- Dog Tales
- October 12, 2023
LC PawWord Story
‘Hey, spent the night in Pawsburg kickin’ it with Rufus – he’s still off the bone biscuits and on his ‘deep thoughts’. You won’t believe, I still crave those honey-drizzled carrots from the ‘Cat’s Meow’. Skulling around town, thinking ’bout the strange world we live in. Forget dog eat dog, ours is utterly special, filled with nuts in dog bowls, clandestine whispers, and good ol’ fellowship under the oak. All hilarious, all weird, all real! – Archer’
I found myself usurping the wildest dreams of that midnight train to Pawsburg, and sure enough, just past slumber’s twelfth chime, I was trotting along Maltese Meadow, my coat a resplendent spectacle under the clandestinely ethered moonlight.
A blink past the desolate chatter of crickets and I was at Fawn Cream Maltese Meadow, where Rufus, that golden ray of sunshine, was already engaged in an existential conversation with himself. “Archer!” He barked, while I frowned at him sipping from his vanilla puppy cream at The Doggy Bagel Deli. Bone biscuits lay disregarded by his dish. “It’s an utter abomination, isn’t it? They seem to think we all love these bone-shaped treats,” he said, tossing me a quirky grin.
“Well, Rufus,” I winked, “As for me, I’d sell my kingdom for boiled carrots drizzled with honey from The Cat’s Meow Sushi.”
Our camaraderie dipped in unspoken thoughts while the night washed over the sparkling waters of Bulldog Bay. Our stories unfurled, episodic snippets strewn around Pawsburg like breadcrumbs, daring anyone to connect the dots.
In the liquid silence of the coming dawn, I broke loose from Rufus’s company, gleefully trotting off to explore our make-believe world. The Howling Husky Hardware Store, with its overwhelming scent of pine and metal, the haute dog fashion of Canine Couture Clothing, and the high-tide luxury of The Snooty Snout Boutique paraded before me, like an ever-unrolling tapestry of my life’s adventures, as bizarre as they may be.
And just as bizarrely, I found myself returning home at dawn, thinking about Skippy and his latest escapade of storing nuts in dog bowls – corroborating our artificial world designed for human amusement. But in that amusing anomaly, I had to ask, wasn’t there something distinctly real and raw in our yearning for camaraderie, our love for idiosyncrasic delights and a good frolick under the old oak tree?
Yes, that’s Pawsburg for you, my dear friend. A land of intriguing encounters and clandestine whispers. A dog eat dog world? I imagine not. Our world is much more luminous than that, wouldn’t you say?
The End.
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