Trick or treat!!

Zelda:  How about this new treat she got us?

Cindy: How about that?

Zelda: Well, dyu like it?

Cindy: Aww.. C’mon, it is food. I like all food. Food is what life is about

Zelda: ( eye roll) Every treat tastes different. I like some more than the rest.

Cindy: And why would you do that? How can you be partial to treats? To me they taste the same. And what is taste anyway?

Zelda: I somehow still am clueless as to how the same family which chose me chose you? It is like they chose two ends of a pole !

Cindy: I thought you said you were born here? Liar liar!

Zelda: Whatever don’t change the topic. Let me teach you to taste.

Cindy: This means with a treat right.. AM excited . But where are the treats?

Zelda: Lets’s ask the humans.

Zelda: oooo ( with paws in front of the human’s laptop)

Amma: No Zelda, I am not an atm. Stop begging for treats.

Zelda: oooooooo

Cindy: oooooooooooooooo

Amma: I don’t know what is wrong with these dogs. Ever hungry they are.

Hema: I will give them some chew sticks. They should be fine.

Cindy: Zelda, You are the brightest dog in the universe. You play them like a pro!!

Zelda: Tell me something that I don’t know! Anyways, Here come the treats. Don’t gobble , first take it in your front paws.

Cindy: Can’t stop drooling!!! Can’t stop drooling!!! Can’t stop drooling!!! Can’t stop drooling!!! Can’t stop drooling!!! Can’t stop drooling!!! Can’t stop drooling!!!

Zelda: Oh Lord! Lady show some dignity. First sniff it fully, take the aroma in… Let it lift your senses.

Cindy: Can’t stop drooling!!! Can’t stop drooling!!! Can’t stop drooling!!! Can’t stop drooling!!! Can’t stop drooling!!! Can’t stop drooling!!! Can’t stop drooling!!!

Zelda: Lick it nicely. Give your taste buds a preview…STOP EATING LIKE THIS CINDY!!!I AM TEACHING YOU TO ENJOY IT…TASTE IT YOU DUMB MUTT.

Cindy gobbles the treat fast..All symptoms of lady like behaviour thrown out of the window.

Zelda: I am never gonna try to teach you anything.

Cindy: You know what.. There was no taste to the treat. It is the experience of gobbling that I love.

Zelda : You are dead …

They chase each other and the fight turns in to a play…

Both collapse exhausted on the floor.

All’s well in dogsville!

Gate dog

Zelda: Gate dog is sick. There is something wrong about her.

Cindy: Sympathizing with the enemy?

Zelda: It isn’t about enemy or friendship. There is something very wrong about her.

Cindy: But Hema doesn’t take us close. She think we are still enemies.

Zelda: I guarantee you, we are enemies still. I just wonder what happened to her.

Cindy: Let us remain very quiet and good today. Chances are Hema will let us have a closer look.

Zelda: I know for a fact Hema checks on her everyday. So for a dumb dog, sometimes, you have good ideas.

Cindy: Don’t push yourself. I bite :P

Zelda: Shaddup now, here comes the gate.

Cindy: Oh she’s wearing the plastic cone of shame. Something is definitely wrong.

Zelda: She’s broken a leg. Also, see her whole belly is wounded.

Cindy: Oh my!! I feel sorry for her. Why have they tied her. She looks miserable.

Zelda: Look, she is whining , Hema will help her now.

Hema tends to the wounded dog, applies medicines.

The dog sights Zelda and Cindy & starts growling. To humans, it sounded threatening,  but in dog language it was….

Mukhi: Back off, I can’t even defend myself now. Shame on you.

Zelda: Shame on you, gate dog, we come in peace.

Cindy: Yeah, mongrel

Mukhi: Gate dog? Is that how you call me?? My name is mukhi. And I know you ladies are mongrels too.

Zelda: Mukhi? Okay, It is a truce for now. We are lending our human to take care of you.

Cindy: ( eyes welled up) Sorry Gate dog, Get well soon

They all continue their walk.

Mukhi: Silly twits …I am gonna get better and whack them.

