If Dogs Could Talk

By Sia Patel

you’re wrong! Dogs are loyal companions. It’s just that they can’t talk …:( Imagine, a world where we could communicate with our adorable pets ; It would be such a wonderful place to live…:) My mom is a dog lover and she keeps comparing us with our pet BINGO. She keeps telling us how well behaved and disciplined he is… and he never have complains no matter what. My mom loves Bingo tremendously and says he listens and obeys to her unlike us…:( Whenever mom praises Bingo, I know he gives a quirky smile as if saying mom it’s just that I cannot talk, I have complains too . One night a similar incident happened, my mom asked the three of us to sleep i.e. me, my little sister and Bingo. After an hour me and my sister were busy talking while Bingo was fast asleep. Mom scolded us saying that Bingo being an animal knows when is bedtime and we don’t…. He is sleeping and you guys are still awake., please go off to sleep before I get angry. So, while lying on the bed I had a thought what if Bingo could talk too. I kept thinking and thinking..... and don’t know when I fell asleep. In the morning when I woke up I heard a strange voice coming from the kitchen; I ran there and saw Bingo was complaining to mom about feeling so cold in the night he was angry at mom for shaving his hair because it makes him feel cold with the AC on…..he did not stop here; he was not happy with eating the same breakfast every day and wanted mom to increase his snack time, he wanted play dates with his friends. He told mom that she takes too long to take him out for a walk, he has to hold his pee hard. He had a non ending list of complaints to mom. My mom was terrified listening to all the complaints he had and looked at me saying handling three notorious kids is going to be very difficult. She asked me to help her by handling Bingo and me being the eldest, make Bingo understand that his demands are too much and he needs to obey mom. I felt great to be incharge of Bingo. Bingo was happy too he wagged his tail and said I love you the most. He told me how much he enjoys the fetch game and running around the house with us. He hated online classes as he feels lonely. He enjoys the car rides and hates to take bath. He does not like visitors as he is locked up. He told me how much he loves eating carrots and promised me that he will never share my secrets with mom and dad.

I always thought Bingo is energetic but then he told me he feels lazy at times and loves to be carried. He told me he hates seeing mom on phone all the time and soon he will chew her charger and mobile so that mom starts giving him more attention He told me about eating all our erasers which we always thought of vanishing away. He told me that he purposely pees on the floor and chews our books and stationery when we leave him alone. He told me he feels scared alone at home. Bingo told me hates one of the staff so much that he is planning to bite him on his bum one day….. I was laughing on hearing all his secrets and plans when suddenly I heard mom asking me to wake up… I woke up to realise that I was dreaming!!

But, what a lovely dream it was …:) I looked at Bingo and held him tight and promised him to take care of him more nicely and will take him along wherever we will go. The only thing I am worried about is mom’s phone….shall I tell her or keep quite

By Sia Patel