Not you ma, I love your daughter!

American Akita

   CLEAVER'S AVE. 

~Dare Ofegu~

"Come,the dogs won't bite you."

As I watched those words escape the woman's small lips, a lot of questions stumbled on themselves in my mind. Questions like... Are you the dogs? Are the dogs you? Have you been a dog before? Were you a dog in your formal life. How could be so sure? 

But the questions only drooped on my consciousness because I didn't want to be rude. I didn't know her from Adam, neither from Eve. Hehe. But then, strangers should watch what they say to newbies. 

The memory of a man who was told the same about a dog but was ripped into pieces by the Rottweiler is evergreen in my mind. 

I found my words, trying not to stutter, though obviously she could see that I'm scared,

"You can't be so sure, ma. Dogs are at the mercies of their owners."

She shot me a smile, standing behind the two dogs whose dancing tongues were caught between the bridge of t