Stay Away from the Edge – Conversations with the Pack

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I am Doodlebug, King of the Olde English Bulldogges.

Sweetie: There is this cool table outside, Lady Human!

Me: I know it well.

Sweetie: Have you stood on it?

Me: Not a pastime of mine.

Doodlebug: I don’t stand on things. I’m tall enough as is.

Sweetie: I looked down at the ground so far below me and it was calling me to jump.

Me: No, it wasn’t.

Sweetie: And I started to put my foot right over the edge, just to do it, to dive into the air…

Me: Listen to me! Stay away from the edge! Resist the temptation.

Sweetie: Then why have the temptation?

Me: So you can learn to resist it.

Sweetie: I still think it would be a hoot.

Me: Until you smashed your chins and your shins on the beckoning ground.

MoonCat: I have four paws worth of sharp claw edge-grabber-temptation-resisters. They never fail me.

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The Burned Egg Temptation – Conversations with Doodlebug and Sweetie

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I am Doodlebug, King of the Olde English Bulldogges.

Sweetie: Where is it? Where is it? I smell it. Wait! It was right here on the floor. Emphasis on the was.

Me: Oh, you mean the eggs. Tall Man burned some eggs he was cooking and they spilled on the floor as he was taking them to the trash.

Sweetie: Spilled eggs? Trash? Eggs never belong in the trash, even burned ones. Where are they? Nevermind. I’ll check the trash.

Doodlebug: Too late.

Sweetie: Why are you licking your lips?

Doodlebug: Well, you see, you were taking a nap and there were these burned eggs on the floor and I didn’t want anybody to slip on them and I didn’t want anybody else to be tempted by them so…problem solved. Don’t bother to thank me.

Sweetie: Oh, I won’t.

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