>*"To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring - it was peace."*
[**- Milan Kundera -**](http://www.azquotes.com/quote/164155)

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<H3>Here's a story I think you'll identify with.</H3>

This is my response to @jayna's [**50 word prompt**](https://steemit.com/challenge/@jayna/fifty-wordshortstorychallengehighlightsandnewprompt-io8swh9f5v).

There are some things we may have been directly instructed not to do... But, the temptation is just so overwhelming...
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</a><H6>Puppy eyes... - Image courtesy of [Jairo Alzate](https://unsplash.com/@jairoalzate)</H6>

<center><H3>Puppy Eyes</H3></center>

Those eyes... How could he say no?

Joel peeked cautiously at Mommy, then Daddy.

Good! They were talking grownup stuff.

Slowly, while putting a spoonful of peas in his mouth, Joel slipped the last piece of meat off his plate and dropped it to the chocolate lab puppy waiting below.

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<center><H3>~FIN~</H3></center>

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<center><H3>For an *extensive* collection of stories,
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<center>**Thanks for your time and attention.**<BR>**You**  *are why I'm here on Steemit!<BR>I have very eclectic interests and hope, over time, to write about them all.*</center>

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