Short Story Pups Run

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Pups Run By James Perry Eastlawn Memorial Cemetery is a quiet, peaceful and beautiful place, tucked away in the sleepy little town of Marietta, Ohio. Compared to other cemeteries around this area, it doesn’t have a long history with grave markers dating back to the revolutionary war. There are no grand memorials of the city’s founding fathers. It has more of a modern feel to it. The head stones feature pictures of the deceased, artwork, and poems etched into the stone by pinpoint accurate lasers, lights and other special effects. What make Eastlawn special are the large open fields of soft, green grass. Woods surround all but one side of the cemetery, creating a natural barrier of strong, majestic trees that provide solitude and security. The cemetery is alive with wildlife. Deer graze in the open fields. Squirrels scamper in and out of the trees, and the sound of singing birds fills the air. Louie and Todd run excitedly through the house towards the sound of the closet door opening in the living room. Stumbling over each other trying to be first, they run towards the sound of the leashes clanging together as they’re taken out of the closet. Lou, a pure white Pekingese, uses his twenty pounds of solid muscle to enforce his stubborn, defiant and bossy personality, to barrel over Todd, leaving him sprawling clumsily down the hallway. Todd, a happy-go-lucky, eight-pound ball of energy dusts himself off and flies back down the hallway meeting Lou at the closet door. The little Pomeranian jumps over Lou, excitedly trying to make sure my wife Ashley and I don’t leave the house without him. The white, 2010 Kia Rio turned into the long, winding driveway of Eastlawn Memorial Cemetery. In the back seat, Lou and Todd jump around and bark excitedly out the windows. We can hardly control them as Ashley and I try to hold them long enough to put their leashes on and let them
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