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Pastimes : ISOMAN AND HIS CAVE OF SOLITUDE
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To: barbara sperino who wrote (82)12/19/1998 10:22:00 AM
From: ISOMAN   of 539
 
The Perfect Dog

Minnie was the funniest looking dog I'd ever seen.
During summer vacations, I volunteered at the vet's, and I'd
seen a lot of dogs.
Thin curly hair barely covered her sausage-shaped body.
Her bugged-out eyes always seemed surprised. And her tail
looked like a rat's tail.
She was brought to the vet to be put to sleep because
her owners didn't want her anymore. I thought Minnie had a
sweet personality though. No one should judge her by her
looks, I thought. So the vet spayed her and gave her the
necessary shots. Finally, I advertised Minnie in the local
paper: "Funny-looking dog, well behaved, needs loving
family."
When a young man called, I warned him that Minnie was
strange looking. The boy on the phone told me that his
grandfather's sixteen-year-old dog had just died. They
wanted Minnie no matter what.
I gave Minnie a good bath and fluffed-up what was left
of her scraggly hair. Then we waited for them to arrive.
At last, an old car drove up in front of the vet's.
Two kids raced to the door. They grabbed Minnie into their
arms and rushed her out to the grandfather. He was waiting
in the car. I hurried behind them to see his reaction to
Minnie.
Inside the car, the grandfather cradled Minnie in his
arms and stroked her soft hair. She licked his face. Her
rat-tail wagged around so quickly that it looked like it
might fly off her body. It was love at first lick.
"She's perfect!" the old man exclaimed.
I was thankful that Minnie had found the good home that
she deserved. That's when I saw that the grandfather's eyes
were a milky-white color; he was blind.

by Jan Peck
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