I am Doodlebug, King of the Olde English Bulldogges.
Sweetie: Item 2 on the Bulldog Permission List…
Me: How long is this list?
Sweetie: Too long to count. Item 2…no…wait…I haven’t made that one up yet.
MoonCat: Welcome to “Bulldog Imaginary World”, run by bulldogs, for bulldogs, and not very well run at that.
©️ 2025. H.J. Hill. All Rights Reserved.
I am Doodlebug, King of the Olde English Bulldogges.
Sweetie: Uh, Lady Human, what’s happening?
Baby and Bud: Chirp. Tweet.
Sweetie: Why are the birds eating now?
Me: It’s their evening meal. You watch. They do that every day about this time.
Sweetie: Do they tell time from that clock with the moving sticks the way you do?
Me: No, more like they use their stomach clock.
Doodlebug: I want one of those.
Me: Y’all each have one already.
Doodlebug: Huh. I don’t feel it.
Me: You feel it four times a day. Morning. Lunchtime. Afternoon. Evening.
Sweetie: Why don’t the little clock sticks tickle?
MoonCat: Lady Human, they believe every single thing you tell them. Now they believe they have physical clocks in their bellies. That’s just sad. Please, please be careful what you tell them next. No daggers in the eyes. No fire-breathing noses. Beliefs carry consequences. And there’s no telling where bulldog consequences may end up.
©️ 2025. H.J. Hill. All Rights Reserved.
I am Doodlebug, King of the Olde English Bulldogges.
Sweetie: What was all that on the Big Picture Box last night, Lady Human? It was scary.
Me: Oh, that was just a story somebody made up.
Doodlebug: Made up?
Me: Yeah. Imagined. It didn’t happen in real life. They just made it look as though it did.
Doodlebug: Why ever would a human do that?
Me: Imagination is built into us by the Creator. You have it, too. Like when y’all dream. You’re asleep, but you’re barking and running. And the whole time, you’re just laying there on your bed. Well, humans dream, too, asleep and awake.
Sweetie: Like when Doodlebug makes up that he’s the King of the Olde English Bulldogges, whoever they are.
MoonCat: Watch out. Don’t go there.
©️ 2025. H.J. Hill. All Rights Reserved.
Bulldoggy 