When the tall person came back from the supermarket this afternoon he asked if he could have a word with me. We went to the kitchen and he asked if I could see anything that shouldn’t be there. Hmm, I looked around for any puddles of drool. No puddles. Had I left a half chewed bone? No. I couldn’t see anything. “What are these?” he asked. I looked up and saw several flies lazily circling the room. Oops! I hadn’t noticed those before.
You may recall that I am an expert fly killer but I must admit I recently put this hobby on hold because it has been too hot to jump around.
The tall person reached into a shopping bag and produced a fly swatter. It had a picture of a fly on it. At first I was pleased that he had gone to the trouble of providing me with a new tool for the job but he went on to say that as I was “too lazy” he would have to get rid of the flies. I was speechless. I had been fired!
When he left the room I quickly dispatched all of the flies (using conventional methods) and then found the job-stealing fly swatter and bit it in half!
The tall person later complimented me on clearing the flies from the kitchen. He said nothing about the fly swatter. Hmm, I think I have just been cleverly manipulated.
I absolutely love this post…I wish I could catch them but they fly too high for me to reach.
Thanks Bones! They do fly high but if you keep chasing them they get tired and gradually fly lower!
Good work Bassa! that’s sure one way of getting your job back!!
Thank you Phoenix!
Bassa, I think you’re on to something there. You need to train that tall person to give you a cookie whenever you get rid of the flies for him.
Rumpy, you are so clever. I had not thought of a bounty on each fly’s head – great idea!
Manipulated maybe, but also re-hired! The tall person knows a valuable employee when he sees one.