CANINE TRAGEDY!

There was something strange about this morning. There just was something but I couldn't place a finger on it. Was it the thick air of gloom that hung about the hazy Ikorodu atmosphere? Or was it the horrid cold weather that stung at everything, maiming everything with it's frost. Perhaps it was something looming in the supernatural, tugging at my spiritual sensory receptors. What exactly it was, it sure was frightening!

"Victor, di se mkpo", my mum gently called, half entering the room where I stood debating about the vagueness that broke dawn. As usual mum had woke up before everyone else did to do whatever it is that mothers do early on Saturday. Now she beckoned on me to "come and see something" in a tone that suggested it wasn't gonna be good. I immediately followed as she led me to the backyard.

We got to the backyard and she didn't have to point. Right before my eyes was the reason for the strange feeling that throbbed like a headache. There it was.

Smart lay lifeless.

Our dog had been poisoned!