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<DIV><FONT size=2><SPAN class=yiv1423928440apple-style-span><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>I had to share this wonderful
poem with everyone. If our furkidz could talk I believe this is what they
would </STRONG></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=yiv1423928440apple-style-span><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><STRONG>be saying to the
world.</STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=yiv1423928440apple-style-span><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><STRONG></STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=yiv1423928440apple-style-span><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><STRONG>Droolz,</STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=yiv1423928440apple-style-span><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><STRONG>Karen and The Dog House
Gang</STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><SPAN class=yiv1423928440apple-style-span><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT
face=Arial><STRONG></STRONG></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><SPAN class=yiv1423928440apple-style-span><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>Here In This
House</STRONG></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=yiv1423928440apple-style-span><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><STRONG></STRONG></SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2><SPAN class=yiv1423928440apple-style-span><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>Here in this house... I will
never know the loneliness I hear in the </STRONG></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT face=Arial><STRONG><SPAN
class=yiv1423928440apple-style-span>barks </SPAN><SPAN
class=yiv1423928440apple-style-span>of the other dogs 'out
there'. </SPAN><BR><SPAN class=yiv1423928440apple-style-span>I can sleep
soundly, assured that when I wake my world will not have </SPAN><SPAN
class=yiv1423928440apple-style-span>changed. </SPAN><BR><SPAN
class=yiv1423928440apple-style-span>I will never know hunger, or the fear of not
knowing if I'll eat. </SPAN><BR><SPAN class=yiv1423928440apple-style-span>I
will not shiver in the cold, or grow weary from the heat. </SPAN><BR><SPAN
class=yiv1423928440apple-style-span>I will feel the sun's heat, and the rain's
coolness, and be allowed to </SPAN><SPAN
class=yiv1423928440apple-style-span>smell all that can reach my
nose. </SPAN><BR><SPAN class=yiv1423928440apple-style-span>My fur will
shine, and never be dirty or matted.</SPAN><BR><BR><SPAN
class=yiv1423928440apple-style-span>Here in this house... There will be an
effort to communicate with me on </SPAN><SPAN
class=yiv1423928440apple-style-span>my </SPAN><SPAN
class=yiv1423928440apple-style-span>level. </SPAN><BR><SPAN
class=yiv1423928440apple-style-span>I will be talked to and, even if I don't
understand, I can enjoy the </SPAN><SPAN
class=yiv1423928440apple-style-span>warmth of the words. </SPAN><BR><SPAN
class=yiv1423928440apple-style-span>I will be given a name so that I may know
who I am among many. </SPAN><BR><SPAN
class=yiv1423928440apple-style-span>My name will be used in joy, and I will love
the sound of it!</SPAN><BR><BR><SPAN class=yiv1423928440apple-style-span>Here in
this house... I will never be a substitute for anything I am
not. </SPAN><BR><SPAN class=yiv1423928440apple-style-span>I will never be
used to improve peoples' images of themselves. </SPAN><BR><SPAN
class=yiv1423928440apple-style-span>I will be loved because I am who I am, not
someone's idea of who I should </SPAN><SPAN
class=yiv1423928440apple-style-span>be. </SPAN><BR><SPAN
class=yiv1423928440apple-style-span>I will never suffer for someone's anger,
impatience, or stupidity. </SPAN><BR><SPAN
class=yiv1423928440apple-style-span>I will be taught all the things I need to
know to be loved by all. </SPAN><BR><SPAN
class=yiv1423928440apple-style-span>If I do not learn my lessons well, they will
look to my teacher for </SPAN><SPAN
class=yiv1423928440apple-style-span>blame.</SPAN><BR><BR><SPAN
class=yiv1423928440apple-style-span>Here in this house... I can trust arms that
hold, hands that touch...</SPAN><BR><SPAN
class=yiv1423928440apple-style-span>knowing that, no matter what they do, they
do it for the good of me. </SPAN><BR><SPAN
class=yiv1423928440apple-style-span>If I am ill, I will be doctored. If scared,
I will be calmed. If sad, I </SPAN><SPAN
class=yiv1423928440apple-style-span>will be cheered. </SPAN><BR><SPAN
class=yiv1423928440apple-style-span>No matter what I look like, I will be
considered beautiful and known to </SPAN><SPAN
class=yiv1423928440apple-style-span>be </SPAN><SPAN
class=yiv1423928440apple-style-span>of value.</SPAN><BR><SPAN
class=yiv1423928440apple-style-span>I will never be cast out because I am too
old, too ill, too unruly, or </SPAN><SPAN
class=yiv1423928440apple-style-span>not </SPAN><SPAN
class=yiv1423928440apple-style-span>cute enough. </SPAN><BR><SPAN
class=yiv1423928440apple-style-span>My life is a responsibility, and not an
afterthought. </SPAN><BR><SPAN class=yiv1423928440apple-style-span>I will
learn that humans can almost, sometimes, be as kind and as fair
as </SPAN><SPAN class=yiv1423928440apple-style-span>dogs.</SPAN><BR><SPAN
class=yiv1423928440apple-style-span>Here in this house... I will belong. I will
be home.</SPAN></STRONG></FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=yiv1423928440apple-style-span></SPAN></STRONG></FONT></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
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