Shaggy Flea Story
by Bruce Boston
I had a giant flea for a pet. The other day I noticed it was scratching. When I took a closer look, I noticed it had little dogs running around on it and biting it.
So I want to the pet store to get some dog spray. The kind you spray on giant fleas to get rid of their dogs. Trouble is I also own a dog that has fleas, so when I was at the pet store, I bought a can of flea spray, too.
When I got home I got the cans mixed up. I sprayed the flea spray on the flea and the dog spray on the dog.
My giant flea and my dog are dead and buried. I have all these fleas and little dogs running around my apartment.
And I'm the only thing left for them to eat.
Bruce Boston's dystopian novel The Guardener's Tale (Sam's Dot, 2007) was a Bram Stoker Award Finalist and a Prometheus Award Nominee. His previous contribution to Dog Oil Press is here.
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