Creative Writing: Dogs And Cats

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lay his head on the ground and watched the
passage of time on the street while Scampi vented.
Soon, Roy the Basset and his owner walked by. Mustard nodded hello.
"Who's that?" Roy asked, looking in the tree.
"Dunno. New in town."
"Which house?"
"No house."
"Freeloader, hm? Give him one from me." Roy's owner shushed him. Poor
guy. Owner was one of those uppity types who had to have everything perfect.
Mustard rolled on his belly. They had better catch the thing quick, or
the whole neighbourhood would ridicule them. The brazen cat had been rooting
around in gardens for a while, a slap in the face even to the cats, of whom
there was admittedly a minority on the block. But who knows about cats? They
never knew how to handle these things. It was up to the dogs to keep the balance
of the neighbourhood in check. Today had been the worst by far. They had spotted
the hobo a whole block away, quite by chance, so there was no real way of
planning an attack. That wasn't really Scampi's ...

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you, this really chaps my ass."
"Yeah, well..." The yellow dog stood up. Not quite spaniel, not quite
hound, he was a respected figure on the block. He had tenure. Scampi had a ways
to go yet. They walked down the road.
"Think Lulu might be in town? I think the winter's almost through."
"Maybe."
Scampi kept looking back at the tree. "I think she might be back in town.
Where do they all go in the winter?"
"You mean the owners?"
"Yeah."
"South."
"South? What, like the birds?"
"It's warm in the south."
"Why don't they all go south?"
"Dunno."
"Why don't they just get more furs?"
"Dunno."
Mustard and Scampi walked like this often. Mustard had gotten used to
Scampi's ...

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