For Sadje’s What Do You See? photo prompt.
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My friend Rosey is a reluctant dog-walker. Her aged uncle finds it difficult being towed around by a boxer, so she was ‘volunteered’ to exercise Berkerov now and again!
Yesterday Rosey was carrying out her dog-walking duties when a gentleman passed a few feet to her left. He politely doffed his trilby hat, and with that, Berkerov made a dash for him and started doing those unpleasant sniffy things that dogs do when becoming acquainted with strange men.
“Heel” Rosey yelled, and he obeyed (the dog that is, not the man!) but unfortunately he bounded up to Rosey somewhat over-enthusiastically, tripping her up.
The gentleman walked over and proffered a gloved hand in order to help Rosey regain the vertical!
“Are you all right m’dear?” he asked as she wobbled to her feet.
She muttered an embarrassed “thank you” whilst trying to regain some composure.
“What’s his name m’dear?” he asked fondling the dog’s floppy ears.
“Berkerov” mumbled Rosey.
“No need to take that attitude miss” he barked (the man that is, not the dog!), “young people today.”
And with that, he huffed, puffed and strutted off leaving a somewhat confused Rosey wondering what she’d said to offend him.
It didn’t take us long to work out what had gone wrong. Obviously, the disenchanted goodly samaritan thought he had been told to bugger off!
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Original image credit; Aleksey Kuprikov @ Pexels
There are lots more Rosey stories HERE!
Lol! You’ve come up with a a brilliant story and the name for the dog, Keith. Thanks a lot for this fun entry
I’m pleased you liked it Sadje, thanks for the prompt.
My pleasure 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Poor Rosie, always in a muddle! Now, if she’d been a Canadian, I’m sure he’d have understood her perfectly. 😉
Muddle’s her middle name! Now you come to mention it!
Wonderful story! Love this!
I’m pleased, thanks Mitzi!
Nicely penned! 🤣
Thanks, Suzette
Oh, dear! How does Rosey get into such scrapes, even when she’s trying not to.
I admit to being pleased she does, gives me something to write about!
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Oh gosh, I caught onto it right away–the man sounds over-sensitive to me 🙂 He might have asked for clarification.
Good for you Staatlz! Not so good for Rosey!
No, poor thing 🙂
Hola! Rosey, it’s good to see you back with the jest and laughter.
Nice name that doggo has.😂🤣
She’s been a bit quiet of late so I’m pleased she got into a mess again!
Hi Keith – great fun to read … I stepped in dog poo the other day and fell flat on my face in front of man and dog – they were very kind … and thank goodness I was down, but not out and not flat … minor damage. I’d moved out of the way for them … man and dog can take a bit of pavement space! Serves me right for being thoughtful! Cheers Hilary
Oh, Hilary, how awful! I had one of those extending leads wrapped around me the other day. It’s time they created dog lanes!
It seems that man’s best friend caused some trouble for Rosey.
A cute and whimsical story!
A lovely story…your stories always manage to bring a smile. Love them. 👏👏👏😊
Bite-sized fiction indeed. Loved it. Beautiful site theme as well.