Rec and Sports

How I Slow Walked Part One

The first time I stretched time I was woken from my sleep by an uproar of shouts and emotion. I looked out the window and saw a couple of fellows beating my dog. I yelled at them, told them to knock it off, and they yelled at me, and the next thing you know I was pulling on my pants and running down the stairs.

When I came out of the gate it was easy to see what had happened. A frightened, little girl was standing and holding her dog while my dog danced around and the two fellows tried to get him. My dog had jumped the fence when he had seen the little girls dog, and she had picked her dog up to protect it, and the two fellows were really just coming to the rescue of a small girl.

Now I had a real problem. The guys werent wrong. How could I salvage this situation without hurting anybody?

I began walking slow, real slow, and the fellows suddenly started to worry. They were bigger than me, but my eyes were on them, and confident, and they suddenly had time for worry to foment and build within their minds. They began to sweat and perspire and even shake.

I slowed my walk even more, and my dog suddenly stopped dancing around and sat down and looked at me, everything in the whole darned world had gone into slow motion. The little girl, still holding her dog, looked up at me. I calmly asked for an explanation of what had happened.

It was delightful. Relief showed in the two fellows eyes that things hadnt escalated into a real fight, and they both began to talk. Each wanted to tell me what was going on.

They finally stopped their babbling, and I finally looked down at my dog, who was looking up with a rather guilty expression. What are you doing, eh, you big knucklehead? His tail flopped half heartedly around on the ground.

I told the dog to get into the yard, and though he was renowned for ignoring me, miracle of miracles, he slunk on down the sidewalk and through the gate. I made sure nobody was hurt, and no one was. I smiled at the little girl and the two guys, and petted the girls dog, and left, and that was the first time I ever slow walked.