{"sf1_id":237157,"sf2_id":"J1OK6941","title":"Duke the Dog","author":"Coonotafoo","words":1482,"posted_at":"2011-04-04T01:34:00.000Z","tags":["Cat","Dog","Duke","Girl","Gun","Happy","Robber","Sad","Short Story","Wolf Dog","nice"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/237157-duke-the-dog","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/J1OK6941","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/13/ca/13ca33bb-75da-4a8f-8ed4-1382c7d03ce7","description":"Duke the dog\nDuke was sprinting down the the neighborhood alley...","content":"Duke the dog\n\nDuke was sprinting down the the neighborhood alley, The blissful  \nsunset in the background was beautiful. Duke came across three big ravens  \nbirds who look like shady characters. Duke said \"Sup\" to the ravens.  \nThen one of the ravens, the one with three white spots on his chest said \"scram mutt before I peck your eyes out\". Duke said \"I hope you  \nknow I'm a pure bread Siberian husky\"! Just then the ravens flew  \nto duke and pecked the bridge of his nose. He stepped back and fell into some trashcans. Duke started to cry. The ravens then said \"oh poor mutt puppy\" then he cleared his throat and said  \n\"Siberian husky\" then he said \"stupid dog\". The ravens flew away  \nlaughing.\n\nDuke walked home mad because of what happened. He scratch  \nat the door. Tina the owner, opened the door and screamed at  \nDuke's nose. She picked him up and took he to the vet.  \nThe veterinarian said  \n\"he looks bad\"\n\n\"Whats wrong\"\n\n\"the bridge of this dog is so bad he gunna need surgery\"\n\n\"how much?\"\n\n\"$1,000\"\n\nTina then left the office. She got in the car and left. Duke looked  \nat Tina and cocked his head. She said \"Shut up dog, gotta get  \nyour nose broke do you\". After that Duke started to bark repeatedly  \nin anger. She pulled over and tossed his out the window. The crash  \npopped his nose even worse. She sped off blowing dust in his face.  \nHe was 4 and a half months old and he was abandoned.\n\nCrying, he left for nowhere, alone. Thought went across his head.\n\n\"what did I do to deserve this\"\n\n\"maybe I should of not barked\"\n\n\"this sucks\"\n\nTina arrived at the house she thought \"crap Lucy isn't gunna like  \nme because of this\" Lucy opened the door she said\n\n\"where's Duke\"\n\n\"well\"  \ninterrupted, Lucy she started crying. Tina then said \"I'll get him\"  \nShe hopped back in the car and went back to the spot whare  \nshe tossed him but he wasn't there she said \"Crap of course\".  \nShe went to the pound and adopted a husky similar to Duke.\n\nDuke was hungry and he did not know where to get food.  \nHe smelled food in a dumpster by a old shaggy motel.Duke  \ntried to jump into the dumpster but he was to small and weak.  \nJust then he heard someone say\n\n\"need help\"\n\n\"don't hurt me!\"\n\n\"I ain't gunna hurt you, your just a pup\"\n\nHe turned around. It was a wolf.\n\n\"Y-y-your a wolf\"\n\n\"a wolf-dog\"\n\n\"still part wolf\"\n\n\"and..\"\n\n\"and my mom said wolfs kill people and little dogs\"\n\n\"no, why are you out here alone\"\n\n\"I'm\" he paused \"abandoned\"\n\n\"abandoned your what 4,5,6 months old\"\n\n\"five\"\n\nJust then a door opened a man said \"scram, freakin dogs\"  \nWe ran next door to a Mexican restaurant.\n\n\"So whats your name\"\n\n\"Duke, what's yours\"\n\n\"Fobolyascanoniseris the third, call me Fobo for short\"\n\nThen he walks in front of a good smelling dumpster.\n\n\"hop on\"\n\n\"are you sure\"\n\n\"go ahead\"\n\nDuke hopped on his back, and then hopped into the dumpster.  \nHe saw food and then started eating. Fobo the jumped in and started  \neating. Then they both fell asleep.\n\nHe awoke, and hopped out, popping his front right paw wrong.  \nhe laid down in pain and thought\n\n\"I need to get back to my home to see lucy I know she still loves me\"  \nThen Fobo said\n\n\"damn, that's a bloody paw\"\n\n\"hurt it jumping out of the dumpster\"\n\nJust then a shock of pain went through his body. He started crying.\n\n\"now what\"\n\ncrying he said \"it hurts badly\"\n\n\"I'll get some cloth\"\n\n\"no need for that\"\n\n\"where are you headed?\"\n\n\"home\"\n\n\"where\"\n\n\"483 rived ave. Indiana\"\n\n\"that's just north of here, I'll take you there\"\n\nAs Tina though, Lucy thought the dog was Duke even named him  \nDuke. but the next day she said\n\n\"mom the Duke is acting funny\"\n\nWorried, she said \"h-how\"\n\n\"Duke didn't come to bed with me last night\"\n\n\"He probably will today\"\n\nDuke was walking with a limp. He heard something, a hissing cat.  \nQuick to action Fobo pounced on the cat pinning it's paws down\n\n\"mmm, your looking tasty\" said Fobo\n\n\"no, don't hurt the cat\"\n\n\"why\"\n\n\"what did it do\"\n\n\"I don't know It hissed, and I hate cats\"\n\n\"s-sorry\" said the cat\n\n\"STOP, get off her\" yelled Duke\n\n\"fine, but if you claw me I'll tare you to shreds\"  \nHe slowly got off her.\n\n\"whats your name cat\" snobby said Fobo\n\n\"T-Tabs\"\n\n\"how old are you\" said Duke\n\n\"t-three\"\n\n\"do you always stutter\"\n\n\"y-yes\"\n\n\"why\" said, both Duke and Fobo\n\n\"I-I-I don't know, I-I just d-do\"\n\n\"sorry I pounced on you\"\n\n\"n-no problem\"\n\nJust then the cat said \"l-l-l-l-look out\" but it was to late. A animal napper  \ngot Tabs and Fobo. Duke managed to escape. He then followed the  \ntruck. Luckily there was slow traffic so he could easily follow the  \ntruck into the next state, Kentucky.\n\nHe weighted for the pound to about close. He slipped through the  \ndoor. He went through the door unlocked the cages. They ran out  \nand went into a abandoned hotel and fell asleep.\n\nTina was doing taxes when Lucy came in and said \"Duke didn't  \ncome to bed with me again\"\n\nTina sighed and painfully said \"I tossed Duke out the car window\"\n\n\"what\"\n\n\"I'm sorry\"\n\n\"I hate you\"\n\nThen Lucy ran out the front door  \nTina thought \"she will be back\".\n\nDuke awoke dizzy. He then through up and fell to the floor.  \nFobo saw the blood around Duke\n\n\"aw crap, your paw\"\n\n\"o-o-oh crap, he don't look so good\"\n\n\"ugh I need to gough\"he passed out, then reawoken \"to the vet\"\n\n\"you can't, they will put you down\"\n\n\"what does that mean\"\n\n\"kill you\"\n\nBy the next day, Tina look around the house and the neighborhood  \nbut Lucy was nowhere to be found. She called 9-1-1\n\n\"9-1-1 whats your emergency\"\n\n\"My child ran away\"\n\n\"what do this child look like\"\n\n\"she has black hair, brown eyes, and she is seven years old\"\n\nFobo found a rag and tied up the wound.\n\n\"h-h-hey dog whats your n-name\"\n\n\"Fobolyascanoniseris the third, call me Fobo for short\"\n\nDuke was asleep.\n\nLucy saw a sign it said Kentucky\n\n\"hmm Kentucky hopefully he will be there\"\n\nJust then her stomach growled. She walked on for hours and hours  \nhungry.\n\nDuke awoke feeling better but still feeling terrible\n\n\"I'm kind of hungry and thirsty\"\n\n\"h-h-here\"\n\n\"looks odd\"\n\nHe still ate it, and he felt even better. They walked north until dark  \nwhen they all fell asleep in another abandoned hotel. Fobo awoke in the middle of the night and saw Tabs walking away.\n\n\"where are you going\"\n\n\"a-away\"\n\n\"why\"\n\n\"I do things on my own\"\n\n\"well, take care\"\n\n\"thanks\"\n\nLucy walked and walked her stomach growling. Her knees shaking in weakness. She saw a abandoned hotel. She said may be there will be some beds in there for rest.\n\nThe cat walked off then stopped.  \nIt's a little girl!  \n\"hello kitty\"\n\n\"Kitty, kitty, kitty\"  \nShe approached with caution. The little girl petted the cat. Tabs then ran back to Duke and Fobo.\n\n\"h-h-hey Duke, h-h-hey Fobo there is l-little girl at room nine\"\n\nBoth Duke and Fobo said \"what\"\n\n\"f-f-follow m-me\"\n\nThey went into room nine, Duke's jaw dropped \"it's Lucy\"  \nhe hoped up on the bed to greet her.\n\n\"Lusy\" it came out as a bark\n\n\"D-Duke is that you\"\n\n\"yes\" it also came out as a bark\n\nShe huged him, but just then she herd police sirens.  \nShe picked up Duke and run out the door when she was suddenly grabbed by a strange man.\n\n\"okay cops back off or I will shoot this girl and this dog she is holding\"\n\nWith a megaphone the cop said \"let the girl go and I will give you a few years off your sentence\"\n\nBut just then Fobo jumped up and bit the guy in the back of the throat he let Lucy go and she ran away. He turned around and shot Fobo, he fell to the ground. Just the a bullet went through he side and he fell to the ground.\n\nThe police sent Fobo to the emergency room. The veterinarian said\n\n\"he looks fine, just a wound to the shoulder\"\n\nLucy told what her mom did to the dog and how she let it run away.\n\nThey said they cant do anything about it. Her mom over heard this and apologized for what she had done.\n\nA few weeks later: Lucy was reading the newspaper and she read the headline said  \n\"Girl and her dog were taken hostage by a bank robber\"\n\n\"hey Fobo I'm glad were all okay\"\n\n\"you can say that again\"\n\n\"i-i-i love t-this house, b-better than on the streets\"\n\nThe End\n\n  \n  \n\n"}