetie: Grrrr! No need, ma’am. I’m recycling it myself. Repurposing. Reconditioning. All those fancy words the humans use, well, I’m DOING IT! BEHOLD! My new bedroom!
Me: Well…I’m…impressed. You knocked down one side of the box and dragged a blanket into it and made it just the right size for a new bed? In addition to the other two beds you already have. Okay. Why?
Sweetie: This is who I am. This is what I do. I’m not just a bulldog toilet engineer. Now I’m a bulldog architect. Don’t waste cardboard. Give it to me! I will reuse it! Wait. Look. There’s a plastic box over there! ANOTHER PROJECT! WOO HOO!
MoonCat: Meow. All right. Everyone hide. The bulldog has lost it.
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