Bear

Memories

Claire woke up at 5:15 all sweaty and smelly.
She had been dreaming about Micheal Angelo and how he saved her from the bullies.
She had kept a box about him for the past couple of years so she dug it out.
The first picture was their first visit.
Micheal Angelo was so happy looking and Claire was hugging him so tight.
The next picture was of them at the park playing fetch.
The one after that was them snuggled up on the sofa watching dogs 101, his favourite programme.
After a few more pictures there was his old tattered red collar with blue stripes and matching lead and tennis ball and his old teddy.
The last picture was Claire on his funeral with Dexter the Doberman by the coffin.
Claire shut the lid and lay by the radiator crying untill she heard a scratch at the door.
It was Bear holding her slippers in his mouth.
He lay on her bed comforting her as she sobbed.
Then she stopped.She got the box and put the collar over Bears head.
It fell loosely around his neck and he smartly posed with his nose in the air.
Claire smiled and got up.