Not a Dog’s Dinner

Not a Dog’s Dinner

Expensive hand-made Italian leather shoes! These are my pride and joy. I own a beautiful old pair or I did until yesterday when I discovered that one of the shoes was missing. I had left the shoes on my back doorstep to do some gardening. My neighbor has a large friendly dog called Sam. When I saw that one of my shoes had disappeared, I knew that Sam had taken it. I can't say he behaved badly. He just behaved like a dog. Leather looks good and tastes good too. I unwillingly gave Sam the remaining Italian shoe and then followed him. I not only found one unchewed Italian shoe but also a pile of things Sam had been borrowing, including my wife's red fur-lined slippers, which Sam had tried to have for dinner!