meeting with the dog

one early bright morning, crow-nth decided to wake up bright and early, after all, the early bird catches the worm. But that was a problem that crow-nth faced, why eat a wriggling live worm, when he could have delicious nasi lemak off the tables at coffeestores and hawker centres.

Anyway, crow-nth decided to wake up bright and early, just for the heck of it. He was flying around, when he saw this young spirited dog. he flew down and started chatting with this dog. "what's your name, puppy".

The puppy replied, "Name, hmm... I'm not sure I have one. I am the eldest one of the litter, call me First then."

That has gotta be the weirdest and stupidest name I have ever heard, crow-nth thought First. But then, heck, mine's not much better either, at least I tagged a number to it.

"Hi First, I'm nth, crow-nth", replied crow-nth.

"So why are you out gallivanting so early in the morning?" asked crow-nth.

"well, I don't know, I sorta just follow this old man around. He's very sweet, and he goes around, trying to save trees. He doesn't put on that funny contraption that all the other humans do around their paws, I think he's one original dude. so I have decided hat he's a cool enough dude to be my pack leader. I'm waiting for him, he will appear soon."

"Save trees? that is wayy cool! We crows nest in trees, and there are so little of them left, it's getting more crowded than a hdb block! Not that we're having any problems with propogation despite the crowd, since obviously, there're so many of us around." exclaimed crow-nth. "I shall stick around and check out your packleader" he added.

"Oh here he is! quick, if you want to check out this cool old dude, you have to keep up, he's a fast one." First panted and started to trot after the old man at a distance. "Now the trick to trying to subvert him to become a pack leader is, you have to follow him at a distance. show him that you're interested, but not too aggressive, or else he may not like it."

"woah, I never knew there were that many rules to getting a pack leader, I am not even sure if we crows have a leader, we're just around... is there really a need to get a leader?" asked crow-nth.

"Of course there is, there is no meaning in life if there's no leader. My sister, that's her, the one with slightly longer fur, she just stays at home all day and waits for the leftovers that her packleader gives her, in return, all she has to do is bark at anything and anyone that comes near the gate. What kind of life is that? I ask you. What I want, is an inspirational leader, one who incites awe in me. Like this old man! He defies all, walking around in his pants, barefooted, shirtless... and the best part is, he saves trees. He goes around to trees that have fungi/disease, and using that firestarter of his, he burns the disease away. It's a hard chore, but somebody's gotta do it. And my packleader there, he's not one to shirk from responsibility."

Crow-nth stares at First and says, "You have guts, young puppy. I wish you good luck in the subverting that cool old dude into becoming your pack leader. Come pee at my tree 111034, when you have succeeded. I will crow loud and proud to announce to the crow community that you, First, have finally gotten a cool pack leader."

"thanks a bunch, crow-nth, you're a real friend." said First.

Crow-nth then flew off, determined to find himself a packleader. He flew to his favourite hawker centre, as he flew off after a good meal, *BANG!*, the crow cullers were here and crow-nth was the first to get hit.

Crow-nth died.

the end.