What Children Say About Their Pets

• my rabbit stands on his back legs and begs for carrots
• my dog enjoys being sick and having his back scratched
• my cat smells my toes and bites my fingers
• our rabbit bangs its head on our clothesline
• my dog tried to kill the chicken but I got there in time
• our pet swallows fish hooks
• the dog licks the camera when we try to take her photo
• they chew grass and wipe their bottoms on the ground
• every child who has a pet is insane - why don't they play on the computer?
  
• Mum's going to get me a lamb. It's not to eat though
  
• our parrot nobbles wallpaper and when there is a plastic plate on the table, Ferric kicks it down
• if people like animals they will be kind and will love each other
• rats are clever
• goldfish are silly and they wrench every now and then and never control their eating
• my dog is like a pillow on four legs
• my brother nearly got bitten by the snake I keep in a bucket, but when the snake came up to have a go at him I slammed the lid on its head
• I'm frightened of elephants because I think they'll get me with their trunks
• at night, my pigeon snuggles against the chooks when she's scared
• Candy, my goat, gets her head stuck in the fence
• when we go away it's hard to find people to look after our animals because we can't fit them all in the car

dragon cartoon: Wizard of Draws