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ROOD RORNIN' REVRY RONE! Rah Rommy (wabby or wabwitchy) rill ranslate rrrroe roo ron't rav rrrrro.* RAT! Rrrrokay?
*GOOD MORNING EVERYONE! My mommy (labby or labwitchy) will translate so you don't have to. CAT! Okay?
yawn...
i am an old labrador retriever and it's cold outside! and there was a CAT! and lots of great smells.
i cannot talk or write well, paws and fangs you know, but mommy wabby is taking it all down on her biig black magic compooter. mommy wabby is my hoomin mommy.
i must have had a doggy mommy but i don't remember her and i never knew my daddy. things work differently in the dog world. for one thing, the smellier the better and hoomins just don't get it. the world is so much more interesting when you can smell it. mommy always makes sure all the good smelly smells get 'cleaned up' and it makes me a little sad, but hey, there's always CATS and SQUIRRRRRELS. sorry, that growl just slipped out there.
brrrrrrrr...these old bones aren't happy today, but i am! i'm always pretty happy just to be aliiiive! i don't know much about anything else, except i know i smell better these days since mommy quit smoking.
mommy wanted to take pik churs of me but i don't like that and mommy says i always look sad so...sorry, but, that's just this chocolate retriever. i think pik churs steal a little bit of me and i don't have much left to spread around these days...getting older ya know. CAT!@#$
yeah, the guy in UP got it right...we do think quickly and about things we smell and i smell a CAT! he's not here anymore though dangit.
anyway, where was i? oh yeah, i was here and you were inside the box? still there? good!
i really don't have much to tell about myself. i'm a doggy, i live, i eat, i sleep, i play, i have arthuritis (some of you do too), i don't smoke, but i used to cause mommy did. i'm safe, i'm warm, i'm never hungry.
ASIDE: although the treats around here could be given out more freeee-kwently
hoomins are not very happy i'm thinkin. they're safe, warm, and fed around here and they get more treats than i do cause they can reach the goodies, but sometimes, they forget things like...
hey! i'm here and i'm safe and i'm warm and i'm pretty happy. that's really a grrrrreat life!
all i could ask for is more smelly smells but ya can't have everything canya?
i'll just say this: GOOD MORNING, I'M ALIVE, I'M SAFE AND WARM AND NOT HUNGRY AND I'M THE LUCKIEST DOG IN THE WORLD BECAUSE MY PEOPLE MAKE SURE I AM. so please, remember, it's a good life and it SMELLS GREAT!
thor has now retired to his rug in the front room and is taking his morning nap. he'll tell more another day. i'm sure he will.
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