<div><font><font face="verdana,sans-serif">Yesterday Doc brought a stick in the house to chew on. It is about 8" long and an inch in diameter and apparently, pretty good chewing. He had been working on it off and on all day,and was happily chewing away.</font></font></div>
<div><font><font face="verdana,sans-serif">Enter Conley.</font></font></div><div><font><font face="verdana,sans-serif">Conley looks at the puppy and the stick and lays down a few inches away. He stares.</font></font></div>
<div><font><font face="verdana,sans-serif">Puppy continues chewing and staring back.</font></font></div><div><font><font face="verdana,sans-serif">Conley moves up a notch. Reaches out a paw. Stares.</font></font></div><div>
<font><font face="verdana,sans-serif">Doc hesitates. Keeps chewing.His stare flickers.</font></font></div><div><font face="Verdana">Conley stands up and moves closer, now almost on top of Doc, never breaks his stare. Doc gets up and leaves the stick which of course is instantly Conley's.</font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana"></font> </div><div><font face="Verdana">Doc lays down a few inches away and watches.</font></div><div><font face="Verdana">Suddenly he gets up and begins prancing around the room. He does this goofy balletic leap and turn and he is doing that.</font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana">Conley chews steadily away.</font></div><div><font face="Verdana">Doc taps Conley on the stern with his front feet. Conley ignores him. Chew chew chew.</font></div><div><font face="Verdana"></font> </div>
<div><font face="Verdana">Doc picks up a twig (these are all in the house, mind you). A pathetic, tiny, floppy, broken twig with two dead leaves.</font></div><div><font face="Verdana">He throws it and catches it, runs around the room shaking it, lays down and chews on it. Conley watches but conintues to chew.</font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana">Finally, defeated, Doc comes over by my chair and sits down.</font></div><div><font face="Verdana">Conley grabs the twig. Like an arrow, Doc has the stick again. This time he brings it right under my feet.</font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana"></font> </div><div><font face="Verdana">Conley is left standing a few feet away with this dismal twig hanging out of his mouth.</font></div><div><font face="Verdana">Damnit. How did this happen?</font><font><font face="verdana,sans-serif"></font></font></div>
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