Buggy – Conversations with Sweetie & MoonCat

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Me: Sweetie? Why haven’t you eaten your food?

Sweetie: I can’t. There’s a bug on my bowl.

Me: Oh, it’s just a fly. Shoo it off.

Sweetie: Do you eat food that a fly has sat on?

Me: As a matter of fact…

Sweetie: Ooo! Don’t tell me!

Me: Look. A fly wouldn’t stand a chance of sitting on your bowl if your big ole bulldog mouth would eat when your food is set down and not hours later.

Sweetie: There’s just no telling where its feet have been.

MoonCat: No doubt all the same places your feet have been.

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Summertime Dining – Conversations with Sweetie and Doodlebug

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I am Doodlebug, King of the Olde English Bulldogges. Where is supper being served?

Me: On the patio.

Sweetie: No, thank you. I’ll have mine inside if you don’t mind. Or even if you do.

Me: You used to eat on the patio all the time. I’ve noticed you ignore your food out there lately.

Sweetie: Lady Human, you don’t eat outside. How come?

Me: Well…

Sweetie: I’ll tell you how come.

Doodlebug: Oh boy, here we go.

Sweetie: It’s nasty outside in the hot. And those pesky flying pesks…

Me: Flies.

Sweetie: If you say so…those critters want to put their dirty little feet on my food. So I’ll have mine inside, thank you.

Me: How about you, Doodle?

Doodlebug: Food is food, hot weather or cold. I say, bring it on! I haven’t let a pesky fly carry off a single bite of my food yet. Not about to start now. Let’s eat!

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