"I'm not great at advice. May I interest you in a sarcastic comment?" That is the quote we are using today, from Tim Holtz' |Snarky comment book. So matching it with Jo's theme "Nature" at Art Journal Journey I have the following page in my journal and a story to accompany it.
"Coco was a cute little spotty dog belonging to Adele who was in love with Scot the Terrier from next door. She loved to play with Scot whenever possible but he never seemed to notice her as a good looking young lady dog. Her mistress, Adele, and his master, Billy, were the best of friends. Had been since schooldays and so they spent a lot of time together which allowed the two dogs lots of time to play or just sit and watch tv with the humans.
"If only I was a human" said Coco to herself one day, I could write to an agony aunt in one of the magazines and see what advice they could offer. She looked at herself in the mirror on the wardrobe door in Adele's bedroom, "hmm .. wonder if it's because one eye looks a bit bigger than the other one?" she muttered to herself, "or is it the colour? No, can't be the latter, he loves green. It was only the other day he said how nice my new boots looked and they are green. Just wish he'd notice the colour of my eyes."
Just then Adele shouted "Coco, come on, we are off to the park."
Coco scampered down the stairs and waited patiently for her lead to be attached to her collar and off the two of them went.
Once in the park, Adele let her off the lead and Coco ran around, sniffing at the newly fallen leaves that lay like a carpet over the grass. Oh she loved autumn when the leaves were on the ground and they rustled as she walked and ran through them. It was fun trying to catch them as well when they fell from the trees.
Oops! She skidded to a halt, There in front of her sat Big Bruno, one of the largest and oldest dogs around.
"Hi" he said, in his gruff voice, "what are you up to today little Coco?" And the two of them sat and started to chat.
It was then that Coco thought "agony aunt? agony uncle? What is the difference? Maybe Bruno, with all his years experience could help her in her quest for love." So she began chatting about Scot, the boy dog next door and her love for him.
"Oh dear" said Bruno, "I'm not great at advice. May I interest you in a sarcastic comment?"
Coco was a little taken aback and she shuffled her feet in the leaves, "no, I just hoped you would be able to help but obviously you are not interested so I'll thank you and be on my way."
"Sorry" said Bruno, "My arthritis is bothering me a bit today so I'm afraid I am a bit grumpy. Now what was it you wanted advice on young 'un. Come and sit down and tell old Bruno again. You want to know how to get the lad next door interested is that it?"
