As Chloe walked her dog on the cold November morning, her mind turned to the holidays.
Why was there yet ANOTHER remake of the Grinch? Why couldn’t they just leave it alone. No. Somebody just had to make another piss poor remake with another famous voice. She thought of how wonderful Boris Karloff had voiced the original story – from the original book. Boris Karloff. The Body Snatchers was such a wonderful movie. Not exactly a holiday movie but she loved it. It was one of those comfort things like so many old black and white movies.
The dog Piper, a medium Lab mix, sniffed around at some bushes. Buck the large German Shepard growled under his breath. Piper raised up her head and leaned in against Chloe.
A man in a green jumpsuit stood at the end of the road by the edge of the woods. He had a small dog with him.
Chloe took off her sunglasses. The man had a green face. What in the world?
By now both of her dogs were going nuts. The man just stood and stared at her. His dog wagged it’s tail.
She turned and pulled her dogs down the street away from the woods towards the neighborhood houses.
“Come on babies,” she said to her dogs. She then texted her husband. I saw a man who was dressed like the Grinch. It creeped me out. The dogs went nuts.
At home Chloe put on the kettle to boil, and took out a cup for tea. She opened the pantry to find it bare. WTF?
She heard a noise coming from the backyard and looked out the window. WTF?
Climbing over her fence was the green man and his dog. He had a large black garbage bad over his shoulder. A string of Christmas lights hung around his neck. Her favorite pair of tights was tied around his waist. WTF?
Her dogs went crazy barking. She let them outside, but by then the man was gone.
As she called 911 she wondered if they’d even believe her. She took out her phone and took photos of the odd footprints coming from the fire place, the kitchen floor trailed with spilled pasta, and the empty pantry.
Oh Boris, what have they done she whispered under her breath and waited for the Sheriff Officers to arrive.
~ end
Vampire Maman 
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An early Christmas story (sort of)