Chelsea felt hounded, harassed, bothered. It wasn’t overly serious. She coped well. It was Tom from two doors down. He obviously had taken a fancy to Chelsea and had become a bit of a pain in the neck. Chelsea was too kind to tell him to go.
They were both quite young. No one was surprised that Tom had taken a shine to Chelsea. Chelsea lived alone, and Tom was left on his own all day. Everyone in the house went to work.
“He hangs around like a bad smell,” said Chelsea.
“Why don’t you give him the heave-ho?” asked one of Chelsea’s friends who was visiting.
“I’ve tried to but he takes no notice,” said Chelsea.
“Send him packing,” suggested another of Chelsea’s friends.
“I don’t have the heart,” said Chelsea.
“Why don’t you go one evening and visit the people home from work and ask them to try to restrict Tom a bit?” suggested yet another of Chelsea’s friends.
“He’s attracted to food,” said Chelsea. “Young males have insatiable appetites. For everything.”
“Don’t tell us you feed him,” exclaimed Chelsea’s astonished friends. “No wonder the dog comes to your place all the time.”
Mischievous would be an understatement here! I don’t mind as long as you keep feeding stories, except that I keep slogging at my workplace as the earth completes its diurinal pass under the sun.
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Thank you. Thank your lucky stars you’re not nocturnal – else you would have to work at night!
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The day you read another piece at my blog, know that I’d been nocturnal.
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Did you know (no you didn’t) the kiwi bird (New Zealand native) apparently sleeps for 23 hours each day. I would like to follow suit.
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Nice twist, Bruce. I didn’t see that coming.
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Thanks, Keith!
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A brilliant, unexpected, finale
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Thanks, Derrick.
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Even the title didn’t alert me 🙂
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Thanks again, Derrick. I was rather pleased with the title and glad you saw it!
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Ok, you got me! Poor dog – I guess this woman is not pet friendly. I totally missed the title, since harassment is such a big issue in the US, Clever!!!
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Thanks, Noelle. Enjoying Belgium?! You lucky thing!
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We are in Prague for four days, visiting a long list of friends we made when we lived here A few more tomorrow and then off to Cesky Budjovice and more friends, before Austria, Switzerland and France!
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Nice twist Bruce, I was in the dark along with everyone else 🙂
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You’re surely never in the dark, Andrea!
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