237. Brittany Spaniels
© Bruce Goodman 4 June 2014






Vanessa and Hayden were married. They had met at a Brittany Spaniel breeder’s convention. They had four dogs between them. These dogs were like children to them.

Vanessa discovered she was expecting a baby. What a thrill! It was a little girl. Needless-to-say, they called the little girl Brittany.

Brittany was a sickly child. Several times she nearly died of asthma. When she was four, they discovered she was allergic to dog hair. One could ease the pain, but there was no cure for it. Vanessa wasn’t having any of it. She took the four dogs and upped and left, leaving Hayden to rear the wretched child.



No! That’s not how it went at all. I think it went like this:



Vanessa and Hayden were married. They had met at a Brittany Spaniel breeder’s convention. They had four dogs between them. These dogs were like children to them.

Vanessa discovered she was expecting a baby. What a thrill! It was a little girl. Needless-to-say, they called the little girl Brittany.

Brittany was a sickly child. Several times she nearly died of asthma. When she was four, they discovered she was allergic to dog hair. One could ease the pain, but there was no cure for it. Hayden wasn’t having any of it. He took the four dogs and upped and left, leaving Vanessa to rear the wretched child.



No! That’s not how it went at all. I think it had a happy ending, but I can’t remember how it goes.


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