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</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Obviously, the piece is too long to make focused coments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></span></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">However, I enjoyed the humor<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></font><font size="3">of the
light dialogue between the dogs and with the reporter and</font><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><font size="3"> </font></span><font size="3">the convention dogs. <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></span></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">I particularly liked the descriptions of the character and appearance of
the vareous<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></font><font size="3">breeds and mixed breeds,
common and not so common. <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></span></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">It never occurred to me that a boxer could be a guide dog.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></span></o:p></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">The ending was a good one for the book.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Here is the rest of the book. It is 7,415
words<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">*** *** ***<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p align="center" class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in; text-align: center;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Doghouse Productions presents: School
Days, a skit written by DeAnna Quietwater Noriega</span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">The
scene opens with four dogs comfortably relaxing under a table in the dining
room at a guide dog training facility. It is the first time they have been
gathered together since being matched with the humans they are expected to
guide.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Roxy
is a petite German Shepherd. <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Arthur
is a larger male shepherd with black predominating. <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><st1:place w:st="on"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Milo</span></st1:place><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> is a lab golden cross with a golden silkiness to
his fur. <o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Heidi
is a small black lab.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Silka
appears after the opening scene and is a golden retriever. <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><st1:place w:st="on"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Milo</span></st1:place><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> lifts his head and begins the discussion:<o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in 1em 0.5in;"><font face="Times New Roman"><st1:place w:st="on"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3">Milo</font></span></st1:place><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3">: "Roxy! Who did you get? I got this older
lady who talks baby talk
to me! She looks like a real softy. Bet I can wind her around my little
paw in no time! You know as a cross, I have my golden retriever daddy's
charm and the determination of my <st1:place w:st="on">Labrador</st1:place></font><font size="3">
mama! She doesn't stand a chance!"<o:p></o:p></font></span></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Roxy:
"That sounds cool <st1:place w:st="on">Milo</st1:place></font><font size="3">. But if I were
you, I'd wait to work on her until you go home and there aren't any trainers
around to set her straight. Mine is this guy with huge feet. He doesn't seem to
know what to do with them. He has already stepped on my paw twice and it's only
been one afternoon. Still, as a shepherd, I expected to get a person who
requires real talent in his guide."<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Arthur:
"That is true, either someone who needs a lot of looking after or one who
will require professionalism in his guide. I have a lawyer working for the
government--very hush-hush you understand."<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Heidi:
"Boring! I got a guy who keeps missing his mouth. Boy am I going to clean
up! Heh heh heh. Um Roxy, I don't see your litter mate Rocco."<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Roxy:
(Sigh,) "I warned him that if he kept peeing on his trainer's shoes he
wouldn't get picked in the first draft. He might make it next month if he can
learn to control his squirrel addiction. The trainer has put him in the 24 step
program. Oh here comes my kennel mate Silka. I am so glad she got a
match."<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Silka:
"I made the cut! I got this chubby lady with interesting smells on her shoes.
I detected cat, horse and I think llama. That trainer with kids and a wife who
works here has one of those and I've smelled that scent on him before. As a
golden, I don't know if I will like living on a farm. There will be all those
burrs and stuff to get tangled in my pretty fur. Anyone want to trade? I
can slip my tie-down tonight and we could see if they notice the difference.
How about it <st1:place w:st="on">Milo</st1:place></font><font size="3">?"<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><st1:place w:st="on"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Milo</span></st1:place><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">: "It might be fun, but since I'm a male and
you're not, I don't know how long we could keep up the joke. But hey, it might
be worth a try."<o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Arthur:
"Last night, they brought in an older fellow who was coming home to
retire. He kept me awake half the night talking about the real world.
Personally, I think it will be interesting to get on with my career. I have
walked the streets of this town so many times I could do it in my sleep. Even
going in to the city gets stale after a while.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Silka:
"I can hardly wait! I'll miss my trainer though."<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Roxy:
"Me too, I didn't eat tonight because the thought of leaving her behind
and having to take charge of big foot all on my own seems a little scary."<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Heidi:
"No skipping meals for me thank you. I can hardly wait to get out of here
with all these trainers watching. My ambition is to fill out the extra folds in
this oversized labby hide of mine."<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Arthur:
"Let's have a little professionalism please. As graduates from the most
Ivy-League of dog universities, we have a proud tradition to uphold when we go
forth."<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><st1:place w:st="on"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Milo</span></st1:place><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">: "Sure, Sure, don't get your tail in a knot,
we will uphold the dignity thing, but what I am really looking forward to is
the freedom part!" Sleeping on beds, chewing up socks and let us not
forget counter surfing here I come!" Oops,
heads up, everyone look sharp, here comes a trainer."<o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">This
peek into the under the table scene has been brought to you curtesy of
Dog-house Productions starring the Hambone Players. The names have been changed
to protect the guilty. <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">***<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Announcer:
“Dog House Productions presents---<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">
“Dog Club” A radio play. <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Adapted from a story written by DeAnna Quietwater
Noriega.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Theme song Music by Sheila Styron<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Performed by The Hambone Players.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Directed
by Okay, so we don’t take directions well.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">((Thirty
seconds of lead in music. Fade-out. Song Lyrics:<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Dog
Club,<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">I
think it’s today!<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Squirrel
Street,<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Long
light.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Turning
left,<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Ya!
