Bob is on fire with his novel “Reggie The Egyptian Rescue Dog”. It is on the number one position for novels on the New York Times Best Seller list for 32 weeks in a row. Additionally he has signed a huge deal with Big House Publishers to convert his internet published novels “Life at Megacorp”, “Virus # 26” and “Mutantism on the March” into hardcopy novels. He has been offered options by Big House Publishers for an additional three novels. And the Hollywood studios are approaching him about converting his novels into films. Quite frankly it is getting out of control and my sense is Bob wants a simpler life of walking about the neighbourhood with Dillie and I and writing yet another novel but his fame is catching up with his previously unpublished fiction and he is heading to the stratosphere in riches and fame. And why is Nicole Kidman phoning Bob on a regular basis?
In this rush of fame and fortune Bob has been notified he has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature for “Reggie The Egyptian Rescue Dog” for narrowing the divide between Christians and Muslims primarily due to me a Muslim dog living happily in a Christian world where love and security unite the world. And me, Reggie, has been specifically invited to the awards ceremony to be awarded same prize. A human and a dog co-winner of a Nobel Prize!
Imagine all this fame and impetus towards world peace sparked by me trying to eat a few morsels of food from a Rottenwhiler‘s bowl. Fate plays a strange role in our life doesn’t it? Thank goodness our nice walled home in the Bridle Path has big gates and a security team protecting us as there are cameras. There are journalists from all over the world wanting to speak to Bob and take a picture of me. Not even Drake’s mansion has been mobbed like this.
Bob repurposes his tuxedo and I get an extra special grooming and off we all go in our newly purchased Embraer private jet to Stockholm for the awards ceremony. There are more dogs than humans on the plane. Dillie the Westie is mellow and so supportive. He gives me the confidence to get through the awards ceremony by saying I am and will always be a dog and loved in mute fashion by so many dogs all over the world. Dillie is so wise and calm he relaxes me with his worldly insight.
Ollie sniffs thoroughly both inside and outside the airplane for explosives. Good to go! The Mookster has combed his intelligence experts for potential threats. None! Kit Kat is reviewing diagrams the grounds and interior of the palace where the award will be given. Penny is in the hotel lobby discretely hiding behind a potted plant watching comings and goings.
We enjoy the long flight to Stockholm and the music of Gordon Lightfoot calms all of us. We arrive at 9 a.m. the day before the award ceremony. Bob and Fay take all us dogs for a long walk in this beautiful city of Stockholm before throngs of people that laugh and clap as we proudly swagger down the streets, Before we fall into an exhausted sleep back at the hotel Bob puts on the “Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” by Mr. Gordon Lightfoot to calm us down before we sleep. I love that song but in my bones I feel a sense of dread for no apparent reason!
We wake up refreshed after such a long trip. After breakfast Dillie the Westie and the security team go out for a long walk in Stockholm with many strange sights and smells and a few local dogs come to greet us strange Canadians.
When we return to the hotel after our walk the press is waiting for us. I am big news globally as the only dog to ever receive a Nobel Prize. As I look out in the crowd I long to see Anwar my former owner but I know he is The Land Beyond with Karim but I look nonetheless. I feel that they are with me to share my special moment. It is OUR MOMENT. We go to a fancy Nobel laureate lunch and a rehearsal. In the evening the King of Sweden will give out the awards. Dillie the Westie and I receive a bath and a fluff out in the afternoon after the lunch. We got a little muddy on our morning walk. Our security team is hard at work at the awards venue.
A big limousine arrives and whisks us the royal palace for the ceremony. I see Fay in the room holding Dillie. There is silence as the King walks into the room. Bob picks me up and we walk up to the King and Bob bows and I give a bark of respect and the entire room breaks up with laughter. The King ruffles my head and says,” Reggie you have taught the world a lesson in respect.” I have a shiny medal on my collar now and it is much bigger than my rabies vaccination tag!
We attend a press conference where Bob makes a statement, “The book ‘Reggie The Egyptian Rescue Dog’ was written by me with the help and inspiration of Reggie. After finishing each chapter I read it to him. If he agreed he would bark and if he disagreed he would growl. Each chapter you have read received a final bark of Reggie approval. I hope the book reaches many children and in a gentle and non didactic way creates a sense of respect for different cultures and religions.”
We have a grand banquet with the prize winners. Dillie the Westie and I have ground venison and rice. We meet many important and fascinating people. A winner from Scotland comes up to Dillie the Westie and says that Dillie is a wee Scot and has made Scotland proud! I am glad to see there are many people that want to see my best friend and mentor Dillie the Westie as he is also an important character in the book. That sweet dog has not an ounce of jealously in his old and wise body.
On our last day in Stockholm all of us are invited to a private lunch with the King and his grandchildren who want to meet and pet me and Dillie the Westie. Before we go to the airport Joe, I mean President Biden, calls us to congratulate Bob and I on our prize. President Biden tells Bob a secret and invites us all up to a place called Camp David in the summer. What is President Biden’s secret? Are we going camping with the President?
After our takeoff Bob tells us President Biden’s secret which is United States and Iran have reached a “nuclear deal” but I am not sure what that means. “Reggie The Egyptian Rescue Dog” said President Biden, has softened the heart of the Iranians.
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