The girl took a mop out of one of the closets, dipped it in the water, and started to wipe up the blood and brains left over from the dead-thing on the kitchen floor. While she was working the dog went over to the bucket and started drinking the water out of it. It tasted cool and strange, different from any water he had tasted before.
The girl saw that the dog was drinking out of the bucket and told him to stop so the dog went into the bathroom and drank out of the toilet instead. When the dog went back into the kitchen the floor was mostly clean except for a few stains that still smelled faintly of the dead-thing. The back door was open, and the dog went out into the yard to look for the girl. He spotted her over by the fence with the big fork thing stabbing it through at two more dead-things that were leaning up against the fence. When the dead-things stopped moving the girl used the wooden handle of the big fork to push their bodies away from the fence. She turned and said something to the dog, and the dog whuffed at the dead-things lying still on the ground.
Then the girl went back into the house. The dog watched her pull open all the cupboard and stack the cans she found in a pile on the counter. When she was done the stack was a little bigger than the dog was. She looked at the stack and then looked at the dog and she said some words and the dog wondered if she would feed him again. He was still hungry even after eating the can of yellow fruit, and he wanted more food, but the girl did not feed him. Instead she put all the cans back in the cupboard and went back outside toward a big building made of wood. The big building was a long way from the house, and the dog felt his leg start to hurt a little again as he followed the girl. Inside the big building the dog smelled many strange and wonderful things. There was the smell of dirt, and the smell of manure and the smell of old things. And the dog smelled something else, and it was a smell he knew. The dog smelled a cat. The dog sniffed at the ground trying to find where the cat might be, but the cat smell was everywhere and the dog thought that this big building must be a the cat's home. The dog wanted to find the cat so that he could chase it out of the barn and into the yard, but he could not find the cat. Then he smelled another animal, and he did not know what this animal was but the smell was strong and the dog could hear something moving around near the back of the big building. He went back to the place where the sound was coming from and he saw a big animal with short fur and long skinny legs and something hanging from its belly like a swollen bag. The dog barked at the big animal. The big animal turned its head to look at the dog and it made a big deep sound. The dog barked again and the big animal made its sound again. The dog heard the girl's voice saying something, but he did not stop barking.
The girl saw that the dog was drinking out of the bucket and told him to stop so the dog went into the bathroom and drank out of the toilet instead. When the dog went back into the kitchen the floor was mostly clean except for a few stains that still smelled faintly of the dead-thing. The back door was open, and the dog went out into the yard to look for the girl. He spotted her over by the fence with the big fork thing stabbing it through at two more dead-things that were leaning up against the fence. When the dead-things stopped moving the girl used the wooden handle of the big fork to push their bodies away from the fence. She turned and said something to the dog, and the dog whuffed at the dead-things lying still on the ground.
Then the girl went back into the house. The dog watched her pull open all the cupboard and stack the cans she found in a pile on the counter. When she was done the stack was a little bigger than the dog was. She looked at the stack and then looked at the dog and she said some words and the dog wondered if she would feed him again. He was still hungry even after eating the can of yellow fruit, and he wanted more food, but the girl did not feed him. Instead she put all the cans back in the cupboard and went back outside toward a big building made of wood. The big building was a long way from the house, and the dog felt his leg start to hurt a little again as he followed the girl. Inside the big building the dog smelled many strange and wonderful things. There was the smell of dirt, and the smell of manure and the smell of old things. And the dog smelled something else, and it was a smell he knew. The dog smelled a cat. The dog sniffed at the ground trying to find where the cat might be, but the cat smell was everywhere and the dog thought that this big building must be a the cat's home. The dog wanted to find the cat so that he could chase it out of the barn and into the yard, but he could not find the cat. Then he smelled another animal, and he did not know what this animal was but the smell was strong and the dog could hear something moving around near the back of the big building. He went back to the place where the sound was coming from and he saw a big animal with short fur and long skinny legs and something hanging from its belly like a swollen bag. The dog barked at the big animal. The big animal turned its head to look at the dog and it made a big deep sound. The dog barked again and the big animal made its sound again. The dog heard the girl's voice saying something, but he did not stop barking.