that’s right.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">D-O-G-C-L-U-B,<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Dog
Club, woof!<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">)<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Twenty
seconds of city sounds of traffic, the click of footsteps.)<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Narrator:</span></u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> “A beautifully marked black, cream
and tan German shepherd moves along the sidewalk with the gliding motion
typical of his breed. His narrow head held high, he flows expertly
through the crowds weaving gracefully around other pedestrians as he guides a
well-dressed woman. Toward him comes a small black lab with a bounce in
her step guiding a petite girl with curly red hair. A rangy golden
retriever who almost prances as she guides a tall distinguished
looking man in turn follows them. The shepherd makes a
sharp swerve toward a restaurant door, pausing to ask with his body movements
if his lady wishes to enter the establishment.” Granger’s lady: “Door
inside! Good boy,”<o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Narrator:</span></u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> “As the blind woman reaches for the
door handle, the shepherd ignores the little lab’s inquiring nose sniffing at
his tail. (Snuff-snuff) The golden veers to touch noses with the lab.” <o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">(The
tinkle of a bell on Amanda’s collar.)<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Amanda:
“Don’t bother him Buffy. He takes his work very seriously. He
doesn’t socialize when he’s guiding. </font><a name="OLE_LINK4"></a><a name="OLE_LINK3"></a><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK4;"><font size="3">Someone is admiring
me. Mark must have groomed me even better than usual. I’m sure it’s
because of my feathery tail. I can’t help it! </font></span><font size="3">Oh, this is
such fun! It must be dog club day and we will all have a chance to catch
up with each other’s lives while the humans talk and eat!”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Narrator:
“</span></u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">The little lab wags her
tail so hard she beats a constant tattoo against the legs of the young girl she
guides. Her entire small body seems to be vibrating with excitement.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Buffy:
“Amanda, what is dog club? Is it like school? Will there be trainer
people to make us behave or will we be able to sneak good stuff off the floor?”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Amanda:
“Oh, it’s not like school at all. There will be lots of guides there from
different schools and you can maybe get a French fry or two if you are not too
obvious about it. Now pay attention to following and do your job little
one or you’ll get a leash correction!” <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">(Murmured
voices clatter of dishes the scrape of chairs fade-out.)<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Narrator:
“The dogs and their partners walk through the restaurant, settling at, and
under, the table.”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Granger:
“Hello Amanda, who's your little friend </font><a name="OLE_LINK6"></a><a name="OLE_LINK5"></a><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;">with the out of
control nose and tail?”</span><o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Amanda:
“This
is Buffy. She has just come from school with her new partner
Stacey. They are going to college. How are you Granger?” <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Granger:
“</font><a name="OLE_LINK8"></a><a name="OLE_LINK7"></a><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK8;"><font size="3">Just fine, now that the young one is minding her manners. </font></span><font size="3">How
do you like college Buffy, </font></font><a name="OLE_LINK9"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">and are you representing guide
dogs with professional dignity on campus?”</font></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Buffy:
“</font><a name="OLE_LINK12"></a><a name="OLE_LINK11"></a><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK12;"><font size="3">Of course I am trying to be a very good girl, and </font></span><font size="3">I love
it! All the people want to pet me and some give me stuff to eat cuz
Stacey doesn’t always notice what I am doing and I look really pitiful with my
big brown eyes and everybody just melts!”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Granger:
“You shouldn’t eat things other people give you. It can make you have an
upset stomach and interfere with your work, </font><a name="OLE_LINK14"></a><a name="OLE_LINK13"></a><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK14;">especially with all
that wiggling and wagging.”</span><o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Narrator:</span></u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> “A white standard poodle joins the
party under the table.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Chloe:
“Oh lighten up <i>cher</i></font><font size="3">, you were once young and a bit puppiesque yourself,
Granger, and you know labs are always hungry unlike </font><i><font size="3">jolie</font></i><font size="3"> French poodles
such as </font><i><font size="3">moi</font></i><font size="3">. </font><i><font size="3">Petetre</font></i><font size="3">, it is because they are born with
skins a few sizes too large and keep trying to fill them out!”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Granger:
“Chloe, she needs to learn self-discipline if she is going to keep her partner
safe.” <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Narrator:</span></u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> A well-padded yellow lab tries to
make herself comfortable around a table leg next to the poodle. <o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">(some
lab groans here.)<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Custard:
“That’s true, but I’m sure she will learn in time, Relax, Granger. </font><a name="OLE_LINK16"></a><a name="OLE_LINK15"></a><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK16;">Doesn’t
it feel nice to be all snuggled up here under the table </span><o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">with
so many good friends. Hi, Buffy. I’m Custard, I’ve been guiding my
gentleman for nearly ten years now. Here comes Rocky. Don’t get
nervous, he’s a Doberman, but a really nice guy just the same. I think
I’ll just rest my snout on his flank steak for a while.”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Buffy:
</font><a name="OLE_LINK18"></a><a name="OLE_LINK17"></a><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK18;">“Amanda! What happened to his tail? Did he get it cut off in
a door?”</span><o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Amanda:
</font><a name="OLE_LINK20"></a><a name="OLE_LINK19"></a><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK20;">“Some humans think certain breeds look better with their tails and
ears cropped or their fur trimmed, lord knows why.”</span><o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Buffy:
</font><a name="OLE_LINK22"></a><a name="OLE_LINK21"></a><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK22;">“Is that why Stacey is always standing in that indoor rain
room? She washes off all her own great smell which is absolutely my
favorite, and then tries to disguise it even more with funny fake flower
ones. Why would anyone want to stand in the rain on purpose?”</span><o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Rocky:
“You couldn’t take up any more room could you Granger? </font><a name="OLE_LINK24"></a><a name="OLE_LINK23"></a><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK24;">I
don’t mind snuggling Custard, but shepherds don’t make such good pillows as
labs. You would think I could get a little respect being a Doberman.”</span><o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Chloe:
“He can’t help it. It’s his German backbone. I think it comes with
one of those stickers that say: don’t bend, spindle or mutilate.”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Granger:
“I am simply lying still and doing my job unlike some others under this table.
