Not Your Average Fairy Tale

It was a 

dark and

stormy stinky

night.

As I sat on the deck,

taking in the beautiful stars

and lovely symphony of frogs

serenading me,

panic began to fill my nose

with the rather distinctive odor

of:

Yes,

my friends,

from the grounds below

me the scent of skunk wafted it's way

up to the deck.

Normally, I'd  merely sigh at the interruption,

however,

this mangy beast

was also lurking below:

I am sure you can all imagine
the rest.
And I am sure you all
know the well known
remedy for a dog sprayed by a skunk,
but, alas, it's my fairy tale and I shall remind you
anyway:
Tomato juice or tomato sauce.

I grabbed Max and raced
to the kitchen cupboards,
somewhat relived knowing I had
purchased tomato something
at the store earlier in the day.
My relief was quickly replaced by dread
as I realized all I had was
a can of whole tomatoes with basil!

Well, what's a girl gonna do?
She has to work with what's she's got.
I only hope you can imagine what my
dog looked like with red 
chunks of tomatoes
and big green chunks of basil
all over his black fur.
He looks like a drown rat
when wet anyway but this was so comical
I had to laugh to myself.
I sure wish I'd been able to snap a few shots
but I was too engrossed with the smell.

The good news is,
the tomatoes and a lot
of shampoo worked!

So I guess the moral of this story is,
well, there really isn't a moral to the story,
just some good old advice:
keep 
tomato juice in your house
or your dog in after dark!