draliman on life

It’s Friday Fictioneers time, hosted by Rochelle. Here’s a rather silly story befitting quite a mad photo, which came to us from Lauren Moscato by way of Amy Reese.

You’d think I’d have a million ideas for this photo, but no. Or perhaps the problem is that I have a million ideas but no decent ending. Here’s what I decided on in the end.

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Copyright Lauren Moscato

Sitting in their van, the builders watched as a dog shot out of the doggie door, pedalled its legs comically in mid-air and then crashed to the ground.

“When he said ‘add a second storey’, d’ya think he meant ‘on the top’?” asked one.

“Dunno,” said the other. “If that’s what he wanted, he should have said so. I taped a sign to his door, just in case.”

“What’d it say?”

“Mind the step.”

“Nice.”

The door opened and a very irate owner stared out.

“Did he pay up front?”

“Yup.”

“Good. Let’s get out of here before he finds a ladder.”