CONTENTS 

VOLUME – VIII

TIME-LESS VOICES/BEFORE I FALL ASLEEP

A COMPILATION OF PARABLES AND REFLECTIONS FOR PET PARENTS AND PET LOVERS

Preface

Introduction …………………………………………… I

Proverbs/Parables …………………………. 1 – 200

PART ONE

DOGS AND THEIR UNPREDICTABLE BEHAVIORS

1. Don’t even think about it; I am the boss when my Master is not home.
2. Don’t stare too hard; this is my actual size.
3. Master, are you leaving without me?
4. Oh boy, Master, you need to walk a little faster, see that tree, I need to pee!
5. …
6. Oh, that’s how we’re playing this. You are really going to tie my leash to a tree.

PART TWO

CATS: THEIR CONVERSATIONS AND EXPRESSIONS

1. Stroke me if you’re worthy.
2. Mind if I sleep on your pillow.
3. Your pillow is so soft, but my butt is so itchy.
4. Dreaming of getting a giant food bowl.
5. Master, I’m here to be a pacifier, not a problem solver.

PART THREE

PARROTS AND THEIR REPEATED EXPRESSIONS

1. Bob, it’s tiring to hear you repeat those same complaints from yesterday.
2. Please, don’t do it again. Cover my cage while you eat the good food, then feed me seeds and berries.
3. Tell me, is it true that Rebecca’s husband is cheating on her again?
4. Master, this cage is closing in on me. How about a perch on a stand?
5. …
6. The only gold-digger you need is a friend like me.