Zonked in the Zucchinis by Dale Mayer

Author:Dale Mayer [Mayer, Dale]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Valley Publishing Ltd.
Published: 2025-03-04T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

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Now beginning to feel stressed with everything going on around her, Doreen quickly raced to Big Guy’s house. As soon as they pulled up, Thaddeus started squawking, “Big Guy, Big Guy, Big Guy.”

“Absolutely, buddy. If nothing else, let’s see if we can get you cheered up.” With all the animals in tow, she headed up to the front door, which opened immediately, and there was Jerry with Big Guy on his shoulder. Thaddeus started squawking and hopped onto Jerry’s shoulder.

He laughed. “I know that you have this one at your home, and I’ve got mine here, but, man, they sure do get along for two birds living apart.”

“They do, but only as long as Thaddeus agrees to get along,” she said, with an eye roll.

Jerry led the way to the kitchen and a fresh pot of coffee. She sat down gratefully, poured herself a cup, and muttered, “Boy, I tell you, sometimes these animals …”

“Yeah, sometimes, I agree. Now what’s going on with yours? You mentioned you had some husbandry questions.”

“I just don’t know what’s going on,” she began, “but I am concerned.”

“Okay, concerned is definitely worrisome.”

“Yeah, definitely worrisome,” she agreed, with a sigh. Then she explained about what had happened with Thaddeus at Milford’s farm and how all her animals had not been quite themselves ever since.

He nodded. “It does happen. I hate to say it, but I have seen that before.”

“What do you think happened?” she asked.

“It seems they got a smell of somebody who didn’t like them, and they made a judgment based on what they saw, what they felt. It sounds to me as if they didn’t like anything about this person, plus that cat of Milford’s, skulking around too.”

“Yes,” she agreed, “nobody liked that cat.”

“Because that cat was more of a hunter, the dog probably wouldn’t have been an issue, but Thaddeus would have been for sure. Plus, this feral cat might have picked a good fight with Goliath.” He eyed Goliath for a moment. “He does seem to be a little off.”

“They’re all a little off,” she declared, “and I’m quite frustrated and down about it all because I don’t know what I’m supposed to do. It’s the first time we’ve ever had something like that happen. Mack was with me, and it should have been fine, but … I don’t know.”

“But?” he urged.

“It didn’t seem to be fine at all. They all went really quiet.”

“And yet they’ve been to crime scenes before.”

“Yes,” she agreed, “they’ve been to all kinds of different places before, but never with that reaction.”

Jerry nodded. “All I can suggest is that something about that location bothered them. Something about what may have happened or about the people there that your animals didn’t like. They didn’t like that spot or something about it. They will recover from it, but it may change how they react to other situations too.”

“Goodness,” Doreen muttered. “I don’t want to take them out if they’ll get so upset over what they see.”

“It’s not even so much what they see,” he pointed out.

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