- Dog Tales
- July 3, 2023
Otis PawWord Story
Hey Mom,
It’s Oats! My reign in Spencerville is going strong, ignoring veggies, rolling in joy with my toys and ruling with all the grace of a Mini Schnauzer! Exploring, riding, cuddling, and pushing pet businesses toward success fills my days. Not a fan of the local pool though, let’s be honest, or the delivery guy. Food’s great at K9 Kebabs and Bark ‘n’ Roll, minus the greens of course. Here’s to ruling Spencerville with an iron paw and a velvet touch!
Woofs,
Your Bubba.
Dearest Reader,
Have you met Otis? He is a Mini Schnauzer and he’s just taken over as the reigning monarch of Spencerville. Dressed in tones of salt and pepper and emanating an unparalleled effervescence, Otis is quite the character. He has a few distinct aversions; the desert, that damnable pool, certain canine contemporaries, vegetables (the audacity!) and the impertinent intruder, the delivery person.
Now, for those unfamiliar with the locality, Spencerville is quite the destination for pets who’ve bid adieu to the mortal world. Some might call it pet paradise, a place where our furry, feathery, and scaly counterparts live out their afterlives in near-human splendour until they reunite with their human companions.
Our mini monarch rules from the Fawn Pug Palace, most likely amidst an extensive collection of toys, including a deflated old basketball, a stuffed turtle, and an owl. Otis is a firm believer in leisure, often indulging in the simple yet refined pleasures of fetching thrown objects, car rides and fervent cuddling.
His daily routine involves touring his kingdom either walking through the city, visiting Chihuahua Castle, frolicking in his backyard, or a trip to the dog park. He’s an advocate of progress. With business acumen that could’ve rivalled Warren Buffet’s, he’s grown the economy of Spencerville, promoting local businesses like The Pawsome Pet Pharmacy, The Groom Room, and The Wagging Tail Bookstore.
When it comes to gastronomy, Otis is a patron and a regular at K9 Kebabs, Yappy Yogurt and Bark ‘n’ Roll. He will gamely try all foodstuffs that are offered, always keeping a courteous demeanor, unless presented with a vegetable. The sheer indignity of it! This charming connoisseur has a stubborn streak as wide as the English Channel and as deep as the Mariana Trench.
Intelligent and tantalisingly independent, Otis can come off as a misanthrope, yet he maintains a sugarcoated harshness for his close-knit circle of friends and siblings. A formidable yet quirky sovereign he is.
So, as I recount the intricacies of Otis’s reign, I do wonder if perhaps there is a lesson here of kingly canine kindness and finicky gourmet tenderness laid amidst deflated basketballs and a despised pool. For isn’t life about learning from the multitude of perspectives, even if it is that of a sprightly Mini Schnauzer from Spencerville?
Until the next chronicle charting Otis’s reign unfolds, I bid you a remarkable Spencerville day full of dog-led dramatic whimsy. You know, Douglas Adams once said that the chances of finding out what’s going on in the universe are so remote, the only thing to do is hang the sense of it and keep yourself occupied.
In Spencerville, Otis simply adapts this sentiment—ignore the vegetables, revel in the simple pleasures, and rule with an iron paw enclosed in a velvet toy. Now, isn’t that singularly wise?
The End.
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