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Big Dog

I was working for userfriendly in the old library building in Maple Ridge. There was some noise across the street in the parking lot and I said that it sounded like live music, and I went over to check it out. Turns out to be a garage sale that was just starting to get packed away. I started browsing. There was a large and beautiful fish tank there, with decorations in the bottom that looked like a chess board. I asked the guy "how much for the chess board?" and he gave me a really funny look. I looked closer and saw that the chess board that was in the bottom of the fishtank was not awsome ornamental dragons as I'd first thought, but was a cheap and lame looking "He-man and the Masters of the Universe" theme that I'd seen from the wrong angle.

I browsed some more and asked if there was anything good (or that I could just have, don't remember) and the guy said something to another guy there about saying no to someone who worked at userfriendly.

I went inside and browsed some books. The books were set up in a huge room that looked like an old library out of a movie. Dark, with tall rows of shelves filled with books. In the middle of the room were tables laid out with other books that were for sale.

While browsing through these books a policeman with a K9 unit walked behind me. The dog was immense, almost like a bear. I said in a very quiet, very subdued voice (as to not let the dog know that I was a bit nervous about it) something like "that's a big dog" to the cop. He said "we like him" in the same voice back to me.

And fade out to wakefulness....