The Benefits of Polo

Fables from The Quick Brown Fox : II

( A scene in the library of the club. Lazy Dog is at a table reading a book. )

Lazy Dog : You are the wild one my friend. You are still a predator. My folks gave it up to be a friend to man.

Brown Fox : What about the wolf?

Lazy Dog : A distant cousin … distant ( raises a finger ).

Brown Fox : So you figure I'm still into blood lust?

Lazy Dog : ( pulling on a pipe ) It says here in this book that the personality of Count Dracula was fashioned after Vlad the Impaler, a 15th century nobleman who helped Europe deal with the Turks. He must have rediscovered his predator instinct.

Brown Fox : You have to read a book for that these days huh? Had you asked me you don't think I would have helped?

Lazy Dog : ( putting down the book ) Yeah … yeah … yeah …. so what's with the blood thing?

Brown Fox : Its the male c**t. Well … okay … its the anima thing … animals do it from the back and our attention tends to be there … and … well sometimes … we miss.

Lazy Dog : And what does the female say?

Brown Fox : That they were never more entertained … but they'll laugh a lot first.

Lazy Dog : So from the back there's no gender difference between male and female.

Brown Fox : Never was … where are you going …?

Lazy Dog : Its just a feeling … but I know why my best friend is playing polo today.

Brown Fox : ( exclaims ) So that's polo!