Saturday, November 8, 2025

Hercules

 

The old red dog sat and watched serenely.

His humans were building something to put up on the porch. They said it was a “heated doghouse” for wintertime, so his old bones would stay warm.

They assembled it and set it in place, right in front of an electrical outlet to plug the heating pad into.

“See?” his mom said, luring him into it. “Nice and cozy!”

He exited as quickly as was polite and went to make himself a nest in the barn, as usual.

The last time he got into a box, he came home without his testicles.



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