This is Pogo - he lives next door, loves biscuits and grapes, is young and endearingly wrinkled, and has a fetish for the sari-clad :)
It's no surprise therefore that Amma is his favourite two-legged friend - aside from her clothing preferences, she treats him to a biscuit every day at 5 pm - and Pogo experiences a life-altering moment.
Having crossed the obesity boundary a long time ago, and now on a calorie-free doggy diet, Pogo lives his life from biscuit to biscuit.
He waits patiently on his haunches in rapt attention, alert to the sound of the kitchen cupboard being opened and closed, followed by the steely clank of the biscuit tin - its only a matter of time before Amma appears, with the 'treat' in hand. Pogo reaches up, and in a smooth and slick operation curls his lip around the cookie. He then proceeds to savour the experience, curled up on the door mat. Smacking his lips in evident satisfaction, Pogo never forgets to be hopeful for more, but sadly for him, one is all he is allowed.
Pogo is universally loved - his squinty gaze with the enormous, limpid brown eyes shout out the self-same appeal - 'Will you please feed me'?
I love my biscuit-bandit - it's not hard to see why, isint it?
Loved this. Simple, charming, funny and endearing.
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