Barb's Short Story: The Haunted House

The house itself appeared as if it was ready to fall down. The roof had plastic covering parts of it, and was flapping in the breeze. There was furniture on the porch, and as we got closer I noticed several cats running to get away from us. There was a terrible smell of urine and feces coming from the open door. Barb knocked and an obese man answered the door. He had no shirt on, and his jean shorts were stained. He told us to meet him in the backyard. We made our way around the several broken down vehicles, and was shocked at the garbage that was piled in the back. I don’t think there was an empty spot near the house that was not littered with garbage. In the back by a tree was this mud hole, and a huge chain which was wrapped around this dog’s neck. He was so skinny and muddy. I almost cried. …show more content…
I did not see any food bowel, but noticed a bowel of green water. The man took the chain off of him as the dog cowered to the ground. Barb called the pooch over to her and she slipped the collar around his neck. Of course the collar was a little big on him. I watched the man return to his house without looking back. He did not say anything to us, or even say goodbye to the dog. I was angry. I could not believe that someone would treat their family member like this. Lucy was spoiled. She did not sleep outside, and we would never imagine just letting someone have her. I asked Barb if I could take Duke home as a foster, and she was really happy to assist me. We took him to meet Lucy first and it was love at first site. I gave him a bath, and we fed him. He acted like it had been a while since he had a meal, and as we sat cooing at him, he scarfed down the