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...with unfortunate encounters between the foolish passengers, who like to believe that they have transcended the instinctual life, and the lower animal kingdom. There is, for example, the seagull that invades the dining salon, flapping everyone into hysteria. Then there is the matter of the Emir's pet rhinoceros, languishing in the hold and giving off a most unpleasant stench. Seasick, any reasonable person might suppose; lovesick, the opera crowd prefers to believe, bringing the beast into their own frame of reference. Would that the basso profundo could hypnotize the creature with his low tones as easily...
Realizing that many people treat their dogs and cats like children, Cynthia Grey, 34, a Hollywood entrepreneur, came up with what she considers a perfect present for the pampered pet. She packaged ordinary dog and cat biscuits in sampler boxes covered with silver foil to resemble assortments of exquisite chocolates. The names for the products: Dogiva and Cativa. Grey sent samples last spring to such departent-store chains as Lord & Taylor and Saks Fifth Avenue, which quickly decided that the bonbon biscuits would make excellent Christmas gifts at about $10 a box. Grey, a former Playboy bunny and wife...
...meantime, Grey is looking ahead. She will offer Valentine's Day pet treats in heart-shaped boxes adorned with red ribbons. For the spring, she plans to dye her products with pastel colors to produce Easter baskets of biscuit-eggs...
...given up trying to adapt his own novels to the screen. "It's like sitting on a suitcase," he says. " Everything has to be condensed to fit in. Time is the master of everything." What is more, he has refused to sell the movie rights for Pet Sematary, his new run away bestseller about strange doings in a country graveyard, claiming that the grisly novel is better left unfilmed. "The book hurts; the film would hurt more," he says. "I don't need the money, and I don't need that...
...Pet Sematary, King...