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Tuesday, 15 November 2011

Fancy footwork

Posted on 05:00 by john mickal
It's funny. I always know ahead of time when I'm going to be busted.

Still, I never have a response at the ready.

"Who are you and what are you doing here? And you have a dog? A dog? Dogs can't come in here!" He said, running up to us.



"Oh, I know, I know. I just...I just..."

We both waited for me to say something more as I backed out of the room. "I just...Hah!...well, you know... Oh, say, maybe you can point the way to the garden? I think I took a wrong turn."




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