The Sorry Sock Puppet

 




A handsome black and white greyhound named Breeze used to sneakily steal food. One day on his walk along the forest path, he spotted some sausages. He loved sausages. Without a second thought, he snuck over and stole them, quickly eating them to hide the evidence.

The sausages belonged to a grumpy old goblin of the forest. He was not amused. He may have been old, but was still very quick and he caught up with the greyhound and used his goblin powers to turn him into a sock puppet.



Breeze's hoomans were so distraught. Their beloved boy was now just a sock puppet. A friend told them they knew of a kindly white witch who also lived in the forest, and that she may be able to reverse the curse.

They sought out Clara, the white witch and told her what the grumpy goblin had done to Breeze. She thought for a while then smiled and said that she could help. The next day, they went back and she'd made a magic potion which she sprinkled over Breeze and said a few quiet words that the hoomans couldn't quite make out.

Suddenly, Breeze popped out and was back to his old self. But, there were conditions. Fluent in dogspeak, Clara told him that it was very naughty to take things that weren't his and he must promise never to do such a thing again, otherwise, it would render her spell void, and he would once again become a sock puppet, but this time, there was no reversal - he would stay a sock puppet forever. He shamefully nodded his head and agreed that from now, he would be a reformed dog.

Breeze kept his word and went on to live a full and happy life. Much to the sheer joy of his hoomans.