"Here Hu, this one has spaghetti sauce all over it," Tiny commented, holding a plate out. Hu reached up and licked it clean. Laughing happily, the basset hound puppy set it into the sink. He was busy washing the pile of dishes that had been stacked up on the kitchen counter. After this, he would go to the store.
Dunking a cup into the soapy water, Tiny started washing it clean when he heard someone come up to the back door. Hu began growling, baring his sharp teeth. Looking over at the door, Tiny could make out the silhouette of a large bird through the window. It had to be the red tailed hawk, it had to be. And it sounded like he was trying to open the door. Thinking quickly, Tiny grabbed the remote and turned on the TV.
"...get the heck out of here," a gruff voice barked. Freezing, Tiberius stopped what he was doing as someone else inside the house replied back, "Not until I get what you promised me." Curious, the red tailed hawk stayed and listened as the first guy growled, "Your family? You expect me to give you your family after everything you did to me Snakes?!"
"I'm sorry Johnny but I had to do what I had to do!" the TV characters continued talking. While they did, Tiny was at work. Moving as quietly as possible, he grabbed the firecrackers he had taken from his older twin brothers' room. Taking a pot and a lighter, he knelt down by the door and waited. He lit the firecrackers and backed away when the dog on the TV declared, "...you have until I count to ten to get outta here!"
"Johnny!" someone shouted inside. His heart pounding, Tiberius backed away slowly when he realized what was about to happen. The hawk was about to head back to the van when the gruff voiced man shouted, "One, two, ten!" Gunshots quickly followed. Screeching in terror, Tiberius fell over two trash cans. Scrambling to get back on his feet, he was trying his hardest to get away from the house and the lunatic inside.
Silently laughing his head off inside the kitchen as the firecrackers and TV gunshots finally stopped, Tiny grinned victoriously as he mouthed the next line in the movie, "Keep the change you filthy animal."
