Eddie Whitlock's Blog: Reader and Writer - Posts Tagged "talking"

It's come up twice today. Early on, I read a Facebook Post about movie cliches on which someone had noted that talking animals never go out of style. Later, my lovely wife Beth said she wished Marvin could talk so that he could tell her what he wanted rather than just whimpering in the night.

There are times that I, too, wish Marvin could talk. He's a good dog and I figure he would only say kind and supportive things:

"It's going to get better, Dad."
"You look like you could use a belly rub."
"Your book sounds great. I'm going to get someone who can read to read it to me."

Is that what he would say? Probably not. It would probably be more like

"Why are you doing that?"
"Feed me."
"Feed me stuff I like, not this crap."

Maybe it's better, therefore, that I just look into his big brown eyes and imagine supportive and kind statements.

If only I could do that with people.