I wanna honor myne frend, da late Kelpie Hendel. Kelpie wuz myne furst wannabe! Kelpie wroted a
sad gudby ta hur frendz, dis iz sum uv wut she sed:
Dear Raven & Ripennator and Engelbert & Gus n Tyler n Paladin n Gurly (meow!) an dBukky, little puupy, Miles
(heartthrob) N odie ….n Coyote n ……
Most EEEE SPESHULLY Madame G!
And anyone else that I
fur got. Eye yam not finking so well right now. Fang ewe fur being my friendses. I doh nut feel so good any moore. Madame,
I cannot get out by myself to reeeleave myself –I had to let them carry me , and juz now I fell while communing wif
nature, and I was stuck and my big girl had to come and pick me up outta de mud. (Eye do not like being carried but I has
no choice now!) My 1 back leg –it HHHUUUURRTTTZEEEZZZ! ARROOOOOOOW! I wants it to stop.
I don’t want to
play. I cannot walk. I looks at my human counterpart and I asks “Why? Make it stop pleeez! Zeees is not fun ”It’s
really not fun. If noh buddy has any objection I will goh now. I wish you all had gotten to visit ze nip patch.
I,
I go now. I had four extra months at least AND YOU all made dem enjoyable. Arooow! Lick Lick Lick. Give my WAB “ZE SHIT
”. It might distract her.
Fang ewe all.
An' dis is wut I rote wen I hurd dat myne frend wuz goneded:
To Kelpie, wheer effur yu iz, myne puppy frend:
I wuz glad ta help yu unnerstan wen da wyte koatz tuk yor leg
away. I wuz effen gladder wen yu bekaym myne frend. An' neow, effen dow it hurtz myne hart, I iz glad dat dere
iz no moor payn fur yu. Yu haz krossed offur da ranebow brij an' I hopez dat myne broffurz, Redford an' Jason waz dere
tu greet yu, az dey shurly mus' haf ben, becuz yu touched myne hart jus' lyke dey did. An' sumday we wil play tageffur
in da eeternul sunshyne, we wil run tageffur frew da grass dat blowz inna jentul wynd.
Awl myne luff,
Tyler
