100 Word Story: Country Roads

“Dad, you took the neighbor’s cat and left it in the country somewhere?”

“I warned him. His cat was going after the birds at the feeder.”

“You can’t shoot people’s cats, Dad. It’s against the law.”

He banged his pipe in the big amber colored ashtray to empty yesterday’s ash then stuffed it full of fresh tobacco.

“I hate cats.” He lit up with his old Zippo and puffed to get the pipe going. “I’d have shot him but I don’t have a gun.”

“Well, it didn’t come to that, did it? Solved by a nice ride in the country.”

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