Beanie Wiener
By
Stephen Dunlap
For MK – Sweet Dreams
Copyright
Beanie Wiener
Stephen Dunlap
Smashwords Edition
Copyright 2011 - Stephen Dunlap
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Contents
Beanie Wiener looks and acts like your typical Dachshund puppy except for one thing. She doesn’t like being a wiener dog. Beanie Wiener groans at the jokes people make when they see her.
“She’s a hot dog!”
“Get the mustard!”
Beanie Wiener’s friends call her Beanie for short. Not mentioning the word ‘wiener’ is necessary if you want to stay on Beanie’s good side. Needless to say, Beanie has a short list of puppy friends.
Beanie Wiener thinks she should have been something more dignified and well, bigger, like a Doberman or a German Shepherd. Beanie’s mouth waters just thinking about what it would be like to be a German Shepherd. She thinks, “People would HAVE to respect me if I was a German Shepherd.” That was Beanie’s dream, until…….
One day Beanie got the most incredible news. She was going to have a little sister. “This will be great!” thought Beanie. “Now everyone will have a smaller, cuter ‘hotdog’ to make fun of!” Beanie could hardly contain her excitement on the day her little sister was to come home from the rescue kennel. She thought, “Today is the day I become the big dog in the house, and I will finally get respect!”
Beanie waited anxiously on her pillow for the family to arrive. It was her favorite pillow, with the word ‘Beanie’ stitched into the side. Beanie didn’t remember who stitched the pillow or where she got it, but it has always been there for her and she loved it.
The family burst into the house laughing and giggling, huddled around something wrapped in a little blanket. “So it begins.” thought Beanie. “Now she is the silly looking dachshund.” “Now people will giggle and laugh at her instead of me.” She smirked to herself, “People will see me differently. I will be important.”
Suddenly, Beanie felt panic building up inside her. “Wait, they are bringing her over here, to my pillow! Will they expect me to share my favorite pillow with her?” Beanie hadn’t thought of this and she began to think of all the other things she might be forced to share, her favorite toys, her backyard. It was all up for grabs now! Then it hit her, “Will I have to share my food bowl with her? What if there isn’t enough for both of us!”
Then, Beanie felt a lump grow in the back of her throat as they placed the new puppy next to her on the pillow. Something was wrong, wrong beyond anything she could ever have imagined.
Beanie looked at her new sister and tried to figure out what was happening. She was a little girl puppy, that all made sense. But, she wasn’t long like a hotdog. Her ears weren’t long and floppy like Beanie’s. Her sister had different ears. One kind of stuck up, then bent over from its own weight. It seemed like it was trying to grow and stand straight up on its own. The other ear was already almost straight up. “Those aren’t the kind of ears a Dachshund should have.” thought Beanie. Beanie looked at her sister’s legs. Her legs were longer than her body. “A dachshund should have short, stubby legs.” thought Beanie. Her new little sister started to wake up. She stretched and yawned with her eyes closed. Beanie watched her yawn and thought, “Her mouth is so big. There are so many teeth!”
The new puppy finally opened her eyes and said “I’m so tired.” while yawning again. Then she said “So, who are you?”
Beanie snapped out of her trance and said, “I’m your big sister Beanie Wei ….. uhh ….. Beanie, and you are on my pillow.”
The new pup smiled and said “Hi, I’m Leah. I’ve never had a big sister before.” Leah stretched out even more, taking up over half of the pillow as her paws reached over the top of Beanies back.
Beanie thought, “Didn’t she hear me say this is MY pillow?”
Beanie was too confused to think about the pillow situation any longer. Bean asked Leah, “So, I, umm, noticed that you are different.”
“Different?” Leah asked.
“You don’t look like a normal Dachshund.” Beanie said.
Leah looked puzzled and said, “Well of course not silly, I’m a German Shepherd!”
The lump that was in Beanie’s throat dropped all the way to the bottom of her stomach. “A German Shepherd? How could they!”
LEAH’S LEOTARD
The days went by and Leah played, bounced, and grew bigger and bigger each day. Leah towered over Beanie. Beanie could now walk under Leah and not even tickle her tummy. Beanie, on the other hand, was quiet for a long time. She sulked around the house and was grumpy with everyone, especially Leah. Leah would bring a toy over to Beanie’s pillow and set it next to her. Beanie knew that Leah wanted to play with her but she ignored her anyway. Still, the most irritating thing for Beanie was yet to come.
It was October and time for Halloween. The time of the year that Beanie knows as doorbell time. It seems like everyone rings the doorbell on Halloween and laughs at Beanie. Nothing could be worse than being called a ‘hotdog’ by everyone in the neighborhood.
Leah pounced into the room and landed roughly on Beanie’s pillow. She was sporting a new Super Dog outfit complete with a red cape. Beanie said, “Really? You are going to answer the door wearing a leotard?”
“It’s not a leotard; it’s my super hero costume!” Leah said.
“It’s a leotard and you are going to look silly.” snapped Beanie.
“Whatever!” groaned Leah as she pounced off to answer the door.
Halloween came and went. Unfortunately for Beanie, Leah’s leotard costume did not. Leah loved wearing her super hero outfit and she wore it EVERY SINGLE DAY. Beanie told Leah, “You have been wearing that costume for weeks, enough is enough, take the leotard and cape off!” Leah just grinned and plopped down on the pillow next to Beanie. That was the worst part for Beanie, her little sister being silly when she should be serious.
It would be a long time before Leah outgrew the leotard. It was something Beanie would need to accept. She didn’t like it, but sometimes you can’t change other puppies.
Once Leah was full size, she was bigger than Beanie ever imagined. Leah finally grew too big for her leotard. But, whenever strangers would come to the door they would stand back from Leah. “Does she bite?” one person would ask. “Is that your guard dog?” another would say. Then they would see Beanie, “Oh she is so cute, just like a little hotdog!” Beanie would think to herself, “If only they could see her dressed in her silly leotard they wouldn’t think she was so big and brave.” Beanie couldn’t stand that everyone laughed at her and not at Leah.
One afternoon Leah plopped down on Beanie’s pillow as usual. This time she didn’t seem happy and playful. “Ok, I’ll bite, what’s bothering you?” asked Beanie.
“I miss my Super Dog costume.” said Leah.
“You should be glad you outgrew those silly things. Now people look up to you and respect you.” snipped Beanie. Beanie let it all out, “When you wore your silly leotard outfit everyone treated you just like me, they laughed at you, made jokes about you and thought you were silly.” Beanie’s frustration didn’t stop, “That’s what I deal with every day. People think I’m silly and funny and they laugh at me.”
Leah said, “They weren’t laughing at you, Beanie, they were laughing with you. Everyone loves you and thinks you are cute and cuddly.” Leah looked sad, “Everyone wants to be around you and hold you in their lap. Everyone I meet is scared of me.” Leah curled up and continued, “I only wore the super hero costume so people would love me too.”
Beanie was shocked, “You wore a costume all those weeks just so people would like you?”
“I wanted to be just like you when I grew up, Beanie.” Leah answered.
Beanie gave Leah a tug on her collar and said, “Let’s go chase each other in the backyard Leah.”
They played and played that day. Beanie ran next to Leah and felt like the biggest dog in the world. Beanie finally realized her little sister looked up to her. From that day on Beanie and Leah shared their pillow every chance they could.
The End