This is a story about Jacques,

the dog who refused to eat his dinner

what Are we Going to Do?

will he starve?

OH NO!!!!

call for the doctor!!!

call for the nurse!!!

call for the LADY with the alligator purse!!!

(POOR LITTLE THING)

now don't you worry, you know it does no

good

YIKeS

exclamation point (x1000)

MAC: (bravely) All we can do is try.

ABE: (also bravely) I have confidence. It feels right, somehow ... like a good day for dinner, don't you think, Mac? ... Right, Jacques?

JACQUES: Don't you guys

have something better to do?

MAC:  Hey, sweetie.

Can we talk?

CATHERINE:  Let me. Oochy- woochy, Jacques. Ud woo wike tum ummy-yummies?

JACQUES: Nice flower.

(Are we finished yet?)

OH, ALL RIGHT ALREADY

delicious

MAC:  Yeah! That's my boy!

ABE:  Oh my God!

JACQUES: What was that all about?

not again

(a little lower, please)

?

(return to sanity)

mood music here

(write to jacques)

time passes...

Jacques left his body in September, 2007.

                We miss him terribly.