hwelp

    they were the firstborn whelp of the litter

by that possession they wereby their aggressiveness assertiveness   overweemed

                                                                                           or so thought

they didnt think highly of themself werent arrogant Selfassured  How can one not be

they were who they were by nature by station

                                                 shoved in the back by the entry gate sentry You’re next guttural sound followedhwelp!

it stuck in their ear  tinnitus

Here, let me help triggered them you.

                                             hwelp

No  You showed me I can do it

But you’re doing it wrong.

Im doing it the way I will not your way

    Which is going to take longer.

Let it

        Go do something else I don need your helptic youve helpedtic

                                                                                          hwelp

they disliked anyone trying to help them

it wasnt in the dictionary their parents gave them for their ninth birthday

                                                                              I know, I know, but they want a dictionary.

turned out what they wanted wasnt a dictionary

it was the Oxford English Dictionary

they wanted word etymologies

                                     hwelp Old English/Old Saxon offspring of certain carnivorous mammals

Low German/Dutch welp Old High German (h)welf Middle High German/German welf Old Norse hvelpr Swedish valp Danish hvalp

                              Sheesh  they thought smiling

muttered Overweemed overwhelmed

                                        laughed out loud

afternoon Thursday,  10  7. 25

1009,  Sunday,  20  7. 25