The human dogs

Submitted into Contest #78 in response to: Write about someone who keeps an unusual animal as a pet.... view prompt

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There was a knock on the door … the old lady knew that the guest was the man who called her earlier that evening and ask her to make an interview with him … she said

"please come in, the door is open."

A short man with a mustache enters, he saw the old lady sitting in the living room … so he went directly towards here and said 

"Greeting to you madam ... "

She greeted him by her head, the interviewer sit down in front of her, he looked at her … she smiled, then he look at the man who was sitting near her feet … he was wearing a dog mask and a black leather clothes covering his whole body …

 The interviewer said

"well, thanks for having me tonight, and thanks for accepting this interview, you know a lot of people in the world are interesting in knowing more about this situation … so thank you very much for letting me do this interview."

The old lady smiles and said

"you are welcome."

 The interviewer said

"and please do not be bothered by my questions … it's just my job … I have to ask you any question in people's mind."

The old lady smiles again and said

"I hope they are good questions … please start."

 The interviewer start recording and said

“ok … great, now let me start this interview by saying this does not looks normal at all. This is not a dog sitting beside your feet, this is a human being who is wearing a dog mask.”

The old lady said

“well, first of all … do you know the definition of normal? And second of all … for me … it’s totally normal, he is not a human wearing a dog mask … he is a normal dog … and he is one of my favorite pets.”

The human dog starts to bark and put his head in the old lady’s hand … she rubbed his head … The interviewer looks so surprised and said

“Pets!!! This is not a pet … a woman rising human dogs as pets is not normal at all … people cannot understand this.”

The old lady kept so calm, and said 

“Again, what is the definition of normal?”

The interviewer said with anger

“Please don’t play mind games with me … these people are suffering from mental disorder … and you from all people should know this”

The old lady said

“being a Psychologist has nothing to do with this …

What you see is a dog, a good nice little dog … I adopted him, I named him and I took care of him.”

The human dog starts to bark again and he sounds so happy … the old lady laughed and rubbed his head …she continues

“You called me and begged me for an interview … you said the whole world want to hear my story … you said this interview will be different because you are smarter than other people, but it seems that you are the same …"

She fell silent for a while … the interviewer did not say anything … so she continued 

"You talked badly about me in your newspaper … but I didn’t care about it and let you have this exclusive interview … so please … don’t continue this interview with these stupid questions … ask better ones."   

The interviewer didn’t say anything … he became calm and said after a while 

“Where do you find these people?”

The old lady said

“They come to me … ask me for help, and I help them and adapt them ... and they are dogs not people by the way …”

The interviewer said

“how many of these human dogs you have?”

The old lady said

“I just told you they are normal dogs, not human dogs … and I treat them as dogs … you should too … and I have five of them.”

The interviewer said

"do you have a favorite one?"

The old lady said with a smile

"No, they are all my dogs, and I love them."

 The interviewer continues to ask his questions … he said

“how do you control them?”

The old lady said

“don’t forget I am a Psychologist … so it’s easy for me to control them …they do what I tell them to do …”

The interviewer fell silent for a while and then look in the old lady's eyes and said

“why, why you said yes to this interview? I know a lot of journalist called you and wanted to make an interview with you … you said no to all of them … then why you said yes to me?”

The old lady's mouth open widely with a smile and she said “Because I need another dog.”

The interviewer asked with surprise

“What? What do you mean?”

 The human dog starts to bark with anger and the old lady’s mouth open even wider and she start to laugh while saying 

“You will be my new dog”

The interviewer was shocked, he did not know what she meant, or what to say ... then the old lady said

"go Dogi ... go after him."

After finishing this sentence the human dog start to run towards the interviewer … the interviewer was surprised but he acted fast, he jumped from his seat …. Kicked the human dogs with his feet and start to run … the human dog runs after him … The interviewer went to the door … it was locked … so he run towards a nearby window … he try to open it … but he couldn’t … 

The human dog jumped on him and start biting him everywhere in his body … he fall and start to bleed … but he kick him again and start to run again … he looked back and saw three human dogs chasing him this time … he reached a dead end … so the human dogs start to get closer to him … they reached him, he tried to fight but he could not ... they jumped on him and start to bite him … he bled a lot … screamed … but his sounds disappeared after a while …

The old lady come to see the view … she smiles and said

“Now I have six dogs.”

January 26, 2021 15:42

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