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By the HOGGY DOGGIES, BILLY the Doberman and MOLLY the Border Collie

BILLY: So what’s all this about, then?

MOLLY: Apparently, this is the bit of a book where important people or animals are asked to say nice things about the bloke on the front cover.

BILLY: About him? Why I should say nice things about him? All he ever does is shout at me.

MOLLY: That’s because you play too rough half the time, Billy, and you don’t do as you’re told.

BILLY: Whenever I try to play with you, you don’t give me the time of day. You can be a cantankerous old bitch sometimes.

MOLLY: You forget that I’m an old lady. If I was five years younger, I’d still be able to run rings round you.

BILLY: Like to see you try. Anyway, I still don’t see why I should be so nice about the bloke. What does he ever do for us?

MOLLY: He takes us for lots of long walks.

BILLY: I’ll give him that.

MOLLY: Even when it’s raining. And he feeds us most of the time.

BILLY: Well, yes, you’ve got a point. Sometimes I want to bite him, but I’m worried that the walks and the food might stop if I do. Shall we gang up on him and both bite him?

MOLLY: He’s in charge, Billy boy, whether we like it or not.

BILLY: But if he’s so tough and reckons he’s top dog, why does he always send me outside first if he hears a noise in the garden? I can never understand that.

MOLLY: Strange creatures, these humans, Billy. I’m still trying to work them out.

BILLY: They must be strange if they want to read a book about him. What’s so interesting about him?

MOLLY: Apparently he’s quite good at some weird game they play. They throw a red ball, someone hits it and they chase it around a field. It goes on for hours.

BILLY: Well, I chase a ball around a field with him all the time and I’m much better at it than him. This book should be all about me.

MOLLY: I’m inclined to agree with you, Billy. But like I said, he’s in charge.

BILLY: He talks a load of rubbish as well. He makes up words of his own that nobody else ever uses, words like ‘ridonculous’.

MOLLY: Yes, I’ve always wondered what that means. Any ideas?

BILLY: Haven’t got a clue. Do you think they’re all as odd as him?

MOLLY: I very much doubt it.