The Crooked Man: Teddy the Mongoose

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Canon Story: The Crooked Man
Title: Teddy the Mongoose (part of The Ocelot Tales)
Author: thesmallhobbit
Rating: G

There are very few I say this about, yet I like this man.  He seems to understand.  And he doesn’t sneer or jeer at the master.  His friend has the air of someone who has seen more of the world than many and is much slower to judge than they.  I wonder if they’d have let me catch the canary.

Comments

[debriswoman]

I like the mongoose carefully observing the pair, then being distracted by a little yellow bird:-)

Nice work.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Thank you. You can't really blame him, it must have been very appealling.

[debriswoman]

Absolutely:-)

[castiron.livejournal.com]

Very nice! And I love that last line.

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I like to think that Teddy was feeling very serious until he was distracted.

[spacemutineer.livejournal.com]

Aww, the mongoose likes his master, as well as the man who comes to talk to him. As for his last thought -- probably not, sadly! :)

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

I have to agree - no-one is going to approve of the mongoose catching the canary.

[methylviolet10b]

Yay for Teddy! Nice work. :-)

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Thank you.