Daredevil Dogs
Early one morning, Pepper ( a black lab dog), Lady (a golden retriever), and I took a walk. I wanted to get a cup of coffee to sip as we walked.
I tied Pepper and Lady to a table outside Ingles, and went inside to Starbucks for coffee. I didn't stay very long. When I got outside, I couldn't find my dogs. The table was gone. A trash can was turned over and it was a disaster.
I looked across the parking lot. Pepper and Lady were running like scalded dogs and dragging the table.
"Pepper! Lady! Stop!" I screamed.
Lady looked back at me as though to say, "I'm sorry. Pepper made me do it."
I ran and chased those dogs until I was out of breath. They raced to the parking lot at Huddle House. A woman was getting out of her car. "Don't tear that car door off!" I yelled. "I'll have to buy a new Cadillac." The table just missed the car by inches.
Pepper and Lady headed up a hill. The table bounce, bounce, bounced over the rocks. Those dogs didn't stop a minute and loped toward a medical clinic.
A man was shuffling across the parking lot on a walker. "Don't knock that man down!" I screamed. I held my breath and thought I was might have a heart attack. That table just barely missed the poor old man.
By this time, I was exhausted. If I ever caught the dogs, how would I tie them up and return the table to Ingles? I just didn't know what to do.
A man was standing outside the part's place. He rushed to the runaway dogs, caught them, and tied them to a tree. Then he picked up the table and returned it to Ingles. I tried to pay him, but he wouldn't take a penny.
I tell you what, if I ever take another walk with those dogs, I'll never tie them to a table outside Ingles again. I'll find a good, strong, light pole.
Well, this story is fiction, but I wanted to post it hoping my blogger friends might get a laugh.
By: Brenda Kay Ledford
