Wednesday, July 5, 2017

A Shaggy Dog Story

My dog has been behaving strangely
as of late, darting about from one room
to the other, tail tucked in fear between
his hind legs. As I noticed yesterday, he

has been fleeing from a fly buzzing
around inside our place. I can’t figure
why this fear in him of such a small
and basically harmless creature, a mere

fraction of his size. But none-the-less, he
is perpetually on the run, trying in vain to
find a suitable place to hide. Or so I thought,
until today when he stops abruptly, circles

round and round, arches his back and drops
a sizable load of diarrhea all over the living
room floor. Poop, this time he had to poop.
His unusual behavior was not caused by his

nemesis, that fly. Now, I ask you, how on God’s
green earth was I to determine what he really
needed was to go? I’m not a frigging dog whis-
perer, you know. Not only do I have a pesky fly

to deal with, but now, one hell of a stinking mess
to clean up as well!

Chris Hanch 7-5-17


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