Leon had spent the rest of the day teaching Noodles various tricks out
in the backyard. Claire stood at the kitchen sink, observing them
through the window. Maybe I was a little hard on him, Claire thought as
she watched Leon try to teach Noodles how to play dead. It seems to be
a good enough dog...
At that moment, Leon picked up a stick and threw it. For being a cop, Leon never had had good depth perception. The stick sailed across the yard and over the fence, finally resting in the middle of the neighbor's yard. Before Leon could begin to look for another stick, Noodles was off. She ran straight across the yard and hurdled the fence with ease. Leon just stood there, dumbfounded.
A few minutes passed, and Noodles finally returned, but it wasn't a stick that was in its mouth—it was the neighbor's cat. "Oh, Noodles." Leon said, a bit disappointed that he hadn't been able to teach it to fetch a stick properly. "Bad, Noodles!" BANG
Noodles dropped the cat, and hung its head. Claire ran out of the kitchen immediately. "Leon!"
"Oh, Claire. It's horrible!" Leon cried.
"I know, your dog just—"
"I just can't get her to learn to fetch a stick." Leon shook his head in disappointment.
"Leon! That was Mrs. Hardy's cat!" Claire waved her arms and pointed at the cat's limp body. "What the heck am I supposed to tell her when I see her?"
"I know exactly what you mean, Claire." Leon agreed. "I have been trying all day, but she just doesn't get it. You have to get the stick, not animals."
"Leon, are you even listening to me?" Claire asked, exasperated. "Wait a minute. What do you mean animals? There're more!?"
"Well, duh!" Leon said, pointing to a pile of freshly zombified squirrels stumbling around the yard. "Rome wasn't built in a day! She won't learn it with just one try. Sheesh!"
Claire slapped her forehead. "Leon, you can't let her kill animals. From now on, she's just gonna have to be on a leash."
"But they're not dead, look!" Leon whined. He kicked at one of the zombie squirrels that was trying its hardest to zombify his shoe. It rolled over and fumbled to pick itself back up.
"Leon, don't make me hit you." Claire said annoyed. "It has to be on a leash. You can even build a pen for it right here in the yard."
"But Clay-er!" Leon whined. "Noodles doesn't want to be chained up!"
"No buts mister!" Claire was stern.
"Oh alright." Leon pouted, and walked glumly over to Noodles, who was busy burying the cat. "Come on, girl. Miss Meany-Pants says you have to go on a leash."
Claire rolled her eyes and walked back inside. Having an undead pet was going to be more work than she thought.
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At that moment, Leon picked up a stick and threw it. For being a cop, Leon never had had good depth perception. The stick sailed across the yard and over the fence, finally resting in the middle of the neighbor's yard. Before Leon could begin to look for another stick, Noodles was off. She ran straight across the yard and hurdled the fence with ease. Leon just stood there, dumbfounded.
A few minutes passed, and Noodles finally returned, but it wasn't a stick that was in its mouth—it was the neighbor's cat. "Oh, Noodles." Leon said, a bit disappointed that he hadn't been able to teach it to fetch a stick properly. "Bad, Noodles!" BANG
Noodles dropped the cat, and hung its head. Claire ran out of the kitchen immediately. "Leon!"
"Oh, Claire. It's horrible!" Leon cried.
"I know, your dog just—"
"I just can't get her to learn to fetch a stick." Leon shook his head in disappointment.
"Leon! That was Mrs. Hardy's cat!" Claire waved her arms and pointed at the cat's limp body. "What the heck am I supposed to tell her when I see her?"
"I know exactly what you mean, Claire." Leon agreed. "I have been trying all day, but she just doesn't get it. You have to get the stick, not animals."
"Leon, are you even listening to me?" Claire asked, exasperated. "Wait a minute. What do you mean animals? There're more!?"
"Well, duh!" Leon said, pointing to a pile of freshly zombified squirrels stumbling around the yard. "Rome wasn't built in a day! She won't learn it with just one try. Sheesh!"
Claire slapped her forehead. "Leon, you can't let her kill animals. From now on, she's just gonna have to be on a leash."
"But they're not dead, look!" Leon whined. He kicked at one of the zombie squirrels that was trying its hardest to zombify his shoe. It rolled over and fumbled to pick itself back up.
"Leon, don't make me hit you." Claire said annoyed. "It has to be on a leash. You can even build a pen for it right here in the yard."
"But Clay-er!" Leon whined. "Noodles doesn't want to be chained up!"
"No buts mister!" Claire was stern.
"Oh alright." Leon pouted, and walked glumly over to Noodles, who was busy burying the cat. "Come on, girl. Miss Meany-Pants says you have to go on a leash."
Claire rolled her eyes and walked back inside. Having an undead pet was going to be more work than she thought.
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