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Doggy Blues
Stella Whitelaw | August 12, 2010

“Dear Sir, Your dog is driving me mad. I can’t concentrate. I should be obliged if you would bring your hound under control. Yours faithfully, E Brown.”

 
Paul tore up the note and threw the bits towards the waste bin. Rambo raced after them, growling ferociously. 
 
“She says you are driving her mad,” he said.
 
Rambo wagged enthusiastically. Paul looked in dismay at a torn cushion, chewed slippers and broken houseplant. “She can’t concentrate. She says I’ve got to control you.”
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