Who's that? What is he doing? Oh, it's just the waiter! For a
moment I thought someone was trying to invade the flock!" ”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Buffy:
“Rocky, Don’t you feel sad not having a tail to wag?”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Rocky:
“It’s not so bad kiddo, it happened a long time ago when I was a pup. I
hardly notice it anymore and it can be pretty convenient when clumsy types
board buses and commuter trains with us. With me being a <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Doberman
and with so many people afraid I’ll bite them, it’s a good thing because they
don’t have to worry about stepping on what isn’t there.”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Chloe:
“Rocky, where’s Sophia?”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Rocky:
Sophia won’t be coming any more. Her arthritis got so bad she
couldn’t climb the steps to get on a bus. Her partner has found her a
nice family where she can catch up on a little R&R and doesn’t have to do
the daily harness grind anymore.”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Buffy:
“Are you sure she doesn’t have to stay in a yard all day like those poor dogs
who don’t get to go to school? I don’t think I’d like that at all.
Sure it’s fun to take the harness off to chase a ball and bark at cats once in
a while, but what would Stacey do without me to take care of her?”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Amanda:
“Oh Sophia was really old. Her coat wasn’t as silky and fluffy as
mine is and all Goldens just are, and she was tired too. She worried her
eyes weren’t as good as they should be and she might not be able to guide her
Gail safely any more. That won’t happen to you for ages. By then
maybe Stacey will have a family with kids for you to look after. You are lucky
to be Stacey’s first guide dog because she doesn’t always know how to make you
mind yet. I have to be really subtle to get around Mark, since I am his
third.”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Rocky:
“I miss Sophia, and her Gail is already signed up to go back to school next
week. You know, Sophia was the one who got her partner Gail and my David
together. She had this way of diving under a chair to show Gail where to
sit. So one day, she does her dive right under the chair I found for
David. Gail landed in his lap and the rest is history.”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Amanda:
“Granger, you know I’ve had my eye on that pretty little lady of yours for my
Mark. Her hair matches my golden fur. What do you think?”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Granger:
“Are you asking my opinion of the human match or whether your coat and her hair
go together. Mark would certainly be an improvement over that imbecile who
works with my mistress. When he came to take her to a concert, he tried
to convince her to leave me home. As if I would trust my precious lady to his
care! When he went to fetch her coat, I snatched my harness and leash
from the closet. I brought them to my lady and she was so pleased, she
insisted I come. He drives one of those little sports cars with hardly
any backseat. So I squeezed my head and shoulders between the front
bucket seats to make sure he kept his paws to himself. I kept an eye on
him all evening. He is such a dummkopf he kept calling me Cujo!”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Rocky:
“Good job, Granger. I would have tried to pull the same thing off, but he
probably would have been afraid I would bite him and have gotten her to leave
me behind.”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Custard:
“Well? What’s so bad about taking a little break now and then? Life is more
than getting from point A. to point B. as fast as a squirrel can run up a tree.
You know, Why not take a little time to sniff the roses and enjoy all the
lovely sunny spots along the way.”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Buffy:
“I do sniff as I go sometimes, but Stacey has a lot of places to get too and is
always in a hurry. Doesn’t your partner tell you to leave it and hup-up
if you walk too slow and admire the scenery? I especially hate that leave it
command cuz I think it means stop having fun.” <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Chloe:
“Not Custard’s partner, he walks slowly and is nearly as round and laid back as
she is, which wouldn’t do at all <i>pour moi</i></font><font size="3">.” <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Rocky:
“That’s why they make such a good team. Custard knows all the doughnut
shops in town and her guy is always pleased when she finds them for him!”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Custard:
“You can laugh if you like, but I bet I won’t ever have to hang up my harness
because I can’t keep up with his pace. No retirement for me thank you
very much, I plan to work if you can call it that until I make it all the way
to the </font><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on"><font size="3">Rainbow</font></st1:placename><font size="3"> </font><st1:placetype w:st="on"><font size="3">Bridge</font></st1:placetype></st1:place><font size="3">. I may go slow, but I get
there and watching out for traffic isn’t much harder than keeping an eye out
for falling French fries.”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Chloe:
“Speaking of traffic! </span><i><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">Oo-la-la-la-la!</span></i><span lang="FR" style="mso-ansi-language: FR;">
</span></font><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3">I had a close call the other
day. Darling girl and <i>moi</i></font><font size="3"> had just started across the street when this
big truck came around the corner doing a right on red without even stopping.
