The Diaspora, Part VI: In the End, The Smitty Gets the Girl (I mean Food)

Reunited!
(like reinstated, only mo’ bettah)
The reuniting scene re-enacted:

That Mister comes home in That Mister’s sister’s car. He spies the Smee at the top of the stairs.

“Getting out of the car, I see the Smee run down the stairs to the bottom. As I walk toward the house, he runs toward me in the grass.

“Mao!”

“I pet him” [much billing and cooing, here expunged].

“Let’s see if you have any food.”

“Once I say that, he runs to the house, darts up the porch steps and sits in front of his empty dish. Facing his dish, he turns just his head to me and

“Mao!”

“Do you want some foods?”

“Mao!” (Please, Sir, can I have some “mao”?)