Tales of Ella the Circus Dog
2005-12-30 9:56 PM
A Brief History of My Universe.
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First there was my mom and then my fellow pups, and then there was my time alone on the streets, and then there was the County Pound. Grim place, that. Bad food. I hardly ate. I mostly watched. They put me in a run next to a couple Chihuahuas, Apple Heads, but I couldn’t stand their yapping. They gave me seven days to see if anyone would come and claim me. Fat chance, since I belonged to me. I charmed lots of them. Lots ooohed and aaahed over me. Lots of their young clapped hands and pointed stubby fingers toward my run. I didn’t look at any of them. I kept my eyes beyond them. On freedom.
One day the Dog Cops decided I was up for grabs, and a People I had seen watching me-not-watching-anyone came back. A Brown Shirt carried me to the big cage and set me down in the grass, and I couldn’t contain my excitement. It embarrasses me that I was so undignified. I ran and ran and ran. Freedom. That People was not impressed. The Brown Shirt picked me up again and started back to my run, but another People came then, and we did it all over again. This time, I ran and ran and ran and ran right toward the People and jumped into one People’s arms. She liked it, I could tell. And that’s how I got to go home with them.
First there was only me. Time passed. Then there was Labrador, Yellow, what the People brought home from a different County Pound. A little time passed. Then there was Poodle, Toy. The People say she's a temporary. She’s been here a while. They feed her, but they also stick her with needles morning and night. I wouldn’t want to be Poodle. A pin cushion just passing through.
The Cat and I used to be buds, but Labrador is too interested and Poodle gives a sharp bark when she smells Cat in the room. Poodle can’t see. High sugar took care of that. She can smell. That’s good enough.
There’s a few others who come in the yard but not in the house. They can’t be counted as family. Yet they are. What I say goes in this, My Universe.
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