《宠物店里的小狗》

我是一只小小狗，柔弱可爱娇小
我住在一个笼子里，你在宠物店可以看得到
我不是这里唯一的小狗，我的姐妹们也在这里
我的兄弟们都在左右，唯有儒弗惊吓离世而去
夜晚所有的灯都会熄灭，我们觉得非常孤寂
我们在笼子里颤抖，哀叫和哭泣
但是没有人来安慰，使我们不再恐惧
我们彻夜蹲坐在惧怕中，直到第二天商店开门时
我们记太不起远方的妈妈
她曾尽力养育过我们，直到主人说：“是时候了。”
他把我们全部塞在这些小小笼子里，
我们长途跋涉，只能睡在粪便里
现在我们坐在宠物店里，接受小孩子们的戏弄和捏挤
他们听不见我们的哀哭，不懂得我们的哀祈
我们处境悲惨，这里这么恐惧真是生不如死
但是我们死不了，所以只能尽力躲避
我知道你觉得我的故事太凄惨你不想让我在此久居
你想把带我回家让我做只快乐的小狗
但是，虽然我们不情愿充满恐惧地待在这里
如果你带我走，另外一只小狗将步我的后尘被带到这里
你可以帮我们解脱痛苦，但是不是用带我们回家的方式
你一定要坚强，坚决把我们留在这里，无人问津，孤独凄凉
因为如果你不带走我，另一只小狗就不会来到此地
他可能就不会被从遥远的家里运来
虽然我们中间有些小狗不会生存到这个循环的终止
但如果我们卖不掉，他们就不需要更多的小狗
如果他们不需要更多的小狗，那个人也不会带来更多
总有一天这个循环会完全停止！你可以为此出力
所以当你看到一只小狗可爱悲伤弱小的面孔
出现在你家附近商场宠物店的笼子里，
对他最大的帮助是留他在那里，
这是你告诉所有的狗们你关心他们的最好的方式。

《Pet Shop Puppy》

I’m a little puppy, so cuddly, sweet and small
I live inside a cage, you see at a Pet Store in the mall.
I’m not an only puppy, my sisters are all here.
My brothers, too, except for Ralph who died coz he was scared.
It’s lonely here at nighttime when all the lights go dark,
We tremble in our cages and we whimper and we bark.
But no one comes to hold us or pet our fears away.
We sit all night in terror til the store opens next day.
We don’t remember mama, left so far behind.
She did the best she could for us til Man said "It is time."
He crammed us all in cages too small for us you see.
We rode for hours; we could not help but lay in poop and pee.
And now we sit in a Pet Store where kids come taunt and squeeze.
They do not hear our whimpers or understand our pleas.
We’re miserable and it’s scary here we all would rather die.
But since we don’t we do our best to run away and hide.
I know you think my story too sad to leave me be.
You want to take me home with you, a happy little puppy.
But please, though it is fearful to live here against our will.
If you take me that leaves a spot another pup will fill.
You can stop our suffering but not by taking us home.
You must be strong and leave us here, unsold and all alone.
For if you do not take me, then another pup won’t come.
And maybe he will not be shipped so far away from home.
Tho some of us may not survive the cycle ’ere it falls.
If we don’t sell they will not need more puppies in these halls.
And if they need no puppies then the Man will not bring more.
Eventually it can all stop! You CAN close the door.
So when you see a puppy face so sad and sweet and small.
In a cage at a Pet Store at your neighborhood shopping mall.
The best thing you can do for him is leave him sitting there.
That is the best way you can tell all dogs how much you care.