Short Stories

The Thoughts of Rathbone - Canine Sage - on Water

Rathbone — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:07:29 +0000

As Rathbone, Jake the Greyhound and Lucy the Golden Retriever made their way across the common, they were met by an amazing sight. Everywhere they looked, the common seemed to be submerged in water. What was once a small pond now resembled a large lake, and what was a gentle stream, was now a swiftly running river. Forced to take a different route home, a route which took them close to the main road, they were soon to discover why the common now resembled the Floridian Everglades.

The Thoughts of Rathbone - Canine Sage - on Taxing Times

Rathbone — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:36:50 +0000

‘Typical,’ said Peter as he turned off the TV, clearly agitated as yet another member of Government gave an Oscar winning performance in front of the camera. ‘I know darling,’ agreed his wife Janet. ‘How they’ve got the audacity to sit there and say those things I’ll never know. If I had my way, I would make some of them wear a lie detector’. Rathbone, who had been sitting with his head on his mum’s lap, while she gently fondled his ears, was stirred by the thought of politicians wearing lie detectors.

The Thoughts of Rathbone - Canine Sage - A Celebration for Sam

Rathbone — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 22:19:25 +0000

This story is about Sam the Collie; about his escapades and the stories he told about them. Yep! He was simply a class act. And it’s no wonder the village canine gang would sit fascinated whilst the old collie told another of his hilarious tales.