Tuesday – Anything Possible – Kreative Kue #430 by Keith Channing

~ John W. Howell

In Keith’s words. “Using this image (below) as inspiration, write a short story, flash fiction, scene, poem; anything, really. Either put your offering (or a link to it) in a comment or email it to me at keithchanning@gmail.com before the end of the week. If you post it on your own blog or site, a link to this page would be appreciated, but please do also mention it in a comment here. Thank you for taking part.

Here is a link to Keith’s post. https://keithchanning.wordpress.com/2024/04/29/kreative-kue-430/

The photo.

Mine by John W. Howell © 2024

“Hey, what are you doing?”

“I could ask you the same question.”

“You are in my pond.”

“And you are on my turf.”

“I’m not totally understanding what’s going on here.”

“Well, that makes two of us.”

“I got up this morning and decided to have a stroll.”

“Yeah, and I did the same.”

“How was I to know there would be an ugly mutt in my pond.”

“How do you think I feel knowing there is an ugly mutt on my land.”

“Your land? How can it be your land?”

“The same way you think this is your pond.”

“I’ve been here for years, and this pond has always been mine.”

“I’ve been here as long. Every morning, I look up, and that land has been there undisturbed.”

“I think you’ll agree something is wrong.”

“Darn right. You need to get off my land.”

“And you need to get out of my pond.”

“I’ll make you a deal.”

“What kind of deal?”

“You move away from the pond, and I’ll leave.”

“How do I know you’ll leave?”

“You can always check later.”

“Sounds fair. Okay, I’m off.”

“Goodbye. I’m off too.”

A question for the reader. What do you think is going to happen when the land Jack Russel comes back to check his pond? Yeah, this could go on forever.

 

76 thoughts on “Tuesday – Anything Possible – Kreative Kue #430 by Keith Channing”

  3. I love this. It makes me think of Lia looking in the window of her favourite coffeeshop and seeing another dog exactly like her looking back at her. She was not happy. How dare that dog be inside her coffeeshop! (especially since she is not allowed inside) LOL

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  8. Well, this could go the way of Narcissus, you know. Or maybe they’ll come to a meeting of the minds and agree to meet for playdates. In that respect they’ll never be disappointed!

    Very cute, John!

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  9. I love your Tuesday stories. This is so funny but so true. Ever watch those videos of dogs barking and barking at their image in the mirror? 😆 My cats scoff at the mere notion that there is another like them…😼

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  10. Ha ha! This reminds me of when a big buck was going through Mason, Michigan and went after another buck he saw in a store window reflection. He broke the window and ended up inside the store. 😀

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  11. Nicely done, John. I always wonder what Monk is thinking when he sees his reflection in a mirror. Dogs probably just don’t have understanding of that concept.

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  22. This reminds me of the young bird the other day who kept flying into our window for what seemed like five minutes.

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  23. LOL, this is so funny. And it reminds me of the baby looking in the little mirror toy. He definitely thinks that is another baby in there.

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  24. It is a very nice little story. I can tell that our Rollo recognizes himself in the mirror. When we are in front of the mirror he looks at me in the mirror and then he turns around to verify that it is me. He looks at himself and he does not react as if it is another dog. But it is not very interesting to him. Just confusing.

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  30. Me thinks you had the insurmountable quandary at Jack Russel. While there may be no permanent solution God did create squirrels for moments like this…

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