Act 4, Scene 17: “Putting Doggy Daddy to Sleep”

Doggy Daddy licks the boys’ faces and gently bites at their soft lovely flesh. He rolls around with the boys and yelps with joy. But E nipped C on his hand yesterday, and today E bites C on the cheek, not drawing blood but leaving thick teeth marks and the beginning of a big bruise. For E has learned from Doggy Daddy that we bite when we are excited. But E’s control over bite depth is not as refined as Doggy Daddy’s. Puppy see, puppy do. So to Doggy Daddy’s sadness, it is time to be sent to the pound, never to nip, roll, lick and yelp with the boys, least they get the wrong message and continue to use each other as chew toys. Bark bark yelp yelp mrrrr mrrrrr Womp.