Emile meets a dog

Stan and his  strange yet talented  and loving wife Mary went to the Garden Centre to use a gift token Stan had been given on his birthday by his cousin Marian.They wanted to buy a big pot of mixed flowering plants to put on the porch of their 4 bed  quarterly undetached executive style home.Stan used to fill such a plant pot or indeed several himself ,but what with teaching Emile to swim,balancing the account book and cooking a dinner every day he was too busy.Not to mention cleaning the windows in the conservatory with his microfibre cloth which he did weekly.And all the baking too..he was missing out on going to the University of the Blurred Age.Emile their talking cat always went with them for a drive but he stayed in the car in case a dog might see him and bite him.Stan said,Emile,would you like to sit on my shoulders,then you could come and have some coffee in a saucer?
No, thank you.said Emile,I don’t want a dog to jump up on you!I will lie down under the seat and have a nap.You can bring me some icecream back..I love ice cream
Stan and Mary went into a huge greenhouse which also had a cafe at one end.How wonderful the orchids looked.. such delicate colours and what delicious and sweet perfumes they could smell.They sat down by the orchids and had a large cappuccino each and a very small scone with strawberry jam.
My goodness,what big mugs,Mary mused.Why don’t they standardize them?This must be half a pint!In some coffee shops this would be “Huge”
Well,just drink part of it,Pet,if it’s too much for you,” Stan replied abstractedly as if he were trying to digest a bitter fact
What are you thinking?,.she enquired gently.
This is the question most men dislike…maybe because they are not thinking and if they are,it may be they are thinking of something a wife or partner would not want to know. like where is Satan?
I’m wondering what colour plants to get.Stan acknowledged quietly yet intellectually.
I always like blue, she informed him.After 69 years of marriage he still did not remember…but it made life more fun… and more surprising.,The next moment they saw Emile. arriving.He was standing on the back of a large handsome black labrador dog which accompanied two men.
Emile!he called,What’s going on?
The two men came over.
Hello,one said,I’m Bert and this is my brother Bart.We found your little cat crossing the road.He said you were in here.Then Max,our dog,said Emile could ride on his back to avoid the mud by the gate
Thank you very much,Max,Mary said in a trembling voice.
But how did you get out of the car,Emile?
You forgot to close the window and I could see a lovely tortoiseshell lady cat across the road so I decided to pop over.Emile said triumphantly.