</font><i><font size="3">Je ne <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">sais</st1:city></st1:place></font><font size="3">
pas</font></i><font size="3"> how he could have possibly not noticed me as I had just come from the
groomer’s.”<o:p></o:p></font></span></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Amanda:
“Oh my silky ears! What did you do?”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Chloe:
<i>Je le deteste</i></font><font size="3"> when traffic that should be going straight changes its
mind and comes barreling at me. It’s enough to make my hair stand
straight on end! So terrible for the coiffure, you know? </font><i><font size="3">Alors</font></i><font size="3">,
before that eighteen-wheeler could cause any disarray with my poodle puffs or
anything plus </font><i><font size="3">dangereux</font></i><font size="3"> like turning darling girl or </font><i><font size="3">moi</font></i><font size="3"> into
road kill, I did an arabesque and got us back on to the curb. </font><st1:place w:st="on"><i><font size="3">Cher</font></i></st1:place><font size="3">, I could have sat down and cried I was so
shaken. But we didn’t have time for that because we were late for my
pedicure. Do you like this shade of pink?”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Amanda:
“Oh, it’s lovely, but not for me with my feathery golden paws.”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Buffy:
“Oh my goodness! What is that? I heard they were training miniature horses to
guide, but I haven’t seen anything like him since I used to watch <st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Sesame Street</st1:address></st1:street></font><font size="3"> with
my puppy raiser’s baby sister!”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Amanda:
“Hush now sugar. You’ll hurt his feelings. That’s Dandy, he’s a
labra-doodle.”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Buffy:
“A what’s-a-doodle?”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Amanda:
“His mama was a <st1:place w:st="on">Labrador</st1:place></font><font size="3"> like you and Custard,
but his papa was a poodle like Chloe.”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Chloe:
<i>Mon dieu</i></font><font size="3">, do not compare me to that, </font><i><font size="3">soil vows plait</font></i><font size="3">!”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">(Heavy
panting and the scrape of a chair as a latecomer joins the group.)<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Dandy:
“Make room! Wide load, coming through! Hi gang! How’s it
hangin’? Oops, guess I should rephrase that since for us, it ain’t
hangin’ any more. How‘s it goin’?”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">(Chorus
of greetings from the assembled dogs.)<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Dandy:
“You wouldn’t believe my day so far! I knew it must be dog club day so
there I am trying to get my blink moving. He wanders around for twenty
minutes before I notice he’s only wearing one shoe. So I grab the other
one from the middle of the floor and start following him around trying to give
it to him. No dice, he never notices that I have it in my mouth and keeps
telling me to wait and he’ll take me out to park in a minute. So finally
when I can’t take the flavor another second, I shove it into his hands.
Why do humans wear all that extra stuff anyway? I can understand they
don’t have enough fur to keep warm, but if they went out without shoes for a
while their feet would toughen up pretty quick. Instead, they try to get
us to wear those ridiculous dog booties!”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Granger:
“You shouldn’t call your partner such a disrespectful name.”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Dandy:
“Easy for you to say, you’ve got that classy dame to look after. Now me,
I’ve got this clown that spends more time walking on my paws than he does on
the floor. Don’t get me wrong, I like the guy, but he really is a basket
case and needs a lot of looking after. He gets lost walking across the
room. I can’t count the times I have had to guess where he thinks he’s
going and get us there. If I guess wrong, he gets pissed. Doesn’t
he know us dogs are dyslexic and can’t read signs or minds either for that
matter!”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Buffy:
“Hi, I’m Buffy. We were almost late today too. See that bulge in
Stacey’s coat pocket? That’s my new ball! We were walking to the
bus and had to go past the place where people hit lovely fuzzy balls with these
webbed paddle things and I saw it lying in the middle of the sidewalk. I
wagged my whole rear end I was so pleased someone left it there for me and
scooped it up. Stacey must have thought it was something to eat because
she stopped and put her hand under my face and said “out!” I gave it to
her and she must have wanted to play because she threw it down the street.
I ran after it and Stacey came too because she was still holding my
leash. I didn’t know she could run so fast. I caught it on the
third bounce and Stacey said, “Dumb, dumb, dumb.” I don’t think she meant
me though because she was hitting herself on the head. She said out again
and I thought we might play some more, but she put my ball in her pocket and we
hurried to the bus-stop.”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Dandy:
“good to meetcha kid.”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Chloe:
“The darling girl doesn’t have much of a sense of direction, but she does know
the way <i>bien sur</i></font><font size="3"> and takes me regularly to the salon to have my hair and
nails done and she bought me this gorgeous burgundy custom-made harness and
leash. She seems to </font><i><font size="3">vraiment</font></i><font size="3"> adore </font><i><font size="3">moi</font></i><font size="3">.”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Dandy:
“Oh, my bozo lays on the praise, but do you think he ever thinks I might also
like a beer to unwind after a hard day? I have to knock it off the arm of
his chair with my Kong and lap it up quick while he looks for the paper
towels!”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Granger:
“When my lady has a glass of wine, I feel it is my duty to be the designated
driver. In my opinion, one of the team should remain sober.”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Dandy:
“Well maybe, but after all I do for him, he has the nerve to get mad when I
stretch out on his bed for a nap. If that rug in the corner is so great,
why doesn’t he try sleeping there?”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Rocky:
“Hey, Dandy sport, did you ever think the trainer might have given you the guy
because you have what it takes to handle such a tough assignment, unlike me the
marshmellow dobie?”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Dandy:
“Now there’s a thought! Who would a thunk it? Not just any dog
could guide old lard butt um, I mean my partner as easily as I do!”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Narrator:</span></u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> Dandy has a superior self-satisfied
expression on his clownish face. Chloe rolls her eyes and exchanges a
glance with Amanda. Granger raises a single eyebrow.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Granger:
“Ahem! Heaven preserve us, a doodle with a mission!”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Custard:
“My gentleman lets me sleep on his bed. Except when -that woman -comes
over to spend the night. When she came last time, I waited until she was
getting undressed and put my cold nose on her bare behind. She let out a
banshee shriek and when I was sure I had her attention, I snatched up her
