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Mom, mom!

This dog, this dog was chasing me down, and then it bit me in the arm,

it nipped me. Oh honey. It jumped through the windows! It's teeth were like, "Arrr, arr arrrr." No, no, I'm looking at it right

now. This is, you don't even need this. You don't even need this.

No you're okay, you're okay. Sweetie.

Yeah. It broke through the window. I mean I'm walking, I've got my stuff - " Yes dogs, yeah,

sometimes dogs are like that, honey. Just walk a different way tomorrow. Walk a

different way,

that's all I can tell you. When you're coming home from school,

yeah, dogs have teeth. They all look like that, they all look like that.

Your daddy can show you some pictures tonight of how dogs look when

they're,

when they're angry, they all look like that. This is not a big deal. This is not a big deal.

This is fine. Go get a Band-aid.

You're fine. Go get a Band-aid. You don't even need this. Okay, so,

you know what I was thinking tonight we could maybe have,

what do you think about pork chops for tonight, sweetie? It's kind of like

dog meat.

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Mom! What?

Mom! What? I was coming home from school, this dog jumps out of the window

teeth are like "Arrr arr arr" and I'm running... What did you do? What did you do?

Did you drip blood all the way in here?!

I covered it. I put this on mom. I didn't get it on the floor! How many times have I told you not to

walk that way home. I have told you not to go that way. You know there's a dog in

their house.

You know. Get over here. We're washing this off right now young lady.

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Mom! Mom! Mom!

What happened? Oh my gosh, what happened? I was coming home from school, I was walking home from school and this

dog jumps out of the window, teeth, oh my god!

Was this the Smith's dog?

They are going to hear about this! We're going...

It broke the window and came after me! Oh honey, you must have been so scared!

Oh, you must have been so scared. This is not acceptable!

We are going to go tell those people they cannot have that dog. That dog,

they need to get rid of that dog. We're going to... Put it down! Put it down.

Put down the dog! They are putting that dog down. Alright we're going to kill the dog. I'm going to go kill them

right now. Mom, thank you. Let's kill it. Let's kill the dog. You know, honey, I've got your back. I've got your back.

Ignore

Mom, mom, mom, mom!

I'm coming home from school and the dog jumps on me... Oh, what happened at school today? No! The dog jumped through, there was a screen and he jumped through

and he had teeth that were going, "Rarrrr!" Ohh, yeah, yeah, yeah. He chased me, look. Look!

It bit me. That'll be fine. The dog bit me. The dog chased me

I'm running, I'm running as fast as I can. Yeah. Yeah. Mmhmm. Mom.

You know what, honey, just why don't you go get a Band-aid on that and then you know I want to ask

you what you want to have for dinner, so just go get a Band-aid on it and then we'll find out

what you want you want for dinner. You're fine.

You're here. It was the Smith's dog. Yeah.

The one that... This is not the first time that dog's chased me.

Did you remember to bring your math book home?

Coach

Mom, mom! A dog jumped through the window! It jumped through the window.

It chased me down the street. It kind of nipped my arm. Look. Oh yeah, ok.

Ok, we've got a moment before we need to take care of this. You are safe. It was chasing me like, "Arrrr."

It was chasing me. Rarrr! Take a breath. Take a breath.

You are safe. Breathe with me. Breathe with me. But, but, you should have seen it's face. It's like, "Rarrr."

You are so, that was so frightening for you.

I ran as fast as I could. Take a breath. You are safe now. You are safe now.

You are safe now. Breathe with me. Breathe with me. Ok, ok, ok. Ok. Ok.

Yeah. Yeah. You are safe. Ok. Ok.

Ok, and then it kind of, it kind of nipped me a little bit. Yeah, yeah. We're going to call the doctor.

We're going to take care of this. Ok. Ok.

Go ahead and sit down. Ok.

Ohh. Wow. Yeah. You should have seen it's teeth. Big old teeth.

Oh that must have been so frightening when that happened, yeah...

And you did exactly the right thing. You came right here, you came right here to get

help. Yay for you.

Yay for you for knowing what to do. Yeah, I did it. Yeah, you did it and you even knew to cover this.

Yeah, oh my gosh. Yay for you. And now, now we're going to call the doctor.

And the doctor's going to know what to do. Ok. Ok.

Take another breath. Ok. That was frightening. It was scary.

Yes, hello, yes, I want to know when I can I'm safe. I'm safe.

bring my daughter in? Ok... Ok great.

Yeah, we're going to get to go right away. Ok.

We'll take care of this right away. It doesn't hurt as bad... Yeah, that was so frightening when that

happened, oh my gosh.

We're going to need to find out what dog this is too, we'll do that a little

bit later.

Ok. Ok. Yeah, yeah, you're safe now.

I'm glad you came right home. Ok.

Ok. Alright, I am going to go, I'm going to go get this cleaned up a minute.

Ok, I'll help you. Ok.

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