the dog gingerly put his leg down . she thought it would be better if she talked to him alone first . `` bet it 's never happened to you . '' `` i swear he was wearing pants when i last saw him . with the last word , he shot a single finger at us . why would the police talk to me ? after they had fixed up our nails and glued on fake ones , at least i thought it was glue , they were done with us . 