unmentionables and started galloping all around the apartment! Good thing
she is even more out of shape than I am. She came jiggling and jouncing
after me trying to catch me and yelling words I never heard before! My
gentleman just sat on the bed laughing his head off. When I got out of
breath, I dropped the nasty things on the floor without having torn anything or
even making them very slimy. She didn’t seem to appreciate the
gesture. She shoved them in her purse so she could get dressed faster and
then flounced out the door in a huff without even stopping to give me a
treat. My gentleman sighed and patted my place on the bed for me to come
up. Speaking of real bitches, I don’t think we will be seeing that one for a
while.”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Amanda:
Oh my, you naughty girl! Puppy ears shouldn’t be hearing such things.”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Buffy:
“I sometimes steal Stacey’s pillow off the bed.”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Rocky:
“I love my David and my job. What I hate is all those dogs that haven’t
anything better to do than come charging at you, barking really mean and loud
As if I really cared to go into their old yards anyway.”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Granger:
“I agree, those pit bulls in particular are crazy! They seem to want to
pick a fight with the whole world. It’s not that I am really so brave,
but I want to bite them for upsetting my lady and find myself unprofessionally
growling back at them.”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Rocky:
“Bad idea friend, my breed is known for their fighting ability and I wouldn’t
take one of those guys on for a whole box of milk bones.”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Dandy:
“If it’s less than twenty pounds I think it should be classed a rodent. I
grabbed a foul-mouthed <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Chihuahua</st1:place></st1:state></font><font size="3">
by the scruff of his scrawny little neck once and carried him a block then gave
him a good shake before dropping him at the down curb. You should have
seen the little bugger run off looking for Taco Bell!”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Rocky:
“Ole!”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Custard:
“You know we’ve really got a good thing going here, being guides and all.
Those bullies are jealous, because they can see us out and about everywhere,
even getting to take naps under tables in fancy restaurants.”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">(a
loud raspberry sound) <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Custard:
“Excuse me, must have been something I ate!”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Amanda:
“Oh lord, Custard honey, you’ve been helping yourself to kitty roca from the
litter box again! Haven’t you?”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Custard:
“Well they shouldn’t leave it out buffet style if they don’t want us to snack
on it.”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Buffy:
“Stacey says my paws smell like Fritos, whatever they are. But what is
that smell? I, Ugh, don’t think I’ve ever smelled anything like it
before!”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">(Labby
groans)<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Dandy:
“Sorry guys, that's my human. They say we should be on a regular,
consistent diet, then they eat the most awful stuff. If that
man eats any more onion dip….”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Amanda:
“Maybe if I ate onion dip, people wouldn’t try to distract me so much when I am
working, but I don’t know if I’d like being ignored as much as I like being
admired.”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Dandy:
“The ones I’m really a sucker for are the rug rats. They have such sweet
sticky hands and faces. All it takes is one of them running up calling
out goggy to me and I lose it. People are always trying to guess what
breed I am and maybe that’s it, I’m just a goggy.”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Chloe:
“It is <i>tres dificile</i></font><font size="3"> to ignore admirers, especially when you are so
beautiful. But it can bring on an </font><i><font size="3">horrifique</font></i><font size="3"> headache to be the
object of so much attention.”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Buffy:
"I love it! I just dance and wiggle.” <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Dandy:
"Buff, this isn't a beauty pageant. Keep that up and your sweet
lady's gonna get out that collar with the meat tenderizers on it!"<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Rocky:
“I don’t run into that one much being a Doberman, but what really bothers me is
when parents frighten their children by saying I might bite them. How can
they not understand that I would never have been chosen for this line of work
if I were the type to even take offense when stepped on?”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Granger:
“I know what you mean, I like kids, cats, and even babies when they are
behaving themselves. Not to change the subject, but has anyone seen
Buster lately?”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Rocky:
“I clocked him doing about four miles per hour on Broadway last week. Man
that old lab can haul! I’m surprised his partner’s left arm isn’t more
than twice as long as the right one.”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Granger:
“I hear he is wearing a pinch collar these days.”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Buffy:
“What’s that? Meat tenderizer? Pinch collar? I am scared now, and I feel
like I have to do a number one!"<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Amanda:
“Don’t fret yourself darlin, you won’t need such a thing unless you insist on
dragging your partner down the street like that bull headed Buster. What I hate
is that gentle leader thing Mark whips out when all I’m doing is checking
out pee-mail. It sure puts a crimp in my social life!”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Dandy:
“I like wearing one. I think it gives me an air of distinction, a
bit of class. “Not”! At least a real muzzle would command some
serious respect.”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Rocky:
“Heads up, guys. Looks like they’re maybe ready to break up. Nice
meeting you Buffy.”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">(Scrape
of chair and sounds of the restaurant)<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Narrator:</span></u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> “Rocky rises to his feet in
response to the shifting of his partner's chair.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Granger:
“Give our best to Sophia if you see her,”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Narrator:</span></u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> “When his lady leans down to
extract her purse from beneath his protective paw, Granger, stands and stretches
his spine before circling to her left side.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Dandy:
“Looks like we’ll be here awhile, sigh, the man’s ordered half the menu, but
does he share! Not a chance! That’s why I helped myself to the stake he
put in the sink to defrost for his dinner before we left the house. Won’t
he be surprised when he finds nothing but the foil wrapper! Maybe he’ll
blame the cat.”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Amanda:
“Now you just close your puppy ears Miss Buffy! Don’t you go listenin to that
scamp!”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Dandy:
