The Lady Husky and the Sea Bass

Practising her leap and pounce technique

She was a Lady Husky living with three boy huskies and had gone eighty-four days without eating a fresh fish.  For forty days she had shared mackerel with her favourite Boy Husky, but now he preferred smoked salmon and would not share with the Lady Husky.

The Lady Husky was small and finely boned, with silver fur that reflected the sun’s rays as she lay basking in a sunbeam.  With bright blue eyes that sparkled and smiled, and black eye-liner that showed off her beauty.  She knew she was pretty and played on that fact, teasing the Boy Huskies but still it did not bring her fresh fish.  Instead she lay upon her bed dreaming of fresh fish.

She thought of her new life, although far from the sea, sometimes there was fish.  Fish in a can and fish in a pot all chopped up into little bits.  Lots of fish, but not the fresh fish that she did so yearn.

As she lay sleeping, the humans did return.  From deep in their bags she could smell the fresh fish.  Hidden from view, she knew it was there.  The Boy Huskies were distracted by the returning humans and did not smell the fresh fish.  They went to the Humans and demanded some cuddles.  The Lady Husky dared not risk a sneaky peak into the bag with the fresh fish instead she quietly sat and waited, whilst watching the bag.

The Boy Huskies soon absconded to their bedroom, the Man Human to the room with the box that speaks and shows pictures.  The Lady Human remained in the room with the bag that had the fresh fish, the Lady Husky watching her every move.  The Lady Human removed the stuff from the bags, into the cupboards it did go.  The bag with the fresh fish was last to move, the fish gently removed and placed into a big dish.

The Lady Human spoke to the Man Human and walked into his room, the Lady Husky edged towards the fresh fish…..

The Lady Human returned too soon, still speaking to the Man Human in the other room as the Lady Husky slunk back to her space on the floor.  The Lady Human picked up the fish and into the room with the Man Human she did walk.  Speaking of the insides of the fish, something was missing.  As she spoke she placed the fish in front of the Man Human, asked him to peer inside.  Disappointed she did sound, perhaps she no longer wanted the fish….

Waitrose Anglesey Sea Bass

The Lady Husky could contain herself no more.  The smell and the sight of this fresh fish, flapping before her eyes was a temptation to much.  With a leap and a bound she covered the ground and seized the fresh fish between her teeth.  She spun round and ran as fast as she could.  The Lady Human shrieked and used a bad word, but the Lady Husky was too far away to be grabbed.

She ran straight from one room to the next, her quest was to reach the outside where the fish would be hers to keep.  It would never again come inside or be placed in a dish.

The brown bullet....

Then suddenly, like a bullet from a gun a brown furry blur came at her from the left.  At full force it hit her left side, causing her to yelp and she dropped the fresh fish.  She continued to run with the brown furry Boy Husky in hot pursuit.  She made it into the garden as the Boy Husky returned to the Lady Human who retrieved the fresh fish, whilst still using language not befitting for a Lady.

"Jailed" for crimes against fresh fish...

The Lady Husky returned to her place on the floor from where she did dream some more.  Her dreams were happy as she relived the moment that she outwitted the Lady Human.  She had finally caught her own fresh fish and no one could dispute that very fact.

(With special thanks to Ernest Hemingway for the flash of inspiration in telling this tale.  Photos thanks to Ian J Berry & Waitrose)