The Bar on the Door – Conversations with the Pack

Posted on by H.J. Hill

I am Doodlebug, King of the Olde English Bulldogges. Lady Human, someone has left a big stick leaning against the door. May I play with it?

Me: No, that stick is not a toy. It’s meant to keep the door shut against the outside world.

Sweetie: Mean ole outside world! Stay outside! Wait. What does “outside world” mean?

Me: All that area beyond the door. All that you see when we ride in the car. Like the park and the highway and…

Doodlebug: The vet.

Sweetie: Yikes! Stay outside, you outside world vet!

MoonCat: And I will stay comfortably inside the barred door.

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