“Catch you guys later.”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">(Sounds
of snores and some puppy yips.)<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Amanda:
“Chloe, give Custard a little nuzzle, she seems to have dropped off to sleep.”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Buffy:
“She makes such a nice pillow; it’s a shame to wake her.”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">(Tinkle
of Amanda’s bell and the sound of a dog shaking her coat into order.)<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Narrator:</span></u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> “Amanda gives her silky coat a
vigorous shake before moving into guide position.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Buffy:
“It was nice meeting you all.”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Dandy:
“Same here kid. Come again. We’re a friendly bunch, and we all
stick together like wet rawhide.”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Narrator:</span></u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> “Buffy wriggles out from under
Stacey’s chair and looks up adoringly at the young girl she intends to take
good care of for a very long time.” <o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Announcer:
Well that’s it from radio G.D.U.I. Tail wags from the Hambone
Players. Tune in again for The Dog Club. Till we meet again.”<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">(Ending
music.)<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Happy
Tails to you,<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Until
we meet again!<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">******<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p align="center" class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Dog On The Street<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p align="center" class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">By DeAnna Quietwater Noriega<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">(thirty
seconds of lead in music, fade out)<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Announcer:
"Dog House Productions presents---Dog On The Street! Good evening, this is
Mary Beth speaking to you from the GDUI Reception. It has been a
tradition at GDUI meetings to go<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">around
the room and introduce attendees. Tonight we are going to send our roving
reporter out into the room to hear from the four legged convention goers.
Please relax, enjoy the snacks and learn what The canine contingent think of
the convention." <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Roving
reporter: "I'll begin with the little black lab with the case of the
wiggles just entering the room. What is your name young lady and how are
you enjoying the convention? Yes you in the dog suit!"<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Buffy:
"Oh! Sorry! I didn't know you meant me when you said K9! I'm Buffy
and this is my girl Stacey. Last semester she took an oral interpretation
of children's literature class, so I know K. stands for kitty and I haven't
seen even one kitty let alone nine of them. How do I like the
convention? Oh it's really hard work! At college, people get out of
my way, but here you have to watch out for swinging sticks and nobody moves to
let you get by! But a lot of them are wearing shorts and summer clothes,
and I figured out that if you put a cold nose on their bare legs, they jump and
you can get through. I love the receptions, there is always some good
stuff to eat under the tables. So if you'll excuse me, I think I see a
piece of cheese over there with my name on it!"<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Roving
Reporter: "But Buffy, aren't you supposed to ignore food on the
floor? Won't you get in trouble?"<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Buffy:
"I've learned that if I dive for it, Stacey<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">puts
that horrible, nasty Gentle Leader on me, but if I lie down like I am
being a good girl and stre-e-etch my neck<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">out
and just sort of accidentally pick it up. I can get it no problem!"<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Billie
Sue: "Now, honey, if you eat that stuff, you might get sick, and then your<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">little
bitty red headed gal will have to leave early, and that would be such a shame
cause my Bubba has taken a real shine to her. You might not get to visit
with your<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">friends
neither, so you just better leave that cheese alone. Besides, it is so
bad for your waistline sugar, doncha know?"<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Roving
Reporter: "And who are you?" <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Billie
Sue: "My name is Billie Sue, and my fella here is Jimmy John. But
most folks call him Bubba. Ain't that just soooo sweeeet--Bubba and
Billie Sue, his Lil' ol' hush puppy guide! But I'm beginning to think
that maybe my name has been changed to No damn it! my boy Bubba don't miss
those times when I get to sniffin out something interesting. He catches
me quicker 'n a bobcat goin<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">after
a little ol' squirrel when it comes to leash<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">correctin!
That surely is a right proper nuisance!" <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Roving
Reporter: "You aren't one of the three main breeds used for guide dogs I
recognize." <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Billie
Sue: "Oh my, now don't you go confusin me with one of them pit bulls like
some of you Yankees have been doin!! Now I ask you? Who could ever
mistake a sweet lil ol gal like me for something that plain ugly? I am a
boxer from a fine old southern family." <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Roving
Reporter: "I didn't know that boxers were used as guides."<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Billie
Sue: "Well, dahlin' they are used when folks have those turrible<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">allergies
or have kin folk or friends who might be allergic to dogs.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">I
was trained here in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:state w:st="on">Florida</st1:state></st1:place></font><font size="3">."
<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Roving
Reporter: "So, Billie Sue, you should be used to all of this heat
and<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">humidity."<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Billie
Sue: "I am of course, but since I have a light coat and such fine
delicate skin, I don't have the insulation from the heat that the longer haired
dogs have. So my Bubba puts these wet neckerchief things round my neck to
keep me cool, and they look real pretty too."<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Roving
Reporter: "Oh, very nice. So what do you think of the
convention?"<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Billie
Sue: "Well, it is real busy. Why everyone is just frettin<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">so
about tryin to get somewheres in a hurry. They are fussin at their dogs,
or<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">swinging
those no account canes back and forth, back and forth, and tryin to<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">go
here and there. They just need to slow down an take life<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">easy.
