From: xrjdm@twinpeaks.gsfc.nasa.gov (Joseph D. McMahon)
Subject: Re: Canines Talking (was Re: RAPTURE)
Organization: NASA/GSFC NCCS
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 15:13:19 GMT
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> 
> At the bark, Liralen wakes up and blinks.  Carefully, she gets out of the
> chair and limps over to the man and the dogs. 
> 
> >The puppies converge, wagging and sniffing, 
> 
> The Newf bows his big head and touches noses with the puppies and licks 
> one of them under the chin.  
Sabra's ears perk so far that their tips meet over the top of his head, and
starts licking Fezzik's face joyfully. Kander sniffs the Standard Dog Intro
Sniff and then starts panting loudly, shifting her weight back and forth
between her left and right, eyes halfway closed.

"Ah, Kandy sonar. Happy, huh, girl?"
> 
> 
> >while Teddy hangs back for a second, then
> >paws at the air once with his right foot, stretches out his front paws, 
> >sticks his head down, tilts it, and wags his tail. 
> 
> Fezzik's mouth opens in a pant, the tip of his pink tongue just showing.
> He puts out his front paws as well and bows too, but it's fast enough to
> almost be a slap of the floor with his front feet.  His tail waves in the
> air.  Delighted to find someone willing to play with him, he bounces
> forward a bit then backwards a bit and lands in the outstretched bow,
> waiting and watching for Teddy's next move.
> 
> "Careful, Fezzik." says Liralen quietly.  One black ear cocks in her
> direction, but the intensity of Fezzik's regard is for Teddy.  She turns
> toward the dogs' keeper, "Hi.  My name's Liralen.  I'm..." she grins at
> the big dog, "Fezzik's."  She carefully sits down next to him, watching
> the dogs ever the while.
Teddy arches himself into a semi circle and then gallops around in place.
"Okay, Ted. You guys are too big to play rough in here. You'll bump
people." Teddy bounces once more, then engages in mutual sniffing of necks
and shoulders with Fezzik. He lies down next to Liralen and Fezzik, 
eybrows twitching as he looks back and forth between them.

"Hi," says the man. "I'm Joe. This is Teddy, Sabra, Sambuca, Sterling, and
Kandy. Hey, Booka! Bookabookabooka!" Sambuca turns around and dives into his
lap at full speed, tongue flailing with abandon. "If you want to be Booka's
friend for life, just call her like that. She's pretty enthusiastic, though."

Kandy is big and barrel-shaped, almost like a bear cub. She has only a little
beard, and just a little hair over her eyes. Teddy has a goatee and mustache
that make him look a bit like the Insidious Doctor Fu Manchu. His eyebrows
are luxuriant, almos completely hiding his eyes. He's much thinner than Kandy,
tucked up almost like a greyhound or Doberman. Booka looks like her mom in 
the face, but is built like her dad. Sterling looks almost like his dad,
except his coat is fluffier and has a silvery hue to it. Sabra doesn't really
look like either of his parents, but he has the strong, blocky build proper
to a Bouvier des Flandres. He has only a little beard and his eyebrows just
dangle into his eyes, which show all of the sweetness of his personality.
All of the others are a dark brown, black and silvery brindle; Sabra is
a lighter brownish fawn color.
> 
> Then, softly, "Wow.  Five of 'em, and I thought Fezzik was a handful..."
"Yep, but everybody can use all the dog love they can get. Right, Fezzik?" as 
he scratches Fezzik's ears and chest. "I can't think of anywhere better to 
bring dogs named after drinks than here..."

-- 
                  Joe McMahon | How could you understand the animals' language?
                  P.O. Box 13 | How the rest-room is to be coloured?
            Lothian, MD 20711 | Which was the point to confuse Kandinsky?
xrjdm@twinpeaks.gsfc.nasa.gov |                    ---  m.alexander@itec.spb.su
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