The Dog Who Ate the World
Once there was a very curious puppy [pic] named
Sweetheart.
She had curious ears, [small pic]
curious eyes, [small pic]
a curious nose, [sticking her nose into startled lady's
rear]
and a curious tongue, [checking out floor under fridge
door?]
but most of all... [page]
she had curious TEETH! [happy dog, sparkling teeth;
visual theme A]
She was so happy with her strong white teeth, [getting ready to chomp
something not shown]
and there were so many things to try them on. [blissfully
chewing wooden rolling pin]
Chewing anything was fun, [telephone]
especially things that made interesting noises. [camera going
crunch]
Some things changed taste as she chewed, [shoe]
and some things had different tastes inside them. [purse]
Sweetheart lived with a nice pack of fingerwolves, [stupid-looking
family of four]
who constantly made admiring noises. [Chewing pipe, "Mustn't
chew Daddy's pipe."]
They had one special noise [No!] which meant "Come here
and we'll pet you."
If their demands got excessive, Sweetheart would go explore by herself.
[under bed, chewing a small appliance]
However, they were very good about giving her lots of interesting chew toys
[looking into trash],
and often they were very pleasant company [dog with family, chewing
the hem of a skirt? or buttons off a jacket? lots of holes in family's clothes]
But little chew toys weren't enough; [visual theme B: sad eyes,
chewing a hairbrush]
Sweetheart was getting bored.
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Then Sweetheart realized [sparkling eyes, visual theme A; page] that
...
her territory also included lots of BIG chew toys. [biting chair rung]
After that [small pic: bicycle]
It was Christmas [small: chewing piano leg]
every day [small: biting car tire].
She was a happy dog. [blissfully biting leather sofa]
Before long Sweetheart had tried all the big chew toys. [Interior with
destroyed furniture, bitten chandeliers, curtains, view of bitten lawn furniture
outside; bigger dog sadly chewing on last rung of shredded chair]
On slow days she would overeat; [getting bigger, biting refrigerator
door and pulling it open]
But overeating wasn't enough; [visual theme B: sad eyes, chewing a
full ham]
Sweetheart was getting bored again.
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Then Sweetheart realized [sparkling eyes, visual theme A; page] that...
she was living inside a GREAT BIG chew toy, [biting carpet]
with lots of chew-handles [biting doorway moulding]
and crunchables, [growling happily and "killing" sink
faucet]
and she was happy again. [biting corners of walls]
Her fingerwolves could still be boring sometimes,
[biting the car fender, Mom jumps out "eek!"]
but they always responded when she wagged her tail. [pic]
But after awhile her great big chew toy was wearing out,
[outside view of house with holes in walls, sheetrock stripped to studs in
places, some studs severed, big holes in roof, ruined cars, family huddled under
blanket tent]
Sweetheart was getting bored again. [visual theme B: sad eyes,
sparkling teeth]
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Then Sweetheart realized that ... [sparkling eyes, visual theme A, getting
progressively bigger, Clifford size and beyond; page]
the fun wasn't over yet!
[2-page panorama; make everything look as tasty as possible; maybe letter
in little "eat me" "chew me" "try me"
"bite me" labels, as in the Tenniel illustrations to Alice]
There was a whole world out there to explore!
Trees were good exercise, [biting down tree, still getting bigger]
but they didn't taste very interesting. [sad eyes, heaps of
chewed-down trees.]
Fingerwolf toys were better. [bigger yet, biting into another
house]
Some fingerwolf toys even moved, so she could chase them. [pile of
chewed vehicles; cars, busses, cement mixers, etc.]
But after awhile there weren't any fresh toys nearby [bigger pile, with
police cars, helicopters, tanks, etc.]
Sweetheart was getting bored again. [visual theme B: sad eyes,
sparkling teeth]
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Then Sweetheart realized that ... [visual theme A; page]
even though the ground wasn't very tasty [one bite, big
excavation],
there wasn't anything else new to chew on [same panorama, everything
SHREDDED],
so she might as well try a bite of earth. [bigger yet, HUGE jaw
opening]
A big bite, and... [nothing visible, just "CHOMP!" on
black background].
she ate it. [Solar system: Mercury, Venus, Sweetheart with huge
tummy, Mars]
All of it.
Then Sweetheart was very, very lonely, [lots of black background around sad
eyed dog],
and bored almost out of her mind, until... [page]
a volcano went off in her tummy. [boom, "urp"]
That hurt, but ... [page]
[2-page: HWALP!!! barfing the planet Earth; also maybe cars, trees,
mountains, elephants, aircraft carriers, shoes, TVs, etc. etc.]
soon she felt better. [page]
And she didn't want to be that lonely ever again. [dog wagging tail,
looking hopeful and appealing; tip of tongue showing, no teeth]
[page]
So this story's ending is happy
[2-page picture of globe, with talk balloons all over saying "Ew"
"Yuk" "What did you kids do?" "What was that
smell?" "Gross!" "Disgusting!" "Stop
that!" "Get a MOP!" "My hair!!!"
"$#%@&!!" (hwalp) "Call the plumber" (ralph)
"No, did YOU burp?" "Lysol!" etc]
although sloppy!
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THE END
[small: dog coming back to family wagging her tail as before]
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