AS SEEN THROUGH A DOG’S EYES

I Watched In Terror as Mme Macdonald Backed Her Car Into a Ditch

And now, I wish to explain the incident from a male perspective

Janice Macdonald
The Daily Cuppa Grande
3 min readNov 28, 2024

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I will take a moment from my paperwork to explain.

Bonjour a tous! C’est moi, Fred, le chien. I’m writing today’s story because Mme Macdonald is in the kitchen pretending to cook. If the results are unfit for human consumption, which is often the case, I will gladly consume them. Unlike her partner, M. Pierre, I am not a discriminating eater.

You may have read yesterday’s story in which she tried to explain how she happened to back the car into a ditch in the middle of a vineyard. It was, of course, written from a female (that is to say, illogical) point of view and. . . well, judge for yourself.

As this unfortunate incident took place, I was trapped in the back of Mme Macdonald’s voiture, a witness to the whole thing. Believe me, it was terrifying and entirely due to her small female brain.

Why M. Pierre ever allows her to drive, I really don’t know. M. Pierre would…

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Janice Macdonald
Janice Macdonald

Written by Janice Macdonald

At 68, I started a new chapter in my life: I moved to France. Alone. It turned out to be quite the page-turner. Still is — even when age insists on a part.

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