"Woof! Woof, woof, woof! Woof!"
"Uhh… It’s 8 already?" Ness moaned as he sat up in bed and looked over at his clock.
"Woof, woof! Woof, woof, woof!"
"What is he barking at anyway?" Ness got out of bed and peeked out the window. King was out in the yard barking at Pokey who was trying to get past the dog and to the door.
"S-s-stay away, you b-b-beast! I d-d-don’t want to hurt you! My brother’s friend’s cousin’s father’s sister’s uncle knows somebody who works for the dog pound! You h-h-hear that? I-I-I’ll tell my brother to tell his friend to tell his cousin to tell his father to tell his sister to tell her uncle to tell that guy to come and take you away!"
King began to whimper and back away. He wasn’t the smartest of dogs…
"There! Ha! You see! Nobody dares to challenge Pokey! Oh… wait. I think that guy got fired a month ago… never mind…"
King started to snarl and bark again.
Ness laughed to himself. Pokey wasn’t the smartest of boys…
Pokey looked up at the window and saw Ness.
"Ness! Pal! Ya gotta help me! This wild animal it trying to rip my arms off!"
"All right, calm down Pokey. King! Go away! Go lie down!"
King turned around and saw Ness up in the window, made a quiet whimpering sound, went to his dog house, and lay down in it. Pokey walked quietly past the dog so not to alarm it. When Pokey was past the dog house King growled once more and Pokey screamed and ran for the door. Ness thought he saw King chuckling to himself…
Pokey rang the doorbell and looked nervously back at King. Ness’s mom answered the door.
"Why, hello Pok…" She started to say as Pokey sped past her and up the stairs to Ness’s room.
"Hmph! Somebody ought to teach that boy some manners! He could at least wipe his feet!" She commented as she let King in and went back to washing the dishes. King crawled over to his favorite rug and with fleas sucking him dry, fell asleep.
Pokey ran up to Ness’s room and found that the door was shut.
"Hey! What are you doing? Lemme in!" Pokey looked back as if he were expecting to see a raging beast with red blearing eyes leaping up the stairs after him.
"Hold on! I’m getting dressed."
"What’s taking you so long?"
"Well, I find it helpful to be wearing pants when going outside the house."
"Sheesh! My aunt’s cousin’s friend’s half-brother’s grandfather’s daughter-in-law’s son could get dressed faster than you!"
"That’s great, Pokey…"
Ness opened the door and Pokey ran inside and slammed it shut.
"Whew… You really gotta do something about that mutt of yours. He was trying to kill me! I wasn’t afraid at all though. Not one bit. I had complete control of the situation. He was just lucky that I was in a good mood. Ohh, he was lucky all right."
"Yes Pokey…" Ness said with a sigh "he wouldn’t stand a chance…"
"Raw power I tell you, raw power! Just look!" Pokey made a ‘muscle’ and Ness pretended to be interested.
"I’ve been working out. Can’t you tell?" Pokey started to pose as if Ness had a camera and was taking pictures for a magazine.
"Pokey, I don’t know if getting up to change channels on TV instead of using the remote is considered working out."
Pokey was too busy shadow boxing to hear Ness’s comment "Eh? What?"
"Never mind. Why are you here so early anyway?"
"You know that weird guy who lives up on the mountain? Next to where the meteor hit."
Ness was just remembering last night’s events. The meteor… the cops… Buzz buzz (Alas, poor Buzz buzz)…
"You mean Liar X. Agerate, right?"
"Yeah, that guy. He says that he wants to show you somethin’. If I were you, I wouldn’t go. He gives me the creeps…"
"Pokey, everything gives you the creeps. And besides, he isn’t that bad. He is a nice enough guy, just a little different. I mean, if he wants to look for buried treasure under his house, let him. It’s his home."
"…and his breath always smells like garlic." Pokey complained.
"Ohh… I see what you mean… eww…" Ness remembered how last night when he went with Pokey to look for Pickey he stopped to talk to Mr. Agerate and was almost blasted off the mountain by the stench of his breath. Mr. Agerate had said that he heard a child’s voice up next to where the meteorite hit. Ness also remembered how Pokey’s dad got after him for being out so late at night.
"So, umm… how did things go with your father last night?" Ness inquired.
"Ha! That bum wouldn’t dare cross Pokey the great!" Pokey grabbed Ness’s hat and put it on his own head hoping that Ness wouldn’t notice the lump on his noggin that his dear old dad gave him.
Ness grabbed his hat and put it back on. "C’mon. Lets go see Mr. Agerate."
"Lets? You think that I’M coming with you?"
Ness ignored Pokey and continued to walk out of the room.
"Hey, wait up! Don’t leave me to face that dog all by myself!"
Ness went downstairs with Pokey following close behind him. They walked past the couch when all of a sudden…
"WOOF! WOOF, WOOF!" King jumped out…
"OH MY GOSH! IT’S GOT ME!!! AHHHHHHH!!! MOMMY!!!" and scared Pokey…
Ness grabbed King by his collar and pulled him away from Pokey "King! Down boy, down!" Maybe King wasn’t so dumb after all…
"*Huff* *Puff* Ohh you stupid mutt! Just you wait! One day I’m going to… going to… well, it ain’t going to be pretty!"
"Pokey, he isn’t going to hurt you. He’s just having fun." explained Ness’s sister.
"Well, I don’t think it’s fun! I could have had a heart attack!" Pokey whined.
Ness’s sister walked up the stairs and into her room giggling.
"Bye mom! We’ll be back before supper, I think."
"Wait a minute, honey!" Ness’s mom handed Ness and Pokey each a bag of lunch. "There you go. Just in case you get hungry. I can’t have my boy starving to death, you know."
"Thanks mom."
as if anyone actually cared...
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