The Broken Watch
Copyright© 2015 by Old Man with a Pen
Chapter 9
Tom ended up being a reasonable companion for David. Since he had come home, Tom was doing his level-headed best to train him ... and doing a decent job.
Head butts and a vocalization had David headed where Tom wanted him to go. After a while ... David seemed to notice that Tom vocalized the same sounds to go with the head butts. He made a different sound when someone was at the door ... front ... and another sound for the backdoor. Eventually, a conversation began. David didn't get it right every time but he was learning and Tom had hopes.
Although he didn't know it, David talked to Tom about Wendy. Tom was duly responsive. When David said Her, She or That Girl, Tom recognized it and responded with one of his 991 different vocalizations.
Most of the discussions included the notion that he missed her ... far more than he cared to admit. He didn't mind that she was 14 in actual time because he was only 11 years older ... and he didn't mind that she was 35 ... he was ten years younger.
Actually ... he didn't mind anything about her ... except that he worried about her head. If she truly was the age she looked then he was willing to overlook the teenage angst that besets most American teens. She would grow out of it.
If she was the age her birthdate specified he expected her to understand he was a simple minded male. Not that he considered himself suffering from that condition ... what untrained male does?
Tom always demonstrated that he understood by vocalizations and other catty methods of agreement ... or disagreement ... like cleaning his ass when he disagreed and cleaning his paws in agreement.
David didn't mind admitting the facts to Tom ... Tom could keep secrets.
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