Black Sunday - Fiction - Part 6 of about 8

Flinders Ranges, South Australia
@JudyEv (323748)
Rockingham, Australia
August 14, 2018 6:55am CST
This is a monologue. You need to imagine an Aussie bloke standing in front of you telling you his story. The photo has nothing to do with the story. Black Sunday - part 6 Then there’s this great hullaballoo from over the road and Arnie comes hooning back, followed by a guy wielding a rake. This guy is huge, like gigantic, and he has this great rake, not a plastic lawn rake, an iron thing and he’s swinging it round like a man possessed. I’d prefer not to interfere but if anything should happen to Karen’s dog….. I call out to this guy. Tarzan glares and comes striding over. I put my hand out, say I’ve been meaning to come over and make his acquaintance. I tell him his cat was in my garage; that it is often in my garage and that it takes great pleasure from teasing Arnie so really it’s not all Arnie’s fault. The guy settles pretty well. It seems Cat went through the flyscreen cat door and Arnie followed but got stuck and tore the door off its hinges. His wife is terrified of big dogs and started screaming, that woke the baby who started screaming, that woke Tarzan who’d been working nights so all in all he is a bit uptight. I apologise and offer to pay for the door and he huffs off back to bed. I can hear sirens and within minutes the ambulance pulls up, followed by the coppers. Most of the street is out by now to have a gekko. It must be more entertaining than ‘Macca on a Sunday’. The ambulance blokes start fussing over the driver and I give the police a few details before going off to attend to the dog. I discover Arnie has pinched the remains of one of last night’s pizzas. But he obviously didn’t like the chilli con carne because he’s brought it up on the lounge. He’s now sitting in the single armchair chewing at his bandage again. I put his muzzle on him for the moment and head back outside. Two tow-trucks have arrived. God knows who rang them. Surely not Mrs Kafoops. Maybe they’re tuned to the police channel.
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@LadyDuck (455038)
• Switzerland
14 Aug 18
The most easy thing to use was the muzzle since he came back home. Men do not think when left alone.
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@JudyEv (323748)
• Rockingham, Australia
14 Aug 18
They all do much better if they have a wife don't they?
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• Eugene, Oregon
15 Aug 18
@JudyEv Ohhh, okay, I guess.
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@LadyDuck (455038)
• Switzerland
15 Aug 18
@JudyEv Some are pretty good without a wife, but only some. My husband left alone would make a mess.
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@just4him (303392)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
16 Aug 18
I'm glad the bloke with the rake took it well. This is a wonderful story. Has me grinning from ear to ear!
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@just4him (303392)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
18 Aug 18
@JudyEv You can't always be serious.
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@JudyEv (323748)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Aug 18
That's good. That was the intention - to have readers grinning. I can't seem to write 'serious'.
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@DaddyEvil (137251)
• United States
23 Sep 18
I would have been out watching, and that's saying a lot! We normally ignore our neighbors as long as they aren't bothering us!
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@JudyEv (323748)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Sep 18
That's probably the best way of dealing with neighbours.
• Eugene, Oregon
15 Aug 18
Karen may just drive on by.
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@JudyEv (323748)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Aug 18
If she has any sense she will.
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