A Poodle: A Short Story

I tried to be polite by saying, “I’m sorry, my Mama doesn't like feet on the couch.” but he just answered by saying, “Well your Mama ain’t here, now is she?”
With that I remembered my mama said she’d whip my butt if I was ever rude to a stranger! so I asked, “Would you like anything?” He looked at me like I was crazy, he said, “Who’s to say I eat food?” “ I wel I uh….I” I said astonished, if he didn’t eat food what did he eat?
Then he said, “Ah I’m just yanking your chain kid! I’m starvin, feels like I ain’t ate nothin all day! I guess it’s true what they say, ahy?” I looked at him like he was crazy for a second then quickly asked, “What would you like to eat, sir? We have a large variety of different foods, you can have anything you’d like!” He answered, “Well ok, might want a notepad kid, I want a

“Well….I.. you should be ashamed of yourself!” He answered, “Actually, I’m pretty proud of myself! Oh and by the way, you only have one wish left use it wisely!” I knew what I wanted, so I said, “Charlie, I wish for a wish making machine!” Charlie looked at me, apparently stunned, which made me proud. Finally after a long silence he said smugly, “Ok fine whatever,but I am going to hang out here for a little while longer.” I looked at him,then at my wish making machine and said, “Wish making machine I wish that Charlie no longer comes in a can,and I wish that he came in a garbage can!” Then before he could speech I said, “Your visit was a pleasure Charlie, but now it’s time for you to go!” Before he could argue I opened the door, and gave him a push. He landed with a thud, and came running back to the door ready to argue! I slammed the door, and told my wish machine, “Wish machine, I wish Charlie would leave.” With that I left, knowing that he would be gone by