The Dog

Once upon a time, there was a family, and it had a happy, tail wagging dog.

Now that dog, though it was good, watched for people who would break in, and was generally friendly to those who lived within the house. It was the best of watch dogs. Though it was bound by the views of the leaders of the family, it would do its best to bark when it thought those people were working against the rest of the family.

But then the family hired new caretakers, for the time not exceeding eight years. And they brought their own dog. Yes, that dog existed before, but it was not as strong. But the new caretakers stopped feeding the old dog, and made sure to fatten up the new dog. And the new dog beat up the old dog, and the old dog limped to the corner and shivered in fear.

It was during the new caretakers' watch that the house was vandalized, but worse, some of the family members were killed. It was the Jacobsons, an angry family that felt they had been ignored and crushed by the head family. And the caretakers were angry, and rightly so. The dog also yipped and growled and barked its own declaration of war. And so, after some considering, they decided to attack the Thompsons' house. This was because the Thompsons looked sort of like the Jacobsons, and they had some nice jewels that the caretakers desired. And the new dog did not get angry that they were going after the wrong family. So after the caretakers went over to the Thompsons' house and killed a bunch of their family, destroyed their house, and, admitedly, got rid of their nasty leader, they did not get the jewels. They also never found the vandals.

The caretakers had used a lot of the family's money to attack the Thompsons, and the house was left in disrepair, with a new family feud. Thus, after the eight years passed, the family elected new caretakers, but the new dog stayed. And it hated how the newer caretakers did not feed it as much as the old caretakers did, so it started to attack the caretakers, after the caretakers tried to repair the house, and replace the money that the old caretakers stole.

After a year, the new caretakers were upset, and they decided to get the old dog back into shape. They denounced the new dog, and the old caretakers. And the new dog was angry, and it kept calling the new caretakers traitors. And thus, the family came home, and decided what to do...