The elevators ain't gona move any faster if they hurry, so they<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">might
as well just rest a spell and sip some good cold sweet tea. They have to<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">remember
that we are in the South, and we Southerners just don't go nowheres<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">fast
lessen a revenuer is on our tails. We do just luuv to stop and
visit." <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Roving
Reporter: "Oh, here's a young golden retriever, now. What's your
name?"<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Bart:
"Butts, butts, butts, so many butts to sniff! Hey! Hey! Butts!"<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">:
"Hey cool, a microphone! Yo! Babe, I'll pick you up later!"
(laughing)<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Roving
Reporter: "Uh, right. And what's your name again?"<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Bart:
"I'm Bart. Who the hell are you?"<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Roving
Reporter: "Bart, what's your favorite part of the convention so far?"<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Bart:
"Getting other dogs in trouble. (laughter) My person sits up at the<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">front
a lot and wears the headphone things so I get to look out on the<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">crowd.
Dude, if you lay under a table and just look at them, they go crazy.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">You
can just stare into their little eyes and make them bark at you! Then<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">you
lay down real quick and pretend you're asleep! It's beautiful!"<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Roving
Reporter: "I see. Anything else you'd like to say to the folks?"<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Bart:
"Eat my harness? Nah, really, conventions are cool and there are some<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">really
hot chicks here! Peace Man!"<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Roving
Reporter: "Here's an unusual dog. You must be Molly. I've heard a lot
about you. Tell us a<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">little
about yourself. You're a Labra/doodle, right?"<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Molly:
"Like, Noooo, I am not. I am a Lab/Poodle Cross. Big difference."<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Roving
Reporter: "Oh really? You are quite unique in appearance.
Could you describe<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">yourself
for the blind people here?"<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Molly:
"I am like a lovely <st1:place w:st="on">Champaign</st1:place></font><font size="3"> cream
thanks to my White Poodle father<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">and
Yellow Lab mom. I've got long legs and an athletic build with this curly<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">tail
up over my back, see? I have like these blush highlights that go with<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">my
collar here, see the hot pink? Nice huh?"<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Roving
Reporter: "Very nice indeed. What do you think of the convention so
far?"<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Molly:
"Oh, it's OK. Some of these dogs and their people have like no fashion<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">sense
at all though. Haven't they ever heard of Doggy Gap, Eddie Bowwowers, or Bloomingtails?
I checked out the exhibits, and they didn't even have like J.C. Puppies or
Abercrombie and Bitch, let alone Barks and Noble! I mean like it is a major
drag, but I can deal. Now the relief areas, that's a<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">different
matter. Gross me out!"<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Roving
Reporter: "So you don't like going out there huh?"<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Molly:
"duh, as if. It beats going in the restaurant. Not by much, but like this
is supposed to be a class act hotel and they don't even provide indoor plumbing
for dogs!"<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Roving
Reporter: "Any other thoughts for our convention audience?"<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Molly:
"Yeah, like, I'm hot, I'm smart and I'm coming off the elevator! Get<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">the
heck out of my way you lousy cane drivers!"<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Roving
Reporter: "Here's a laid back labby boy taking a snooze. Let's
see what he has to say. Well Hello good looking! What's your name?" <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Waylon:
(Yawn, groan) "Waylon! Whatsit to ya? I don't<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">see
a tennis ball or any treats in your hand, so what do you want?"<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Roving
Reporter: "I was just wondering how you are enjoying the convention and if
you had any suggestions for things we could improve on for the future?"<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Waylon:
(scratches) "Well now that you mention it, I personally think it would be
great if you could provide a grass tennis court with a few tennis balls to<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">play
with, maybe some of those free treat machines, and a pool just for<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">the
dogs. I really hate having to put up with all those people screaming<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">at
me when I go for a swim."<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Roving
Reporter: "Sounds to me like you would rather relax and not have to work
as a guide dog."<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Waylon:
"Now don't get me started! Guiding's okay because I get to go everywhere
and don't have to hang out at home while my Nancy goes on trips without me, but
sometimes the traffic, the crowds and all the rules can get to the best of us.
