They Moved My Bowl (5 page)

“Today’s lecture is on loyalty.”

“Not guilty. He needed new Top-Siders anyway.”

“Must you people always call at dinnertime?”

“I’ll have what he’s having.”

“Whenever you’re ready.”

“They throw it, I chase it—there are worse gigs.”

“Bad dog, bad dog,’ she said. ‘We should have gotten a cat.’”

“My advice is to learn all the tricks you can while you’re young.”

“But first, a distraction.”

“I understand you’ve learned some new trickssince you were here last.”

“Pay attention to what I say, kid,I’ve been around the block.”

“So you’re little Bobbie; well, Rex here has been going on and onabout you for the last 50 years.”