Barking Van
Monty was not rabid, he was just old, too old perhaps to wag his tail and jump around for his master's attention. However, when his master got tired, of his old age he was taken one day on a trip from where he would never return. As his master drove him, Monty saw lights of the city fading out in the dark, soon, dark shadows cast by the trees were his only companions for this trip. Then they too were replaced by small and pales shadows of remote and deserted area shrubs. To Monty, this looked very scary, for not a soul, bipedal or quadrupedal was seen. He wondered where his master was taking him, so far from his cozy blanket, on which he sat and often waited for his master's arrival. They must have traveled quite a distance when suddenly the van stopped, Monty lurched forward, as the vehicle came to halt. There was an audible silence about this place. There couldn't have been a dreaded scene, so remote, so lonely and so soulless. He was soon chained and taken out for