Let's just say that if you ask me, a guide dog's theme song ought to be
"Mama, don't let your puppies grow up to be guide dogs!" <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">….<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Roving
Reporter: "Now here comes a handsome pair, a lovely golden and a dignified
shepherd. How are you two enjoying the convention?"<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Amanda:
"Oh my lord! I am so flusterated! I had to keep walking past
the door and showing Mark the elevator, the water fountain and the restroom and
pretending I didn't know where he wanted to go while I waited for
Granger! I know I'm a blonde, but I just hate being stereo-typed as an
air-head. I thought it was particularly clever to play cat's cradle with
my leash when Mark stopped to ask directions. It took him a good five
minutes to get my front paws untangled!"<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Granger:
"My apologies Amanda, I have been working hard all day. My lady is
running for a position on the ACB Board of Directors and she got up at five and
has kept me going to meetings and caucuses all over this hotel. So if you
don't mind, I will just settle her here in this chair to stretch out and rest
my weary paws."<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Amanda:
"It's just that you knew I was trying to get your lady interested in my
Mark! She's a lawyer and he's a college professor! It's
perfect! They are both professionals and besides, her hair matches my
coat! I wanted to be sure to get them seated at the same table!"<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Roving
Reporter: "I never realized that you guide dogs took an interest in
the personal lives of your handlers."<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Granger:
"Of course we do! My lady belongs to me! I want her to be
happy and I want to be certain she gets only the best! You would be
surprised at the dummkopfs I have had to run off to keep them from bothering
her."<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Custard:
"You better believe it! Hi you guys. Can I squeeze my fella in here
at your table. That woman is looking for him again and I have no
intentions of letting the Pillsbury dough girl evict me from my place on his
bed if I can help it. I'm Custard, but don't quote me on the other
stuff. Let's just say we don't only keep our folks from getting turned
into road pizza, but we also take seriously our job of keeping them out of
trouble 24 7. It's a tough job but someone's got to do it! Speaking
of pizza, where's the food?"<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Roving
Reporter: "Here comes a lovely pair of yellow labs. We certainly
have a great turn-out of handsome dogs in attendance tonight."<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Fowler:
"Hello Miss, bet you've worked up a thirst… Now, how about a
beer? This cash bar should be able to help us out. I feel it's my
duty as the<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">first
gentleman's dog to see that you get treated right."<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Roving
Reporter: "Sounds like a plan to me."<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Gretch:
"Excuse me! I'm Gretch, the GDUI President's dog and
he's Fowler and belongs to the president's husband. Fowluur! You may be
good looking, but you don't have any money and isn't the operative word in cash
bar cash."<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Fowler:
"That's where you are wrong! Bill put his wallet in my harness sign
pocket for safekeeping! So miss, if you just follow me, I'll get you something
to wet your whistle."<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Roving
reporter: "Lead on Fetch and Growler! I mean Gretch and
Fowler! Maybe I'd better stick to a soft drink tonight. This
is your GDUI roving reporter signing off and wishing you all have a lovely
evening visiting with your friends above and below the tables."<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Announcer:
“This evening's entertainment was brought to you by The Hambone Players. <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Happy tails to you ‘til we meet
again!"<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">About the Author:<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 31.5pt 1em 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><font size="3"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;">DeAnna Quietwater Noriega is half Apache, and a quarter Chippewa. She
is the mother of three, two daughters and an adopted blind son. She was
the eldest of five children in a close-knit American Indian family. As a
result of congenital glaucoma, She became totally blind at the age of
eight. </span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 31.5pt 1em 0in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;"><font size="3"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> </span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 31.5pt 1em 0in; text-align: justify;"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3">
DeAnna was mainstreamed in public schools in Texas, <st1:state w:st="on">Michigan</st1:state></font><font size="3">
and </font><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:state w:st="on"><font size="3">California</font></st1:state></st1:place><font size="3">.
She completed a Bachelor’s degree in Social Science and did a year toward a
Master’s in Social work at </font><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on"><font size="3">California</font></st1:placename><font size="3">
</font><st1:placetype w:st="on"><font size="3">State</font></st1:placetype><font size="3"> </font><st1:placetype w:st="on"><font size="3">University</font></st1:placetype></st1:place><font size="3">
Stanislaus. While attending college, she taught independent living skills
to the blind for the California Department of Vocational Rehabilitation.
She worked as a caseworker in </font><st1:city w:st="on"><font size="3">Santa Clara County</font></st1:city><font size="3">,
</font><st1:state w:st="on"><font size="3">California</font></st1:state><font size="3"> before joining the </font><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size="3">United States</font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font size="3">
Peace Corps. DeAnna and her sighted husband met while attending college
and he joined her in the Peace Corps. They worked together to establish a
school for blind children in the independent nation of </font><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size="3">Western Samoa</font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font size="3">.
</font></span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msonormal" style="margin: 1em 31.5pt 1em 0in; text-align: justify;"><font size="3"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> </span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msobodytextindent" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3">Upon her return to the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region></font><font size="3">, DeAnna spent the next seven
years at home raising children. During this time, she became active in the
American Council of the Blind, Guide Dog Users Inc. Taught Braille,
instructed breastfeeding mothers as a LA Leche Leader, was a friendly visitor
at nursing homes and worked as a volunteer intake clerk, at the welfare
office. </font></span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msobodytextindent" style="margin: 1em 0in 1em 0.5in;"><font size="3"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;">DeAnna and her husband
opened two Papa Murphy's Pizza franchise stores. She served as operations
manager, doing inventory, ordering, supervising staff and handling the cash
register and phone during late afternoons and evenings. </span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msobodytextindent" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font size="3"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> </span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msobodytextindent" style="margin: 1em 0in 1em 1in;"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3">After fourteen
successful years, they sold the restaurants to move to <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Colorado</st1:place></st1:state></font><font size="3"> where their two daughters were
enrolled in college. She kept busy working as an instructor of Braille
and independent living skills with an adult education program in </font><st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size="3">Colorado Springs</font></st1:place></st1:city><font size="3">. She
remained active in many organizations of the visually impaired serving as an
officer at local state and national levels. She served as a founding
board member of a nonprofit organization that opened a blind center in </font><st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size="3">Colorado Springs</font></st1:place></st1:city><font size="3">.
She established The Braille Books to Keep project for blind children in both </font><st1:state w:st="on"><font size="3">Oregon</font></st1:state><font size="3"> and </font><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:state w:st="on"><font size="3">Colorado</font></st1:state></st1:place><font size="3">.
</font></span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895msobodytextindent" style="margin: 1em 0in 1em 1in;"><font size="3"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN;">DeAnna has been a guide
dog user for over 50 years and has taken an active part in passing legislation
protecting service animals. </span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv6737329895titlename" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN-NZ" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ;"><font size="3">Her
writing has appeared in magazines such as: <u>Dialogue</u></font><font size="3">, </font></span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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