The Rooster Who Thought He Was a Dog

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"I like nonsense; it wakes up the brain cells. " Dr. Seuss When I was a little girly girl, I would go to Grampie's farm. It was far, far away and up a hill, then around a big bend in the road. Grampie had lots and lots of animals. Like b e a u t i f u l horses and mellow cows and all colors of chickens. And he had a brown rooster, named Ruddy. Now, Ruddy really, REALLY liked me, and he thought he was a dog. He followed me around the farm all day. He was no normal rooster, he was a roosterdog! In the barn and out of the barn and all around the barn. One day he followed me into the house at lunch time. Grampie said, "NO, no roosters in the house!" But Grammie smiled and said, " its okay, if he is good." Ruddy stayed under my chair and was good except for the cluck (CLUCKING) gulp. When I watched television, so did Ruddy, curled up beside me like a dog. And when I went to bed, Ruddy followed me upstairs and down the hall to my room. Grampie would say, in his big voice, "NO, no roosters in your bed!" But Grammie, said, "oh its okay, he can listen to the bedtime story too." Grampie would just huff, like Grampie's do sometimes. After I fell asleep, and Ruddy was all curled up beside me snoring, or was that clucking, Grampie would tip toe into my room and snatch the roosterdog. " Back to the barn, my friend, for the last time, you are NOT a dog!" The next morning, Ruddy would be waiting for me at the door and it would all happen again for me and the rooster who thought he was a dog. The End "Don't cry because its over. Smile because it happened." Dr. Seuss. __________________________________ May 20, 2016 Poetry/Narrative/The Rooster Who Thought He Was A Dog Copyright Protected, ID 16-792-432-0 All Rights Reserved. Written under Pseudonym.Narrative For the contest, Get Your Dr. Seuss On sponsor, The Seeker Honorable Mention