( stifles a tear…)

hobbies with PI

Zelda, Cindy ..... Look who's here,,,PI

Zelda and Cindy rush to meet their best friend PI, He was welcomed with lick, kisses and pats on the shoulder once the sniffing exercise was complete.

As the humans settled down to drink the tasteless, tongue burning liquids, the dogs settled on the floor, happily chatting in their invisible language.

Zelda: PI, come play with me..
PI: Not interested dude...You don't play fair..You want to win always.
Zelda: Arre... what does that even mean? The best always wins..This is how dog games happen.
Cindy: Errrr....As your 24*7 playmate, you don't exactly play fair.

Zelda: Cindy....You might miss a few teeth if you continue talking like this.

PI: Whatever, lets relax..that is my hobby
Zelda: Howby? What is that.
PI: It is hobby...And it is what we do in our free time.
Zelda: What is free time..I never seem to have free time. These humans are so careless. Our den is so close to every passage and I need to be so alert to catch any wayward person who might actually be a milk man or a newspaper guy,
Cindy: Yes, those guys are very wierd. I don't understand why they need to hover around the gate if they dont want to enter...And they do it everyday.

PI: Girls!! these are trivial things. Pls cultivate a hobby... Humans will love you more
Zelda: Okay, Let me think of few hobbies..

Cindy: I have one... Barking at pigeons..Those nasty, smelly, parasites... I will bark at them till they fly back to their dens.

PI: Ermmmmmmmmmm..... Pls don't involve barking, growling or howling in your list. It will not go well with these humans.

Zelda: I have one... Meditating in front of the ice box to magically open and throw us treats. In fact I love the idea so much, I am gonna do it right away.

Cindy: I have one too... Sniffing at the window sills , I might catch a fly or two.

PI: Good girls, let us start our hobby.

A few minutes later....

Zelda: This new ice box just doesn't open...It is a boring hobby.
Cindy: All flies have run away.. It is a boring hobby too.

Zelda: Let's play tag.....
Cindy: Best hobby ever...Best hobby ever....Best hobby ever...Best hobby ever.....Best hobby ever...Best hobby ever

PI: Girls will be girls....!!!Human, let us go home!
Zelda: I love your home, Hema , let us goooo

Hema: OMG, i think they want to go out, let's go for a walk and then maybe to your plac..
PI's Hema: Sure...

All 3 dogs: Yeahhhhhhh!!!

bow wow chow

A lazy sunday afternoon, Zelda and Cindy are couch potato-ing with their humans!

Cindy: Dyu think these guys can understand our language?

Zelda: What dyu mean " Our" language? It is all one language..

Cindy: Naah... these humans speak a different language. 

Zelda: Hmm.. What dumb idea are you proposing?

Cindy: I a'int any dumber than you okay? I have these beautiful ideas and this is one of them.

Zelda: Let me be the judge of how beautiful you idea is.

Cindy: So how about teaching Hema, our human, some " dog language"?

Zelda: I am definitely not in...Not at all a good time to talk to her in dog language or whatever you choose.

Cindy: You are such a lazy dog. I am going ahead.

Zelda: Just to show that I have nothing to do with this plan, I am leaving this room.

Cindy: Whatever, spoilsport.

Cindy stares in hard concentration at her human , trying to get her attention. Bowwwwww.. she howled.

Hema: Cindy!! What is wrong with you? Can't you stay calm?

Cindy: Ooooooooo...aaaoooooo ( you are really very pretty)

Hema: There is no other dog , I don't understand why she is behaving like this!

Cindy: ( even louder) AAAOOOOOOOOOOO( I love you, Hema)

Hema: If you don't stop this now, there is no dinner and forget about your daily walk.

Cindy: Operation bow wow aborted as it takes a direct hit on my chow... Note to self, humans are dumber than dogs , cannot be trained. 

Zelda: I told you so.... :P

A nameless life!

A swanky car stopped

In exchange for me a wad of notes popped

It was love at first sight for me

I really want to believe it was the same for you

Not  just a latest itch!

