He paused seeing her lying under the old oak. She closed her eyes and blew the seeds off a dandelion. He smiled. “Mac, what do you say we meet a pretty lady today?” With that he launched the tennis ball and with horror watched as it smacked right into her face. One hundred pounds of gentle giant was off. “Mac, NO!” The muddy-pawed Burnese bulldozed over the top of her, grabbed the ball, and proudly sauntered back dropping it as his feet. There was nowhere to hide. “I’m sorry that one got away from us.” She started laughing, her yellow dress covered in mud, holding the side of her reddened face. “The dandelion….what did you wish for?” With a look of surprise, “A dog. I didn’t think a human would be part of the bargain.” This was my first round submission for the 250-word NYC Midnight Microfiction Challenge 2019. My assigned genre was Romantic Comedy, action was making a wish and the word was bargain. I placed 4th in this group and was able to move on to round two.
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