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If first you don't scream

by Kathy Fisher, Unknown News
klfisher@webtv.net December 12, 2007

First they came and placed a leash on me. I didn't complain because it was long enough for me to still go out on walks, just so long as I didn't go too far, and I could speak when I wanted to.

Then they shortened the chain, but I could still go round in big circles, so I still did not complain, and they still allowed me to speak my mind.

Then they tied me up, but I could still walk back and forth and

speak my mind once in a while. It wasn't that bad, because they fed me and kept me warm.

Then they put me in a big fenced-in cage, but I could still see out and walk a bit, and speak and eat. I didn't like this at all! And I let them know about it.

Then they closed the door and put a timer on when I could stand, eat, walk and speak. And they told me what I could and couldn't say, and I said wanted out.

Then they put a muzzle on my face so I could no longer speak, but they took it off so I could eat.

I could not walk any more but I could see out and feel the air. I was so tired from lack of exercise that I no longer could speak or walk or breathe as much as I used to.

Then they added a shade to cover my fenced in cage, and only let me see out and feel the air when they saw fit.

I sometimes muster up a good scream, begging them to release me, but they don't come, don't free me. It takes so muck of my energy that I fall fast asleep and never know what time it is...

I should have realized that the time to scream was when they first put that leash on me.

I don't scream, eat, speak or breathe any more..

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