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Going Vegan
Curing a hot dog addiction
Dolores and Dimitri were madly in love. Dolores was a vegan and Dimitri was addicted to hot dogs. Dimitri’s friend Demarco had warned Dimitri that he would regret marrying a vegan but Dimitri was just too smitten.
Sure enough, soon after the wedding Dolores began trying to convert Dimitri to veganism. She talked non-stop about the health benefits and she reminded him constantly of what hot dogs are made of.
But Dimitri simply could not stop eating hot dogs no matter how hard he tried. Of course he didn’t try very hard.
Dolores finally came up with a plan. She told Dimitri that she would stop bugging him about his hot dog addiction if he agreed to let her make him a vegan hot dog and then eat it in its entirety. She would also take a photograph of the vegan hot dog and stick it on the refrigerator and he had to look at it every time he had a hot dog craving.
“And then you’ll never say another word about hot dogs ever again?”
“I promise. After that I’ll never mention hot dogs again and you can eat all the hot dogs you want.”
“Okay.”
With the photo on the fridge Dolores brought the vegan hot dog to the dining room table where Dimitri awaited.
Dimitri’s heart sank. He came close to vomiting several times but he somehow managed to eat the whole thing.
Dolores smiled. Her plan worked. Dimitri never ate another hot dog of any kind for the rest of his life.
Copyright by White Feather. All Rights Reserved. This is a work of fiction.
