Noisy Night – Conversations with the Pack

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I am Doodlebug, King of the Olde English Bulldogges.

Sweetie: How come, Lady Human?

Me: Sounds like an open-ended question. How come what?

Sweetie: How come humans love to make loud, useless noises like they did again last night?

Doodlebug: Yeah. Blowing up parts of the sky. When we make noise, it’s because we want something like…you know, everything.

Sweetie: Even the chickens and the rooster have reasons for their loud, annoying clucking and crowing. But humans just make noise to make noise.

Me: I don’t know why. We do make a lot of unnecessary noises. I never thought about it before.

MoonCat: Hence it keeps happening.

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KA-BOOM! WHAT WAS THAT??? – Conversations with the Pack

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I am Doodlebug, King of the Olde English Bulldogges.

Sweetie: REALLY? IS THAT ALL YOU HAVE TO SAY? WHAT WAS THAT HUGE BOOM NOISE?

Me: Stay back! Let me check. Quiet down. A man is speaking through a bullhorn.

Doodlebug: How did a human get a bull to let him use his horn?

Me: It’s a device that makes your voice louder. It’s the police. I can’t make out what he’s saying. He’s pausing after he talks. It’s pitch dark outside. I can’t see a thing. No flashing lights or nothing.

Sweetie: I’ll bet you dimes to donuts it’s humans acting up. Bulldogs would never be this rude.

Me: Where did you hear “dimes to donuts”?

Sweetie: Tall Man. He knows everything.

Me: Well, he’s still asleep, so he doesn’t know about this. There’s nothing to do here. We’ll find out later. I’m going back to bed.

MoonCat: Sanity prevails.

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Some Noise is Just Noise – Conversations with the Pack

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I am Doodlebug, King of the Olde English Bulldogges.

Me: Okay, what’s all the noise about?

Sweetie: How rude! It’s not noise. It’s a song of our people.

Me: No, it’s not. It’s noise. There are songs and there is music, but sometimes noise is just noise.

MoonCat: And the truly intelligent can tell the difference which is why I am going to another room.

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