Paper Staring – Conversations with the Pack

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I am Doodlebug, King of the Olde English Bulldogges.

Sweetie: Psst, Doodle. What is Lady Human staring at?

Doodlebug: Nothing interesting. Something in one of those books you bumped into.

Sweetie: It looks like those little marks she scratches onto the poor blank paper, only neater.

Doodlebug: Why do humans spend so much time staring at little marks on paper? There are so many other things to stare at.

Sweetie: Like food.

Doodlebug: And more food.

MoonCat: Priorities.

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Too Quiet – Conversations with the Pack

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I am Doodlebug, King of the Olde English Bulldogges. Sweetie! What is Lady Human doing?

Sweetie: Shhhh! She is reading. Whatever that is.

Doodlebug: She is being too quiet. That is never a good sign with humans. It usually means that they are up to no good.

Sweetie: I know. She’s been at this reading thing quite awhile now. Very ominous.

Doodlebug: MoonCat! Go walk on her. That should break it up.

MoonCat: Meow. Nonsense. I only walk on humans on my own terms.

Sweetie: She is all bent over. Maybe she is stuck. Let’s start a commotion.

Me: Hey, what’s all the commotion?

Doodlebug: Phew! What a relief! You’re alive. We thought your brain had been eaten by that big stack of paper.

Sweetie: Yeah. It turns out you were only doing what all humans do – wasting time.

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