Saturday, January 15, 2005

Conversation between Dusty, a shepherd mix, and Lizzie, an Australian cattle dog, part 3:

“They’re here.”

“Who’s here?”

“Them.”

“Who?”

“The people.”

“What people?”

“The food people.”

“The food people?”

“The food people.”

“Cool.”

“Cool.”

“Cool.”

“Cool.”

“How do you know?”

“Know what?”

“That the food people are here.”

“I heard the noise.”

“What noise?”

“The food people noise.”

“What food people noise?”

“The noise you hear and then see the food people.”

“Oh, the food people noise.”

“Right.”

“The noise the food people make.”

“Right.”

“Where are you going?”

“To the food people place.”

“Where?”

“The food people place.”

“What’s the food people place?”

“The place the food people come after you hear the noise.”

“What noise?”

“The food people noise.”

“What food people noise?

“The noise the food people make.”

“The noise the food people make and then come to the food people place.”

“Right.”

“Where is the food people place?”

“Right here.”

“Right where?”

“In front of this door.”

“What door?”

“The door we are in front of.”

“This door?”

“This door.”

“This is the food people place?”

“Yes. When you hear the food people noise, you come to the food people place.”

“Why?”

Why?

“Why?”

“…”

“…”

“Because it’s what we do.”

“It’s what we do?”

“Yes.”

“Why do we do it?”

“…”

“…”

“Because …”

“Yes?”

“Because …”

“Yes?”

“…”

“…”

“Because the food people are here.”

“The food people are here?”

“Yes.”

“How do you know?”

“Because we are in the food people place.”

“Where are the food people?”

“They’re here.”

“Where?”

“Coming.”

“When?”

“Soon.”

“Good.”

“Yes, good.”

“Very good.”

“Yes. Let us bark.”

“Yes. Bark.”

“Bark.”

“Bark.”

“Bark.”

“That’s good.”

“OK.”

“Bark.”

“Bark.”

“The door is opening.”

“Yes, it is opening.”

“I hear the food people.”

“The food people, the food people!”

“Let us bark. Bark!

“Bark!”

“It is the food people! Run and jump!”

“Where?”

“On the food people!”

“Why?”

“…”

“…”

“Because it’s what we do!”

“Yes. We jump.”

“For the food people!”

“For the food people!”

“Bark!”

“Bark!”

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