Category: The Pound

• Day 180 – The Snake Successor

  “It is a shame, brother, that you should have to journey all this way from your meditations just to see my coronation.”

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  November 12, 2015

  The Pound

  adoption, assassination, family, kings, murder, princes, snakes, success, succession

• Day 148 – The Chihuahua In The Christmas Sweater

  Pepe Larue rightly presumed that few of his fellow dogs had suffered as much indignity as he.

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  September 2, 2015

  The Pound

  animals, christmas, costumes, dogs, families, holidays, pets

• Day 145 – The Dog’s Philosophy

  Languor begs obeisance, and I am not of a constitution to find fault in either.

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  August 28, 2015

  The Pound

  animals, barking, dogs, fancy, fancy talk, fences, neighbors, pets, rescues

• Day 112 – The Dragon’s Pet

  Oh, yes – there dwells a dragon. And it has a kitten.

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  November 12, 2014

  The Kingdom, The Pound

  adoption, cats, caves, dragons, hoards, kittens, milk, mountains, pets, riding

• Day 104 – The Owl Prime Minister

  Brovicio clucked a congratulations to himself as he waddled through the Parliamentary Tree for the ceremonial taking of oaths.

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  October 22, 2014

  The Pound

  assassins, birds, forests, foxes, hyenas, mice, owls, parliaments, politicians, politics, prime ministers, trees, wars, woods

• Day 91 – The Confused Snapping Turtle

  Negotiating the maze of love can be a treacherous undertaking, and never more so than when you’re a pubescent snapping turtle.

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  October 2, 2014

  The Pound

  animals, coming of age, love, sex, snapping turtles, turtles

• Day 81 – The Paleontologists

  “Humans didn’t live in nests,” corrected Earnaffil. “They stayed in hovels like our friend here.”

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  September 16, 2014

  The Kingdom, The Pound

  badgers, bullies, bullying, burials, fossils, griffons, monsters, myths, paleontologists, post apocalyptic, skeletons, skulls

• Day 56 – The Bunnies

  “What is this place called, Mother?” “Death, my beautiful daughter.”

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  August 9, 2014

  The Pound

  apocalypse, bunnies, children, death, families, flowers, life, mothers, post apocalyptic, rabbits, wisdom

• Day 45 – The Monkey Mailman

  No sooner had he pried a corner open than a monkey flew out, screaming as he leapt about the room, trailing fur and filth.

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  July 25, 2014

  The County, The Pound

  bellhops, deliveries, funerals, hotels, mail, monkeys, packages, pets, training, uniforms

• Day 37 – The Elder Cat

  “I don’t see what all the fuss is for,” growled Mouse Rapier between bared teeth, tugging at the pillow’s edge. “Just some codger who’s managed to avoid a dogfight for longer than the rest of us.”

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  July 18, 2014

  The Pound

  advice, cats, dogcatcher, immaturity, immortals, milk, pillows, stubbornness, unity