Morning surrounded the house in cold darkness so Betty stood at the top step outside the front door, sniffing the city air and watching. The corner convenience store lit the air and buzzed gently. As they walked by it, Betty discovered the strip of grass between the sidewalk and the store. It smelled like a stale smorgasbord of dogs and cigarette butts past. Betty wanted to sniff everything, just to make sense of it all.
The lady did not seem interested in lingering, and she curled the leash again around her hand so that Betty could only walk just nest to her. They turned a corner, staying on the sidewalk that curled around the store.
The grassy area here also smelled like every dog betty had ever smelled. With a few other new smells mixed in. A Slim Jim wrapper called to Betty and, just as Betty reached it, the lady snatched the wrapper up, uttering "Ick - no!"
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