A Skunk Story

Allright, you may not believe this but it is true. Several years ago the rural neighborhood in which I grew up was full of kids. These kids Josh and Ryan lived across the street and 4 houses down. They had a really cool dog named Princess. They were all playing with my little brother and two other neighbors who all varied from about 5 to 8 or 9 years of age.

Suddenly Princess freaks out and runs across Josh and Ryan's yard and stops at their ditch, barking furiously. Of course all the kids run to see what is happening. The dog has a skunk cornered and is jumping around it and barking. Naturally, all of the youngsters start throwing rocks at it. This really pisses it off so it turns around and sprays the hell out of all of them. In the midst of all the commotion little Ryan left their front door open. The skunk saw this as an escape route and ran directly into the house, went into Ryan's room and immediately tried to eat his parakeet. It couldn't get through the cage so it sprayed and took a nap on Ryan's bed. Eventually their parents came home and chased the skunk out. They had to bring in a grill and burn charcoal in the house to get rid of the smell. All the kids stank for days and the parakeet died shortly after.