We played for a while,

You found me funny

Worth your money

I enjoyed our daily walks

Thanked you for my daily food.

Suddenly you gave me a sister

A human child

I loved her more than anything

Cared for her all day…All night

One night you were overjoyed,

I didn’t understand why

As you packed your bags,

I though yeahh! Road trip!

Excitement abound, I jumped in to the car

Not knowing that I wasn’t going very far

You dropped me round the corner,

My sister’s screams could have shattered the doors

But your stony silence held them together

Waited for you for 10 years now

I am old; not your favorite puppy

I am dirty, my teeth have fallen

And my chest rumbles when I bark

I lost a leg few years ago…

Today I saw a swanky car

And rushed to meet you, my love

But Alas! It wasn’t you!

My cloudy eyes failed me..

I closed them for the last time.

My final memory of us taking a walk together

Etched in eternity.

I hate dogs!

Cindy: I hate dogs...I hate animals...Why can't we just have humans everywhere.
Zelda: Why do you have to prove over and over again that you are nothing but a dumb mutt. you must thank your lucky stars that Hema doesn't understand your gibberish, she might throw you out.
Cindy: I am an open book and I hate all dogs.
Zelda: Oh yeah, Ms. Open book, do you hate PI, Ginger, golu, Happy, Toby, Pixel? DO YOU MEAN TO SAY YOU HATE ME?
Cindy: Okay okay okay...I will change my statement. I hate some dogs.
Zelda: That is fine..Even i hate some creatures, humans and animals included.
Cindy: Humans?? You hate humans? Which human?
Zelda: You know that guy who opened the door for Hema, He was leaning too much to her and he smelt bad. I got a headache with his stink. I hate him. And the guy who tried to pelt us while walking, I hate him.
Cindy: I hate them too. OH.. I just realised i don't hate all dogs and neither do I love all humans!
Zelda: Good for you.
Cindy : I love you Zelda.
Zelda: Stop licking me
Cindy: I can't..I love you the most!
Zelda: Fine... But this doesn't mean we stop barking at gate dog.
Cindy: Is she bad?
Zelda: I don't know but let us continue to bark at her
Cindy: think of the devil, there she goes... Woooooooffffff
Zelda and Cindy bark their heads off in unison, much to the irritation of their poor humans.

Festivities and Fireworks

Cindy:  Oh my!! What in hell was that sound? Are we all dying?
Zelda: YOu would know, madam, if you would come out from your hiding place and check it out for yourself!
Cindy: Look at you! All dogs are afraid of this noise. Pi told me yesterday morning. Last year same time, he was on the street and had nowhere to hide. He had to dig a hole to muffle the noise.
Zelda: I love this experience. It really is beautiful .This strange boom is actually preceeded by a beautiful multi color flash..It is so beautiful.
Cindy: Oh strange animal, you are worse than the humans. Look at Hema flinching herself.
Zelda: you nincompoop! it is humans who are the reason for this loud noise!
Cindy: Humans are so good, you think they are doing this on purpose?
Zelda: Not all humans are good. Even after 2 broken legs, you haven't learnt that! And they are doing it doesn't make them bad. I think they don't react like us. And to top it, they are very happy and gleeful once they see the brightly lit sky!
Cindy: How do you know all this?
Zelda: I know because I am not hiding like a scaredy cat and I am enjoying the show. Actually, I don't appreciate the smell in the air. It makes me hard to breathe.
Cindy: You my lady will get lung cancer if you don't get under the cupboard right now.
Zelda: I am a warrior princess. I will fight everything and everybody .....
Cindy: Aw..Shaddup, warrior princess. You look like a cat actually.
Zelda: ARE YOU COMPARING ME TO THE DIRTIEST ANIMAL EVER CREATED!!!
Cindy: Owww owww..She's killing me. OMG, my own sister is killing me...humans, Hema, Amma...help

Zelda, Cindy.......Come and have your dinner.

All fights forgotten, two dogs wag their tails to the awesome diwali treat in front of them- curd rice!