Cuando Manuela vino a comer a mi casa con su perro, lo primero que le advertí fue:— No dejes suelto a tu perro por aquí. Mi hogar es una reserva natural de pelusas.
When Manuela came for lunch to my house with her dog, the first thing I warned her about was:
“Don’t leave your dog loose in here, will you? My home is a natural reservation of dustballs”. But the truth is that she could not have lunch with me and hold her dog tied at the same time. Therefore, she left him loose. And the dog, by instinct, went and ate several of the dustballs living in my corridor, the most beautiful, the biggest ones, of a singular category requiring very special conditions of temperature, light and lack of hygiene in that part of the house, so that they grow up in good conditions.
After a while, Manuela’s dog came back sneezing. I immediately suspected what had happened:
“Hope your dog hasn’t eaten any dustballs from my corridor…”, I said.
“And what if he has eaten any? It would be good for you. You won’t have to use the vacuum-cleaner there for the time being”, she replied.
After lunch, my friend left with her dog. I didn’t want to see the catastrophe that the animal had caused to my natural reserve of dustballs, of which I was so proud. However, I got a phone call from her three hours later.
“Say, my dog is not at home,” she said all desperate. “The doors and windows are all closed, I dont know where he could have gone.” She was about to cry.
I thought it over a while. Since her flat is just two blocks away from mine, I had a suspicion. Therefore, after finishing the conversation with Manuela, I went into the corridor. And indeed, my suspicion was confirmed. There was Manuela’s dog; however it was an ordinary dog no longer, but a dustball-dog. Yes, after being eaten, my dustballs had achieved to transform the dog into a huge dustball, like themselves, so they had created a mixed creature. And of course, they, the dustballs, were brought the dog back to their natural habitat, i.e., my corridor.