Little Souls

Little Souls (65)

Author's Note: F I C T I O N

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"Mama, Dada?"

"YES, LOVE?"

"Why campt Tweendy hab a pumppy?"

"PUMPPY?! YOU MEAN PUPPY?"

"Yensss, litol dowg..."

"ANO DAW RJ?"

"HE WANTS PUPPY, LITTLE DOG..."

"CUTE...YOU WANT TO HAVE A DOG, THIRDY?"

"Yensss Mama...Ay wampt..."

"HOW MUCH DO YOU REALLY WANT IT?"

"Ay weeeliii weeeliiii weeeeeeliiiii wampt int..."

"HMMM...CAN DADA AND I TALK ABOUT IT?"

"Yensss Mamaaaa...bhunt, Mama weyn samwan gimb meee pumppy?"

"YEAH SOMETIMES, BUT MOST OF THE TIME YOU NEED TO BUY IT..."

"Oweeengeee..."

"OH BAKIT?"

"Ayn fhurgant to bwing maaah moneeey Mama, ins en Wuwa en Wuwu's hawns...ayn punt int en Ayormhan's harnt..."

"HUH?"

"HMMM...MAY NAKWENTO YAN BEFORE! HAHAHAHA. MAY NAKITA DAW SIYANG PISO TAPOS PINALAGAY MO DOON SA MALAKING IRONMAN TO KEEP IT..."

"AH, I DIDN'T REMEMBER THAT..."

"WELL, HE REMEMBERS IT AND I SAW IT MYSELF, ANDON PA YON..."

"Wud dant beee nuf tooo buy pumppy, Dada?"

"NAKU, WALANG PISONG ASO NGAYUN ANAK...GANITO NALANG, MAMA AND I NEEDS TO TALK ABOUT IT MUNA HA...BUT I WILL JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION..."

"Whant ins int Dada?"

"WILL YOU BE A RESPONSIBLE HOOMAN TO YOUR PUPPY? IT'S A HUGE RESPONSIBILITY, LOVE...YOU NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THE PUPPY, FEED THEM, PALILIGUAN MO DIN SILA...KAYA MO NA BA?"

"Cam yooo helmp meee Dada, Mama? Ayn pwaminsss ayn teyk ker op da pumppy, bhunt owli ifn ayn aweyk...cam Maminta, en Nana teynk ker op da pumppy weyn ayn insleeep???"

"OF COURSE, WE WILL HELP YOU...BUT AS WHAT DADA AND I SAID, WE WILL DISCUSS MUNA HA."

"Ownkeeey Mama, ayn weynt, weyn yooo beee dan byn tomowow Mama en Dada, weyn ayn hab pumppy tomowow?"

"HINDI SIYA GANUN KADALI LOVE...KUNG GAANO KA KATAGAL MAGHINTAY KAY TINAY GANUN SIGURO..."

"Ay...mantagal pam pala..."

"YES, BECAUSE IT'S A BIG DECISION... IT'S LIKE MAMA AND DADA HAVING TINAY...IT'S A HUGE ONE..."

"...BUT WHEN YOU WILL HAVE IT LOVE, IT WILL BE WORTH THE WAIT. ARE YOU WILLING TO WAIT?"

"Yensss Dada...ay cam weynt..."

"THAT'S MY GOOD BOY. ARE YOU READY TO SEE AGAIN SIR RONALD TOMORROW?"

"Yensss Dada! Ayn encyted!"

"YOU SHOULD BE. MARAMING BATA KANG MAKAKAHALUBILO DOON, LOVE..."

"Ownkeeey, Dada...ay weyn insleeep meneey now, so, ay weyn weynk ap tomowow..."

"MABUTI PA NGA..."