The Tale of the Purse Dog

The Tale of the Purse Dog
By just VASGO


     One day Fluffy the dog, who wasn't very fluffy at all, was leading his human down the street.

     It was his lucky day!  JuJu, who he secretly loved since he was born three years ago was just a few shops away... and alone!  Not only was she a year older than Fluffy, but she was also a very popular dog in the neighborhood and he was pretty sure she had never really noticed him.  However, all of that didn't matter to him.  She was the most beautiful dog he had ever seen.
     She was staring into the window of a retail store, so he decided to lead his human over to her to say hello.

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     "Hi JuJu! he said excitedly.
     She turned her head to see who it was and upon noticing it was Fluffy, she said without any excitement, "Oh.  Hello, Fluffy."
     "What are you doing?" Fluffy asked with his tail wagging a little too obviously.
     "I'm just looking at this red shoe," she responded blankly.  Her eyes fixed back through the store window again.  For a second, no one said anything and that's when Fluffy noticed she put on the prettiest smile while staring at the shoe.  Others, however, might say she had a huge grin on her face, almost sinister looking.
     Her tone of voice became much sweeter. "Hey Fluffy, what do you think would be better? Wearing the beautiful red shoe, or chewing it?"
     Fluffy looked at the shoe for a second, trying to determine which option JuJu would choose.  He must have taken too long because she began to speak again.
     "I guess I'd probably wear it first, then chew it.  But that doesn't really matter.  All I know is that I need that shoe!"  She paused, but not giving him enough time to say anything again, she continued.  "Fluffy?" she asked, with her voice even sweeter than before.  "Do you think you could do me a favor?"
   
     Fluffy's heart began to melt.  The dog of his dreams had just asked for his help.  It truly was his lucky day!
     "Definitely," he replied without hesitation.
     "I don't have any money to buy that shoe, so would you buy it for me?"
     His wagging tail came to a stop out of disappointment.  "I wish I could," Fluffy responded, "but I don't have any money, either," .
     Her face changed into pure sadness.  The muscles in her face and mouth lost all their tension causing her eyes to droop down very low, her top lips hung over her teeth even more than usual and she said in as sad a voice as ever, "Can't you find a way to get it?  Please, Fluffy?  I really want that shoe."

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     She then began making several, rhythmic high-pitched sounds, quite similar to whining, and Fluffy's melting heart became nothing more than a pool of liquid love.  He could tell she was about to cry and this was his chance to prove he was the best dog in the neighborhood!  He didn't have any money, but Fluffy knew that if he got this shoe for JuJu somehow, some way, she would definitely like him back.  He would be with the prettiest girl, and all the other male dogs would be jealous of him.
     His mind was made up.  He HAD to get that shoe.

     "Wait right here," Fluffy said confidently.
     JuJu's whining immediately stopped and her sad face instantly wiped away.  Instead, her ears perked up and her tail began to wag.  That same, pretty smile she first had was back on her face.
     Fluffy removed his leash to his human, walked quietly through the open door of the store and quickly made his way to the display window with the red shoe.  Even though there were several humans in the store, and every dog knows they are easily distracted pets, no one noticed him.
     Finally in the store's window, he stood on all four paws and looked up at the shiny red shoe placed so perfectly atop a square, white box.  She wasn't kidding.  That really is a nice shoe, he thought.  Then he looked out through the window toward the sidewalk where JuJu was watching intently.  Her tail was now wagging extremely fast and this gave him the courage he needed to take the shoe without paying for it.

     Holding his muscles tight in his back legs, he pushed off with his front paws and stood on his hind legs for a few seconds, his eyes at the same level of the shoe as his front paws rested on the corner of the white box.
     He glanced behind him to see if any of the humans had noticed him.  Not a soul realized he was in there.  He looked at JuJu again for one last vote of confidence.  She was now yipping and dancing on the sidewalk, unable to control her excitement that Fluffy was actually going to steal the shiny red shoe for her.
    Then he lunged for it!  Fluffy's pointy canine teeth grabbed the shiny red shoe by its four-inch heel when all of a sudden and at the exact same second, he felt an electric shock ripple through his body and heard a very loud cracking sound, like a wooden board snapping in half.
     The sensations ended as quickly as they came.  Whiteness was the only thing he noticed all around him. He struggled to look out the window and could still see JuJu, but just barely from the corner of his eyes.  He told himself it's time to get out of the store window, but he couldn't move.  My legs are stuck, he thought as fear grew in his mind.  His legs weren't the only thing that stuck.  In fact, he couldn't move his mouth anymore.  And for that matter he could no longer wag his tail.
     Unable to move, he looked at JuJu as best he could.  Her jaw was dropped in horror.  Her eyes, opened wide with fear.  She then she ran away, never to take advantage of another dog's kindness for the rest of her days.

This is when Fluffy saw his reflection in the bright window.
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Fluffy was now the Purse Dog.

  

Now time for bed, little pups!  Sweet dreams!