DIN FROM THE KENNELS

Don't know why I find this quite so touching.

Appended by a Corfucia Irregulière. No provenance.

The office door closed, dulling the din from the kennels.

"What do you want this dog for?" I was asked austerely, "house dog, watch dog?"

I looked at him, gaunt and quivering, amber eyes searched mine.

"I want him," I answered, "for a friend."

They were satisfied. They wrote on the paper, "One Black Dog".